P.J. O'Rourke, love him or hate him, is one of the great satirists of our time. Yesterday, he published a gem on Donald Trump's candidacy that is well worth a read.
Garish Tastes, Awful Hair: Donald Trump Is America
Within the context of discussing the 2016 presidential field, he writes this of a potential Hillary Clinton-Jeb Bush general election match-up:
I tremble for my country when I reflect that the two may be “Clinton” and “Bush.” Members of the electorate in their right minds will go into the ballot booth, see the names, think to themselves, “I did this already.” And leave with the ballot unmarked. Voter turn-out will be 6 percent. The shuttle from the local extended care facility will send a few memory-impaired Republicans to the polls. A DNC bus will collect some derelicts from skid row. And we will have the first President of the United States elected by a franchise limited to sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and drunken bums.
Now
that is some sharp political satire.
As O'Rourke writes about Trump's presidential aspirations:
Besides, I, personally, support his candidacy. “Democracy,” said H. L. Mencken, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
The American government is of the people, by the people, for the people. And, these days, America is peopled by 320 million Donald Trumps. Donald Trump is representative of all that we hold dear: money. Or, rather, he is representative of greed for money. We common people may not be able to match Trump’s piggy bank, but we can match his piggishness.
Please go read the entire piece. It is well worth it.