As
I madly dress for the San Marcos Women's March, I want to review for
you another inaugural address, none other than that most hated
liberal elitist of them all, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Oh the flames
of protest! Not that horrible person. Yes, that very same horrible
person. Rich kid, swore like a sailor, abandoned his men on an
island to swim for help (some say). Here is what he said on his
inauguration:
Now the trumpet summons us again – not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are – but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, ‘rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation’ – a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
Clearly
this is inadequate. What would that master of all that is right and
decent, Donald Trump, tell us? Well, of course, he would attack his
enemies. And he would play to his base.
For too long a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs. While they have celebrated there has been little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.
What
is funny about this, from my point of view, is that even when I agree
with Donald, I disagree with him. I generally think that some of this is correct. That Washington did pursue a neoliberal economic policy that hurt millions and millions of Americans whose struggle and complaints were ignored. But that is not what I would put in my inauguration
speech. There is a way to say this, even (some of) these exact words, and spin
it in a new way forward. This is not a campaign speech, you idiot, I
want to say, this is your inauguration speech. You won (well,
sortof). Its a speech that is supposed to show us the way forward,
the way for all of us forward.
And
one more time, Donald, you failed. This is just the beginning of
your failures, I think.
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An
afterthought. I want to thank all the idiots who disgraced America
with this narcissistic swine. Just to let you know how much you are
hated. And you are truly hated.
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