NO EXIT

Of course! Who else would brag about it?

Despite updates provided by Blogger, I don't know how many of my readers are, in fact, bots trying to leave spam in the comments section. What I do know is that ex-presidents tend to step back and blend in with the wallpaper, only occasionally taking a break from their hobbies or golf games by raking in millions in speaking fees. 

There are exceptions. Jimmy Carter builds houses for people in need. Donald Trump says rude, untruthful things online, in speeches, and to reporters. Guess who gets the most news coverage. You'd think he was still president -- which some of his voters believe. 

Donald Trump has been called a weak person's idea of a strong man, and a poor person's idea of rich. We should also consider him an idiot's idea of a genius, an evangelical's idea of a Christian, and a Democrat's idea of the gift that keeps on giving.

And you know the penalty for
treason.

For the latter, just look at last week's midterm election, where Democrats kept the Senate. Sure they haven't swung the House -- or will they? -- but they made the GOP's we'll-pick-up-40-seats boast the worst prediction since Nellie Connally told JFK, "You can't say Dallas doesn't love you" just seconds before the latter's skull was blown off. (OK, so maybe all of Dallas didn't pull the trigger, but there were plenty there would have been glad to.)

It didn't help Republicans that the Supreme Court got rid of Roe vs Wade, even if it was purely for legal reasons (wink wink). But that alone might not have brought out so many voters. It was, rather, Trump's daily -- hourly -- tirades, along with those by his political acolytes, that ultimately made the difference. 

Trump advises Republicans to kiss his ass.

For a few years, I've been predicting the GOP would regret sooner than later its embrace of the guy who was the 180-degree opposite of everything it allegedly stood for. I've also believed that, unless Trump was rejected by the overwhelming majority of Republican lawmakers, the party would eventually implode, leaving only ashes, memories, and people who, in earlier times, would have been ignored or committed on a 302. (While I'm hesitant to name names, one rhymes with Shmarjorie Staylor Freen.)

If you didn't know him, you'd think this was the
Used Car Salesman of the Month.

Some Republicans 

are speaking openly about throwing Trump overboard -- not necessarily because of trying to instigate a coup but, rather, failing at it. Most of them hold local rather than national office, or have been rejected by their former voters, so none of them has any real clout. 

It may all come down to, heaven help us, Ron DeSantis, who is Donald Trump after reading Politics for Dummies. If, as expected, both men run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, DeSantis could be the party's Patrick Ewing -- the guy who singlehandedly kept the team alive while the others were faceplanting on the court. 

But don't forget the Knicks still sucked. And that Democrats can't resist screwing up a sure thing. Can't wait for 2024!

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