Damaged Legacy

 Random train of thought - I greatly enjoyed the documentary "Best of Enemies" about the ground breaking televised debates between conservative Buckley and the liberal Gore Vidal. (Though I do have issues with the documentary's conclusions)

This whole Trump supporters defiling the capitol building reminds me in a way of those debates. Vidal spent 90% of those debates being nasty to Buckley, always getting personal, calling him a crypto-nazi among other many insults. Buckley remained above the fray, refusing to give in.

Then towards the end, after a particularly nasty personal attack by Vidal, Buckley had had enough and finally lashed out with the nastiest attack of all - "listen, queer, I will sock you in your God damn mouth.."

And the needle went off the record, and the room and the media and the American public were AGHAST. How could Buckley stoop so low? How could he do such an AWFUL thing?

Yeah, that's pretty much where we're at with this. The radical left spends most of 2020 taking a giant steaming shit on our country, and finally Trump supporters (most of them clowns) lash out and it's Bill Buckley all over again.

Buckley was wrong to say those things, these ding-dongs in the capitol were wrong to do what they did (and many will rot in jail as they should) - but in the end, that's what the media and consequently the majority of the American public will remember.

They remember that Vidal came out on top, because Buckley lost his cool. Never mind that Vidal had his ass handed to him throughout the entire series of debates, over and over - in the end it didn't matter. Look at the CRAZY conservative! Good job Gore Vidal! You won! lol...

In the end, I fear that this is what we have here as well. Trump delivered 4 years of incredible prosperity, roaring economy, lowest unemployment in half a century (lowest EVER for blacks), peace in the Middle East, mediation with North Korea, and on and on and on.

In the end, it doesn't matter. Look at the guy in the viking hat in the halls of congress. Biden won! Good job Joe! You really showed them!

Yeah, that's pretty much it.