“When you talk about healing, I think I’ve developed
very good relationships over the last little while with the African-American
community. I think you can see that. I feel that they really wanted me to come
to that conclusion, and I think I did a great job and a great service, not only
for the country, but for the president, in getting him to produce his birth
certificate.” —Donald Trump to Lester Holt in last night’s debate with Hillary
Clinton, on whether his promotion of the false “birther” issue against
President Obama contributed in any way to racial healing, quoted in Amanda
Hoover, “Donald Trump Had ‘Nothing’ to Say About ‘Birther’ Issue to People of Color,” The Boston Globe, Sept. 27, 2016
I got in a bit late last night, but I still felt
compelled to watch for a few minutes the first debate between Donald Trump and
Hillary Clinton. The response I came in on was the above. My immediate reaction
was simple: What the hell was that?
Normally, whenever I post a “Joke of the Day” or a
quote clearly intended to be humorous, it comes from a stand-up comic or a
sitcom. But five years ago, as the last Presidential election geared up,
political hypocrisy so overwhelming it made me burst out laughing led me to put
up a post about Newt Gingrich, that paragon of faithfulness, giving a pledge of marital fidelity—for the fourth
time in his life.
I never thought I would see the likes of it again in
my lifetime. But I hadn’t reckoned with this
election or this nominee.
And so, I offer this to you, Faithful Reader. You
and I have desperately needed a laugh for a long time, and Trump—bless his
little heart and his big mouth!—has come through for us, in a hu-u-u-u-ge way.
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