From All Class to Jackass
The psychological shock progressives felt on November 8 will be minor compared to the shock they will feel on January 20. Not since Bill Clinton turned the White House over to George W. Bush has their been such a disparity in terms of decency and dignity between an outgoing and incoming President.
They may play “Hail to the Chief” on the third Friday in January, but the most appropriate tune for that day will be Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”: Don’t it always seem to go/That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone…
Nostalgia for the 44th President will hit even the most strident of Obama’s progressive critics within hours of his departure from the Oval Office. Everyone who trashed Obama as too “establishment” for progressive tastes will wish he was still in power, as they contemplate the contemptible citizen who will take over for him.
Obama tried his best to make this country more civil, more tolerant, more welcoming, more in touch with our highest values and principles. Already, Donald Trump has destroyed that legacy.
Have you noticed that since Trump’s victory, people seem to be a little nastier, more willing to tell that racist or sexist or anti-gay or anti-Semitic joke in public, more open about disregarding decency? When Trump said he wanted to make America great again, he meant that he wanted to bring back the days when you could openly use slurs against anyone who was different. Sadly, he has already done so.
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Nailed it!
Says it all, etherealtruth.
