I ate an early breakfast — so there’d be nothing in my stomach to puke up later when Trump addressed the CCCP CPAC meeting. Yes, I watched him live and btw couldn’t resist the old Soviet Union reference because Ruskies are part of the gang now. No snide comments to the crowed about “Look around — do you see any Russians?” today! Well, it was a disgusting, vile and stomach churning performance as I expected, complete with some “Lock her up” chanting which in itself was quite ironic given news had broken that yet another member of his team was pleading guilty today. He “riffed” for over an hour, and if it wasn’t quite as raucous as one of his rallies out there amongst the goobers his ramblings were an awful lot like what we’ve seen and heard from him in the past. Well, I never actually watched an entire “performance” of this type before but I’ve seen too many news clips.
What was new, at least to me is that he’s taken to using the words of a song that’s well known to folks my age (sixty) or older because we heard it on the radio back in the day. Like so many songs it can be read out as a poem and apparently old Donnie had decided not just to start using this poem/song as part of his shit shtick to slam immigrants but even practiced it for what I’m sure he thinks is bigly awesome dramatic effect. No doubt he’ll wind up whining about not getting a Grammy for his performance.
The words to the Al Wilson song were drawn from an old Aesop Fable. It tells the story of a woman who was so entranced by the beauty of a (venomous) snake freezing to death that she took it home to revive it. Later, the snake bites her and as she laments that she had save him his reply is that she knew when she took him in he was a snake. IOW a snake is going to be a snake and will turn on anyone, even someone who helps them.
Like I said, for me it’s an incomprehensible combination of irony and chutzpah that Donald freaking Trump would use that song/poem to point out the dangers of ignoring the nature of another person or group’s “true nature.” He is as we know a man who has spent a lifetime lying, cheating, stealing and screwing over virtually everyone who has ever associated with him. Loyalty is a one way street leading to him and only him as far as he’s concerned and he will turn on and screw over any and everyone including his own kids if they fail to please him. Or just for some extra profit. Or just for the hell of it because he needs a power trip to feed his brittle ego.
If ever there was a person who could be the human representation of the snake in the song/poem it’s Donald John Trump!
All these hours later my mind is still blown. And apparently this has become such a regular feature at his rallies that the folks today at CPAC encouraged him to do the poem, although he did tease it and get them to ask him. But they ate it up! We talk about conservatives throwing “red meat” to their crowd. Well, in addition to that it seems Trump like to throw snake meat too!
Un-fucking believable.
I wish I had video editing skills because I think a music video of this song filled with Trump images and people/businesses he’s screwed over would go viral. And wind up on hit precious Twitter feed. Maybe that would finally cause him to stroke out. Anyway, here’s the song and the lyrics for those who are too young to remember it. Anyone who listens to and/or reads what follows that tries to convince me the snake and Trump aren’t one and the same will be wasting their time.
On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a comforter of silk
And laid him by her fireside with some honey and some milk
She hurried home from work that night and soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken to had been revived
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks, the snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
"I saved you," cried the woman
"And you've bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake