Ek-e-lek-tik

Oh, dear Jesus, who voted for this idiot?

"I read three Shakespeares."

Quoi? Translation, please, for those of us who've only read Shakespeare.

You know, for those who may not know me, I don't find sport in making fun of people who haven't read Shakespeare, and I wouldn't. I'm aware of my privilege and grateful for my education. What I cannot get over, however, is that this unparalleled moron is the supposed president of this country and that there are ENTIRE TEAMS OF PEOPLE dedicated to promoting the fiction that he is 1) not an unparalleled moron and 2) that he is in charge, and 3) he reads.

I call bullshit.

Think of it! Ours is a country in which one of the least informed, least curious persons in its borders is its president and to make us feel better about his incomparable dumbassery and ineptitude his propaganda team (in concert w/ a compliant press) plies us w/ lullabies about his summer reading list as if he were a petulant 5th grader whose reading esteem needed to be boosted. And people wonder why I can't get over it.

I cannot get over it! The very fact of his existence is an insult to everyone who has not had every privilege and opportunity handed to them only to waste them utterly and strut around like Mr. Pugnacious full of insipid (and unearned) arrogance. I mean, who does this joker think he is??

Feh x the indignance of a million downgraded Plutos.

Comments

[David]

"Couple a books ago?" ae, this man can't read anything more complex than baseball scores. I'm starting to believe in the existence of a higher power. It is punishing us.

[Diane]

You know what? I came from a family in which there was hardly any money, and I went to public schools, yet I read Shakespeare. I went to the library. It didn't cost a thing.

I chose not to be an idiot, and Bush not only chose to be one, but he is proud of it. Has to be proud of something.

[ae]

David, I've been wondering about a punishing god myself! Goodness, I hope we are done paying the price for our arrogance and hubris. I'm not sure we can take anything more.

Diane, me, too. I grew up w/ not a penny to spare, public school all the way, libraries on weekends and for summer reading programs. Loved it and actually learned something. It just burns me to think of all the kids who would positively thrive on 1/1000th of what this jerk's been given, and they'll never get the chance. In the meantime we all have to suffer the consequences of his ignorance, arrogance, and irresponsibility.