I know, I know, I watch The West Wing a lot. A lot a lot. Maybe too much, some would say. But hey, it’s who I am.
Anyway, I’m watching the several episodes around the President telling his staff (and subsequently dealing with the fallout) that he did not disclose the fact that he had Multiple Sclerosis as he was running for President.
And honestly, I had to laugh…
Because I realize that this would be a nothing story today. The writers and producers spent 4-5 episodes on this story arc. And it wouldn’t even make it through an entire week’s worth of news cycles nowadays.
- The story would leak.
- People would set their hair on fire.
- MAGA would jump to defending Trump and say he’s putting his own health at risk to make America great again.
- Opponents of MAGA would boast that “we got him this time!”
- Calls for his medical records would go out across the land.
- Trump would tell everyone to fuck off, and that’s it’s every American’s right to privacy. (You know, except for women, homosexuals, transgender, and immigrants, etc.)
- MAGA would cheer him for how brave he is, while simultaneously denigrating Joe Biden for being too old.
- Pearls would be clutched.
- Teeth woujd be gnashed.
And after a week, 10 days at max, nothing tangible would have happened. Nothing from the Democrats. Certainly nothing from the (so-called) Republicans. Nothing from Congress. Nothing from the Supreme Court.
And the cycle would just repeat itself with the next lunatic thing that comes out the White House next week.
And so it goes in the land of the utterly absurd. Because nothing is normal. And nothing has consequences.
