Friday, December 16, 2022

I Have Only One Question

      Republicans, are you proud of this guy whose "major announcement" was that he's hawking overpriced digital cosplay trading card featuring himself?

      This country needs at least two serious political parties to keep the government functioning.  When there are only two major parties, they're pretty big and there's a little room around the edges for grandstanding to the base, horseplay and junior high school type cliques and verbal sniping.  An unfortunately high degree of that is normal, but it doesn't keep the adults in the room from getting things done.  As it stands, we're short at least one serious party.  (A strong case could be made for being one and a half parties low, but even half-serious is an improvement.)

      Electronic bubble-gum cards featuring a politician as a superhero, Old West Sheriff and so on?  Issued by the guy himself?  That's not even close to normal or serious.  That out-Stalins Stalin for ego and has all the class and dignity of a drunk asking for spare change at a bus station.  Especially at the prices he's asking. 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I happen to agree with you, but I'll bet you get many opposing comments.

Anonymous said...

The only real surprise is why did it take so long for him to get into NFTs.
[I confess my opinion on this is heavily influenced by my deep skepticism about NFTs and crypto]
Jeffrey Smith

Comrade Misfit said...

They sold out, too.

"Grifter Trading Cards, own the complete set!"

DaveS said...

The grown-ups amongst us are sincerely hoping that Mr. Trump is allowed to go play in the sand at his Florida home and that Mr. Biden returns to his basement and this country can find some actual statesmen to lead it.

Joe in PNG said...

I'm neither surprised or disappointed. After all, Former President Trump has been a grifter for a long, long time. So, why would he not fleece his cult of Fanbois?

Anonymous said...

thought you might like the following quote even if over 200 years old:

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859)