Old and In the Way

21 Sep, 2023

Old and In the Way

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 Buck Banks

There’s a new meaning to “the world’s ‘oldest’ democracy,”
Where “who lasts longest” has replaced our time-tested meritocracy.
With Trump, Feinstein, McConnell and Biden,
We’re led by septa-, nona- and octogenarians.
Americans of all ages unite! And welcome to the gerontocracy!

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Attorney General Merrick Garland, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee/Inquisition.

“We always get the blame. Name one time that we’ve shut the government down and we haven’t got the blame.”

— Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), a senior appropriator, told Katherine Tully-McManus and Adam Cancryn of Politico.

“Mmmkay! And I’m 110lbs and a virgin ?! I’m not a scale or a doctor but I have spent some time beneath 215lb men and Tiny was not one of them.”

— Stormy Daniels, referring to Donald Trump’s claim at his arrest last week that he weighs just 215 pounds.

“I did see it on television. Handsome guy.”

— President Biden, commenting on Donald Trump’s mug shot.

“Didn’t hurt himself. Didn’t really help himself either. It says something that no one felt the need to attack him.”

– Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist and founder of the anti-Trump Republican Accountability Project, discussing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s mediocre performance during the first GOP presidential debate

Numerati

42 million

“Almost 42 million Americans – over one-eighth of the US population – are estimated to have lived within one mile of a mass shooting since 2014,” CNN reports.

$7.1 million

$61.1 million

62%

A new Navigator Research poll finds that — by a whopping 62% to 30% margin — most Americans think Donald Trump has committed a crime. Independent voters are even more sure and think Trump is guilty by 67% to 18%.

29%