A Brief Message of Hope
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A Brief Message of Hope
in a simple comparison
The appearance of the shuffling, slurring, incoherently angry figure who babbles nonsense about wreckers and internal enemies while sending his enforcers after an increasingly absurd gaggle of meaningless opponents isn’t the sign of the impending victory of the repressive regime. It’s the sign of the death of the old order and the impending inflection. By the way, in the new year the United States government couldn’t find its Secretary of Defense for the better part of a week, despite the fact that he was in a government hospital. If you tried to design a more perfect signal of decrepitude….
More later.
Imagine...
Panic at the White House as they can't find the SecDef. Nobody at the Pentagon knows where he is.
Joint Chiefs looking like nervous cats trying to bury shit on a frozen pond. Rumors swirling that he's at Walter Reed. White house senior staffer dispatched to the hospital to confirm.
Staffer gets to hospital, approaches check in station, asks "I need to confirm the Secretary of Defense is here in the hospital."
Bored nurse at the desk: "Are you a family member?"
Staffer: "No. I work at the White House. We're trying to find Lloyd Austin."
Nurse: "If you aren't a family member or a physician, I can't answer your question."
Staffer: "I'm here on behalf of the president!"
Nurse: "And I'm here on behalf of getting a paycheck. If you aren't a family member, I can't tell you anything. If you have a complaint, you can call our customer service hotline."
Staffer: "Are you kidding me!?! The president sent me! You'll lose your job if you don't help me!"
Nurse: "I did help you. Do you want me to write down the customer service hotline number for you? And as far as my job goes, you can check with my union rep. I'm following policy: No patient info except for family and medical staff. Now, if there's nothing else, there's a line starting to form behind you."
Would make a great SNL skit, if they had any sense of humor left.
Biden looks like he just realized he drank from the wrong grail...