I keep looking at the news and deciding to weigh out rather than weighing in. There's not much humor in it, and anyone who cares to look can find a wide array of reporting, analysis and opinion.
There are deep, serious issues in play and my usual tropes of a Legislative branch myopically obsessed with dreaming up splashy legislation-for-the-sake-of-legislation that will fade away in committee, the Presidency as the worst job in the world (which it is) and a muddled, self-contradictory Judicial branch (except when it does something I approve) are mere cardboard cutouts, amusing paper dolls. It's not paper-doll time. Such laughs as are to be found in politics these days are often too cruel, too cheap or too hyper-partisan for my taste.
The United States was supposed to have Federal politics you could mostly ignore. It was snicker-worthy a lot of the time. That has slipped, badly. Poking fun at it feels too much like picking on someone with a broken leg.
Dear National Politics, Please Get Well Soon. I miss being able to rub Jell-o in your hair, make fun of your fashion choices and mock you for general fecklessness.
Sometimes, one just has to close their eyes and wait for the crash to stop, then see how bad things are afterwards.
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