MooPig Wisdom

Report From  the Middle
by Pat Darnell  |  21 July 2016  |  Bryan TX

In 1968 I gave a speech to the student body of my Junior High School. I ran for Student Council President. I made lots of promises.

With all the aplomb of an amateur auditioning for a golden ticket on American Idol, in 2016, Donald J Trump is making a speech before the world community. He is making lots of promises.

I keep expecting Simon Cowell to hit the golden buzzer and let Trump straight through to Vegas. But the only thing we get is political pundits blathering about this and that at the end of Trump's speech.

Trump says what people want to hear. But do they really want to hear what they want to hear? This is the cringe I get when I hear Trump pontificate. In so many physical ways Trump reminds me of my ex-mother-in-law. She too had a misplaced regal ego and she liked to tell me about all her sordid sex affairs, and I was her captive audience. Do I want to hear that? I just want to say to Trump: "Get real!"

The die is cast, and Trump will be running as one-half the equation in the democratic process of voting.

Because I pandered to the student body, or because I made a better reality subject, I won the election and became the 1969 Student Council President. The next year the USA sent men to the moon. My year as president? None of the promises I made in my speech were kept. I don't think Trump, reality show host, can keep his promises either.

That's my Report From the Middle, where the women are strong, men are good looking, and children are all above average. Maybe I just won't think about it after tonight.