A week or two ago I lamented the demise of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.\u00a0 I hereby retract that sentiment.\u00a0 If the initials in P.T. Barnum stood for President Trump instead of Phineas Taylor I wouldn\u2019t be any surer that I am now witnessing the Greatest Show on Earth.<\/p>\n
I have contributed to several republican presidential candidates in my life and sometimes felt I was repaid with the results.\u00a0 But never had I imagined that my recompense for contributing to Trump would include laughter and amazement.<\/p>\n
We are now surrounded by a show the likes of which Americans have never seen or imagined.\u00a0 Compared to the glacial pace of most new administrations, Trump is a veritable juggernaut.\u00a0 No sooner does he dismantle one Obama mess than he begins assaulting some other monstrosity.\u00a0 And throughout the proceedings the press and the leftist crazies run around in circles decrying some off-hand remark about crowds at the inauguration or pink hat wearing harpies.\u00a0 For the last two months, I have been hearing from happy right wingers that too much winning might actually be a medical condition with health risks associated.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about that but I can attest that you can hurt your ribs from too much laughing.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I can\u2019t remember being this happy since the beginning of the millennium.\u00a0 And I am aware that all good things will come to an end.\u00a0 But it\u2019s very difficult for me to worry about that now.\u00a0 The giddiness that envelops me has started to effect my critical faculties and I find myself imagining all sorts of absurd possibilities.\u00a0 What if PT launched a government television show (on PBS?) in which citizens could call in and recommend a particularly odious government regulation to eliminate.\u00a0 Every week Americans could vote on line (like American Idol) and Trump could preside as the judge.<\/p>\n
Or maybe he could amuse us like FDR did with fireside chats.\u00a0 But instead of pep talks he could regale us with which reporter or which celebrity had told the biggest lies about his administration.\u00a0 Maybe he could announce which American company had expanded employment.\u00a0 Possibly there could be a lottery for some of these jobs.\u00a0 Now that would sell.<\/p>\n
Of course, this all sounds like a fever dream.\u00a0 But it\u2019s hardly crazier than the POTUS saying that Mexico will pay for a wall to keep its citizens out of the US.\u00a0 And the best part about it is that he actually can do it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve always heard that the president was the most powerful man in the world.\u00a0 And the strength of the American armed forces and up until recently of its industry made that true.\u00a0 But who ever imagined that the president could also be this much fun?<\/p>\n
Anyway, eventually all this will come back to earth.\u00a0 But right now, it feels like anything is possible and things keeping going from good to better.\u00a0 Seeing those leftist ghouls shrieking and running in circles and Trump just telling them off is like the scene in the Lord of the Rings where Saruman discovers that his voice can no longer confuse or seduce his enemies and leads him to resort to insult until he is broken and dismissed by his new boss.<\/p>\n
So here is my hat off to you PT.\u00a0 You truly have become the greatest show on earth and without any danger of exaggeration, the show is absolutely huuuuge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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