Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Moslems, gays, transgenders, Republicans, handicapped, gun lovers, dog lovers, vegans, witches, ecologists, motorcyclists, feminists, nudists, bassoonists…
Everybody wants recognition and of course special treatment.
Blimey, what is the world coming to?
When I was growing up, there was no such a thing.
We only had capitalists and communists.
Life was much simpler (and blatantly unfair).
But by trying to please everybody, you most likely won’t please anybody.
Soon, like a pride of lions fighting for a piece of zebra, there is going to be nothing left to share but the zebra’s stripes.
Like Greece.
With presidential elections looming on the horizon, candidates of all shapes and forms are also vying for attention.
In my unqualified opinion, the ideal candidate would have to be black, gay, Jewish, handicapped, vegan, belonging to the NRA, and a bassoonist to boot.
Bernie, Hillary, Jeb… are you listening? Do you belong to any oppressed minority? Persecuted millionaires maybe…
But could a guy with Bernie as a first name be nominated to be president?
President Bernie Sanders?
It doesn’t sound very presidential.
Bernie, a word of advice: switch back to Bernard, and we will talk again.
What about Jeb? What kind of name is this anyway? Is it a shortcut for Jebediah (beloved of Yahweh)? No. I just learned that JEB stands for John Ellis Bush.
Isn’t this clever? Everybody tries to emulate JFK.
Jeb still sounds very hillbillish to me. Do we want a Jed Clampett in the Casa Blanca?
Not particularly.
Where, oh where can we find the ideal candidate?
Or can we manufacture one? It has been done before…
What about Rachel Dolezal, the former head of the Spokane NAACP? On top of being black, is she also gay, Jewish, vegan, handicapped? If she is not, it is not too late to become one of those.
To a valiant heart nothing is impossible.
But my point is that we cannot please everybody, so hell with diversity and politically correct stuff.
May the best (regardless of color, gender, religion or sexual orientation) win and lead us to the Promised Land.
If the best happens to be Hispanic, gay or Mormon, I don’t care.
I want the finest the nation can offer for president. Not somebody propped by special interests or by family ties.
Am I just another whining baby?
Alain