Those people who do make money and "go viral" or become influencers, a concept I hardly grasp since nobody influences me but me, are the ones telling people what they want to hear. This includes two new female comics who specialize in mocking President Trump on Youtube by lip-synching his voice and making him look silly or drunk. How they find that to be a satisfying occupation is a mystery, since I work hard at never thinking about the man. I mean really, you don't have to pay the slightest attention to him, or to that moronic Twitter; it's not illegal, at least not yet.
Our current society seems to be built on mockery, especially of our leaders, and with good reason: they are a bunch of loonies. If I changed the name of this blog to "Donald Trump Sucks," chances are I'd get lots more readers and maybe even a spot on The View or CNN.This is a sad reality for my generation since we can remember a time when, aside from Lyndon Johnson's gallbladder surgery scar, (see photo), we actually respected them. In reality, the press kept their secrets so we could go on respecting them. It was only many years after his death that I learned John F. Kennedy, my one-time hero, was a total scumbag, screwing women in the White House while telling everyone he was going to "take a nap."
Ahh, I was brought to adore Kennedy and it's interesting how the media that hid his proclivities are the same ones that exposed him. My turning point was Clinton, interesting that it's these people that are so good at making moving speeches that turn out the be scumbags.
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