I’ve been marinating.
I watched Donald Trump‘s face during the parade birthday party that no one came to, and he had a look on his face which was exactly like some other time I saw him, but I couldn’t remember when it was. It finally occurred to me that it was the same look on his face when Barack Obama made fun of him at the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner, which apparently he never got over.
I knew then, but we all knew it anyway, that he would have to do something to make himself feel better. Me? I would’ve bought some ice cream. Him?
Well, it comes to light that he watched the great press on Fox News that Israel was getting with their aggressive stance toward Iran and he thought, I want me some of that. So while I’ll eat a pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream - coffee, always coffee - he thought he’d drop him some bombs. So he drops the bombs, and like me afterward, he feels sort of bad, and while I promise myself I’ll never eat ice cream again, he says OK. War games is over. Peace in our time. All is forgiven. We’re all gonna be friends now.
Not so fast, buddy.
War doesn’t work like that.
Well, you may think I’m being facetious, or ironic, or some sort of sick funny. I’m really not. I think he’s that simplistic and that stupid. And by the way, I think I am too when it comes to Häagen-Dazs ice cream and my hurt feelings.
But here’s the thing. I am not surrounded by one million checks and balances that are supposed to stop me from hurting myself. And in his case, it’s supposed to stop him from hurting me and you and oh, billions of people across the globe.
He has advisors around him. You saw three of them standing behind him when he spoke to the nation. Alrighty then. Nuff said.
Fox News taunted him. It really did. Actually, Fox News is not a person. The commentators on Fox News taunted him, and you know what? They knew exactly what they were doing. They know he’s dumber than them. And they knew he’d fall for it and they knew they’d get high ratings and they knew they’d make a bundle of money. And in the end, it’s all about the money.
And the Republican Senators? They are bought and paid for.
And some of the Democrats are also. You know why? Because the Jewish American relationship is a very complicated one, and complicated relationships mean people behave not as they should for the greater good, but rather based on tribal affiliation, who’s lining their pocket, and where they might lose votes or get bad headlines.
You know who else is responsible? You guessed it. You and me.
I don’t mean to sound bitter, but it looks like Andrew Cuomo, the mini-me version of Donald Trump when it comes to ethics and moral fiber, but with a much higher IQ and less obvious presentation, but equally corrupt and disdainful of my gender, will likely get into office because we don’t do our homework. When Bloomberg gave him all that extra fabulous money - what was that about? - he used it to plant stupid seeds in the minds of people about Mamdani’s lack of experience, because he only held local office for a short amount of time.
I would remind the women around me that AOC, who they love, was a bartender before she was a congresswoman, but whatever. You go ahead and think you’re well read and well versed. And his antisemitism!? Doesn’t exist. He just doesn’t agree with the Israeli approach in today’s moment in history. Neither do I, by the way, and neither do many of the women who couldn’t vote for Mamdami because it made them think he was against Jews.
God, we are stupid. And worse than being stupid, we think we’re very smart. When it comes to quantum physics, I have no qualms about saying I’m an idiot. When it comes to politics, liberals have a real issue thinking they are anything other than well versed. You know who else is like that? You guessed it. MAGA.
So here we are. Dropping bombs instead of eating Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Voting for people who are corrupt and abusers of women because they certainly know how to run something and maybe they learned their lesson. And Fox News content and commentators continue to decimate this country and we continue to buy the products that advertise on Fox News, which is the only reason Fox News does what it does. Or maybe that’s the only reason they started out doing it. Maybe now they do it because they love the power.
Just in case you’re interested. Here again, for maybe the third time in the last six months, is a list of the companies who advertise on Fox News. Do what you want with it.
Yep. Gucci. Please God, let Haagen Dazs know where their bread is buttered.
List Fox News Advertisers
Procter & Gamble
BlackRock
General Motors
Intuit
Novartis
GlaxoSmithKline
Johnson & Johnson
Sanofi
Mitsubishi Motors
Liberty Mutual
Progressive
Charles Schwab
Kraft Heinz
Nestlé
Gucci
Netflix
Busch Beer
Amazon
General Electric (GE)