Watching a snorefest from the basement. No, not a playback of one of my town halls. It’s a Fauci/CDC/Senate hearing. Bunch of large words like therapeutics, modality, parallel, gloves, essential… and acronyms like PPE, PPP, MASKS – just jumbles of stuff that really put me to sleep.
It’s all bad theatre. That reminds me, I would love to go to the theatre. Wonder when I’ll get the green light to leave the basement and can see a good movie or go to a Broadway show. Or even just get a green light to see another human. Besides Jill and the dog, I haven’t talked to an actual human in the flesh in months. Well, one staffer – but that hardly counts.
I did wake up in time to watch Tim Kaine. Now that’s what you get when you look up who NOT to choose for a Vice Presidential running mate. He is truly just not likeable and kinda creepy. How does he keep his senate seat? I love Democrats generally, even the sucky ones – but watching him talk gives me the heebie jeebies. Oh. And that democrat Mitt Romney. Not sure why people like him either. Kinda like a robot. Way back when he was a Republican it was fun beating him and the VP he chose, although I just can’t remember his name. I do remember my debate with him — described as a high-energy performance – part angry bar-room debater, part condescending elder uncle, part comic mime artist. How many years ago was that? 20? I went from high energy brawler to Sleepy Joe? Yeah. I guess hiding out in my basement kinda solidifies the New Me. Every once in a while, I get in a punch — but I’m usually just the guy in his blazer and underwear in the basement having trouble stringing two sentences together. Little sad. Maybe.
But, I like to think of myself more as the crazy uncle at the end of the table at Thanksgiving. Lots to offer. I have experience. I’ve been in politics for like 150 years. And I was VP. As VP, I did stuff Obama didn’t want to. And showed up to some places Obama didn’t want to.
Ok. I throw out incoherent rants now and then and sometimes have to be nudged a little to wake up. But, that’s part of my charm. I’ll make an incredible President, regardless of what Jill thinks. Her rousing endorsement of me was that people should “swallow a little” and vote for me. Like they held their nose when they voted for Hillary!?
Come on, man.