The idiocy will go on
The Titanic has fascinated people for years. Movies have been made about it, books have been written about it, and political campaigns have used it as its campaign song. SAY WHAT? The last morsel of news is the subject of this article.
Yes, in politics, strange things happen. Strange things happen that one often doesn’t see anywhere else. The American people who follow politics closely, such as us, are used to that. But what we’re NOT used to — what we’re not used to — is hearing Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” blasting from Montana speakers as the republican (human?) nominee for President irritably takes the stage.
“Love can touch us one time, And last for a lifetime. And never let go ’till we’re gone.” Well, now — THAT is one distorted campaign message! The fun began on Friday evening as Trump (who was late—very late) to his own campaign rally took the stage, and mournful music could be heard in the background:
“WTF!!”
“Is there a mole inside Trump’s campaign, trying to destroy it? If so, they’re doing an awesome job.”
Now, if a sinking ship isn’t a metaphor for Trump’s campaign, I don’t know what is.
“Is the rally coordinator trolling Trump?”
As you might expect, Twitter was gleeful—gleeful to the point of hysterical laughter as Titanic memes whizzed across the internet.
“My gosh, they’re stupid.”
Indeed.
“Cry for help?”
It would not surprise this writer.
“Everyone’s at the bar drinking telling themselves the ship is not sinking.”
State of denial.
Why in the world did he do it? Or why did his campaign staff do it? Perhaps the only song that would have been worse to play is: “I Quit” by Hepburn. Trump was in a cranky mood anyway, and the first thing he did after hobbling onto the stage was to insult Montana for being so difficult to travel through.
His campaign will go on? I am not so sure about that. “Real life SNL skit.” You know what will now be superimposed on my brain forever and ever? The image of Trump and his campaign on a boat, gently slipping through the waves, plunging under as SOS signals go out in the form of massive mounds of ketchup and McDonald’s cheeseburger wrappers tumble from the ship (along with drenched and angry staffers).
Epilogue: They all get out safely! (When interviewed a few days later, Trump says he fought the boat, won and saved all the passengers. He then asks for the Nobel peace prize. Others present dispute Trump’s account of what happened.) What would be the name of this boat? How about “You’re fired?”
