Saturday October 16th, 2021
My Dear America:
Saturday, October 9th was a wonderful day. It was a Family Day spent with all four of my Adult Children and 5 of my Seven Grandchildren. Two of my Grandchildren were in College and couldn't make it for the day. Since three members of my family have birthdays in October we were celebrating for all three of us. I had celebrated my 79th Birthday on Friday, October 8th, the day before our Presently Day Long Celebration. What could have been a rather depressing Birthday for me had already been saved by a couple of music playing sessions earlier in the week and on Friday.
Saturday, the ninth, was a glorious day. Although it was cloudy it was still rather warm for a fall day in October. The food was terrific. The company was terrific. I was spending the day with my favorite people in my daughter's backyard and all was well.
Although I was not very happy to have to admit to myself that I was actually old enough to be 79 the day before our backyard get together, our party had put me in very good spirits.
I had certainly been feeling as though I had a lot to be bummed out about. One of my Best Friends, an outstanding guitar player who I had played with in bands for nearly Forty Years was moving from Pennsylvania to Denver, Colorado. I was going to miss him a lot. We played Great music together for all of those years. We would still be able to play music together online using Jamkazam, a platform on which we had learned to play music together with our bass playing buddy during the Pandemic. We had been playing really Great music together in person since getting vaccinated. Jamkazam had been fun and would be again, I was sure, but nothing would ever be as good as actually playing together in person.
I wasn't thinking about bummers on Saturday, however. I was having a good time with my Wife and Kids, Grandkids and our significant others. I was happy to be alive, having made it through Covid with the help of vaccines and masks. I felt pretty lucky to have made it to 79 in relatively decent shape after suffering a Heart Attack just before Covid Hit.
After spending the day together with my family, my wife and I left for home late in the afternoon and when We got home I felt tired but continued to be in a good mood for awhile as I surfed through the TV cable channels looking for something good to watch before the new Saturday Night Live came on at 11:30. I had been surprised to see that SNL had been advertising that Kim Kardashian West was going to be the host. Although I was no fan of the Kardashians, I was fascinated by the strange choice of Kim as SNL Host.
I was having a hard time coming up with a choice of what to watch earlier this Saturday evening however. It didn't look like a good night for any movies that I hadn't seen before. I was seeing nothing that caught my eye Until my remote suddenly stopped for a minute where I saw something that shocked me and fascinated me at the same time.
There he was, in living color in Des Moines, Iowa strutting back and forth across a stage in front of a mammoth crowd that was cheering loudly for the Ex President. The Monster from Mara Lago had suddenly been unleashed in Des Moines and was now going to speak to this crowd.
He loved it. They loved it. I didn't love it.
I went back to channel surfing with the hope that I could find something more palatable to watch. Damn, I couldn't find anything. I tried not to but I found my remote drifting back to OAN as though it had a mind of its own. I couldn't help it. I was drawn to OAN like a fly to a spider. What was the man who had become the unmentionable one to Late Night TV Hosts going to say to this crowd.
One of the first things he said was that the Democrats were going to give money to the Media. Of course he presented the media as those Liars who were always being unfair to the crowd's "Favorite President". I don't know what media he was talking about receiving money from the government unless it was possibly PBS or NPR.
Then he said something about "Hillary Conceded - I never conceded" and he went into his rap about "The Big Lie" and how he really won the 2020 election and how the election was rigged.
How the hell was it rigged. He was the one in charge of the Election. Not Joe Biden who was out of office at the time of the 2020 Election.
Of course the crowd seemed well practiced in booing Democrats and Joe Biden at the appropriate times.
Then the Creature from Mara Lago started going into one of his many stories about People talking to him and of course they were all calling him "Sir."
Shouts came from the crowd.
USA
USA
He thanked the crowd for coming and bragged that he had been advised that the crowd at the Des Moines Fairgrounds had broken an all time record for people showing up to an event at the Fairgrounds.
He addressed the crowd as "Hard Working American Patriots" and told them
"We know and Love You"
And then he started in on denigrating President Biden.
"Joe Biden and the Radical Left have brought our Nation to the Brink of Ruin"
According to Trump, Biden and the left were responsible for unleashing "Violent Criminals and Bloodthirsty Gangs" on our streets.
Then he started talking about the Taliban taking over Afghanistan as if he had nothing to do with what had happened in that country.
Although I was interested in what he was saying because I really wanted to know what the Monster from Mara Lago was up to I had to leave OAN and go anywhere away from where the Monster was speaking.
I couldn't take any more of this Lying Bullshit.
Although I only watched him for a few minutes I am still haunted by what I saw in that brief period of time. Clearly, Donald J. Trump is still a frighteningly scary force to be reckoned with by Democrats. Although Joe Biden has done so much for Americans of all stripes since his election, clearly there is still a very large segment of the population that is still under the spell of the Monster from Mara Lago and believe his lies and Bullshit as though it is the Gospel Truth.
It is easy to underestimate Donald Trump but it is dangerous to do so. Trump had these Iowa Citizens in the palm of his hand and he was feeding them nothing but lies and distortions and they were sucking it up with enthusiastic pleasure.
And they are not alone.
Although on January 6th Republican Legislative Leaders, including Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy were honest and truthful about Donald Trump's Culpability for the Capitol Insurrection on that day, these days those leaders are singing a different tune. Republicans in states all over the country are trying to do what Trump continues to accuse Democrats of doing in the last election.
"The Election was rigged" Trump continues to sing to his followers.
Well, the truth is that the election wasn't rigged in 2020 but it surely looks as if it will be rigged in 2024 if the Republicans continue to get their way in states all across this country. Republicans are doing everything they can to rig the vote in their favor as they see that without vote rigging on their part their days will probably be numbered.
Oh, Yes, I did get a chance to see Saturday Night Live later in the evening and Kim Kardashian West did a pretty good job. She and her mother and Sisters participated in some jokes that satirized themselves and the Miracle that has been Saturday Night Live for over Forty Years continued.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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