Elections

by Frank M. Roberts

September 2016

Quack! Here is some news from Unca Walt's mouse factory: "Disney's Daisy Duck defeats Donald." Donald? Duck or Trump? The political nonsense continues. I hereby designate tomorrow as Election Day. That enables us to cut the rhetoric. Meanwhile, put your right hand over your forehead and moan -- when will it end, when will it end, when will it end. Maybe the AFLAC duck knows.

Meanwhile, we hear about the Clinton moneybags and/or the Trump - as they used to say on "Hee Haw" - 'corn-fusion begin to make a semblance of senseusion. Adding to the latter is rejuvenation of the American Nazi Party, proclaiming 'D' as the hero of the day - come to rescue a host of fair maidens which include a trio of wives, with wife number two a victim of cheating. (Background music - Hank Williams singing one of his biggest hits - "Your Cheatin' Heart.)"

Meanwhile, the bitter political battles rage on. During my early reportial days I covered as few of the Election Day rhetoric as I could get away with, choosing wrecks over rhetorics. I ran high temperatures beginning about three weeks before the day of Vote. You know - different meetings, different days - same old questions, same old responses. Anyway, I was a non-drinker.

One meet I remember was given by a group once called, The White Citizens Council where the rhetoric was on the bitter side, opening with an invocation by a retired 80-some-odd years-old preacher regaling one and all with 'jokes', followed by polite gales of laughter. At the time, I thought he was a bit old for the job. Now, at 87, I've surpassed all that. The big surprise at the meeting was seeing a friend of mine, a respected businessman, adding to the event. Age-wise, I have now passed that gent. Who'd of thunk it?

Getting back to the A&P (not the old supermarket chain, but the American Nazi Party), its seems as if they are attempting rejuvenation these days, giving 'D' their sign of approval. That is confusing. It is no secret they're backing someone who does not share their opinions about religion - (he said, trying to be polite).

Their fave pieces of rhetoric seem at odds re: their candidate. Jews in government is not their favorite topic. During one of his radio broadcasts the head of the group with the good ole Americana name of Rocky Suhayda (honest), predicted a win for his candi-duck. Moi? Whoever wins -- we will be in, at the least, very warm weather. To digress, slightly, columnists are constantly harping - vote, vote, vote. I say - foo, foo, foo. Two major parties and check the best they can come up with. As Disney once put it - "The Lady and the Trump.")

Say-Who-Hay Day's followers have their orders. He said his group, "has to be pro-white." A possible exception has to result from the feud between the family of Humayan Khan, a U. S. Army officer who died in Iraq in 2004 while serving his country (U. S. as in US).

Back to Trump and associates and friends, etc. If the 'D' comes out a winnah, we will have a sexy Jewish first lady. In 2009, Ivanka changed her name to Yael after converting to Judaism. The momma-la of three said she loves the kosher lifestyle. She adds that her family is pretty observant. (Good - pass the bagels). As most of us know, Mrs. Putin is a good friend, (Mr. P and the Donald have already publicized their appreciation of each other).

According to buzzfeed, the Trump organization and Israel are 'asone'. The web site goes on to say, "all of Trump's children are either married to, or dating Jews." Still more: The group's executive vice-president is Jason Goldblatt. Its chief financial officer is Allen Weiss.

One of Trump's chief financial officers is speechwriter, Stephen Miller and, the gent who sits in the chief financial officer chair, is Stephen Mnuchin. The list goes on.

No complaints - just curious. In days of yore a Trump-like candidate would have found favor with a Trump-like opponent. Yeah, that leaves Hillary who's biting the dust and spending freely-given money for her foundation - $25 million, as in bucks. The money came from Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emerates. Now, let us sing, "God Bless America." Whoops - the composer was Jewish and, all of the songs profits were, and are, donated to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

Millions of dollars went to her personal - as in 'personal' foundation. Buzzfeed, mincing no words, proclaimed Ms. Hillary as, "the most anti-Israel candidate in history." Her opponent has Jewish advisors, a pro-Israel foreign policy, and eight Jewish grandchildren. There's a fitting Jewish phrase for all of that -'oy vay."

I watched a Trump rally on teevee and what a mess -- yelling, shoving, constant use of 'those' four-letter words. The crowd, as the Irish would put it - acted like a gang of hooligans. It was a turn-off, so I did. Still, many evangelicals are calling for his election. See for yourself - it's all over YouTube. So is the news about Mrs. Trump's made in China shoes and scarves. (The latter were taken off - the product, like a lot of Trumpwords, were flammable).

Where do evangelists stand? Both sides of the fence. Jerry Falwell predicts a Nov. win for DT. His reasoning? "Trump is not asking from God because he is not making mistakes." (Gulp). On the other hand, it was a 'no-no' from several Southern Baptist preachers and, a hefty no-no from Christendom's most prolific writer, Max Lucado. He came out against Mr. T. in his organization's first ever political stand. Check his publication, The Christian Post.

Oh, and in case you care, the Duck family is divided. Father Phil endorsed Ted Cruze; Cruze's son, Willie, is trumpeting for Trump. The Donald continues to get support from many evangelicals including Jerry Falwell Jr. who said Trump reminded him of his father; Jerry Falwell is also on the Trump bandwagon, calling him, "a friend of our ministry."

As Durante used to say, "you pays yer money and you has ur choice." It made my choice. It's called-"none of the above. Russell Moore, referred to as, "a real reverend," by the U. S. News Syndicate, was another critic of Trump technique. Joel Osteen, the prosperity preacher called Trump "an incredible communicator and brander."

To quote Gary Cooper -- "ah-h, yep."