Cue the stooges
As an aging baby boomer, I have been able to observe the last six decades of bizarre political behavior exhibited by our political leaders. During the Watergate hearings, all Americans were glued to their TVs listening to their president discussing his crimes and cover-ups.
William Jefferson Clinton proved beyond any doubt that having sex with a White House intern was the moral equivalent of not having sex with a White House intern.
Allegedly, President Lyndon Johnson would take his Secret Service contingent for a 100-mph drive through the back roads of the Johnson home territory in Texas. To add insult to injury, the Texan chief executive once peed on the shoes of his Secret Service bodyguard.
The most embarrassing of all acts of executive madness had to be the effort the other night by the three major Republican candidates to duplicate the comedy of the Three Stooges. Moe (Donald Trump), Larry (Ted Cruz) and Curly-Joe (Marco Rubio) put on a display that was masterful in its comic simplicity and humorous stupidity.
The three boys spewed out humor that would make an eighth grader performing arm-farts proud. They made fun of each other’s physical traits and created an air of total audience confusion by having the good sense to all speak at the same time.
From a junior high perspective, they were hilarious — the only pity is that one of them will have to be chosen as the Republican nominee.
By; Glenn Hameroff
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