Americans’ remote controls morph into time machines as they change channels to find Bill Clinton at the White House podium holding forth on Bush tax cuts (among other topics) and Bernie Sanders on C-Span filibustering against them like Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” on TCM.
Washington is a farce like “The Office” these days or a giant reality show with participants contorting themselves every which way to stay on camera.
Whatever is going on is show business, not government. In the season finale of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” the corrupt political boss muses about “how much sin you can live with.” Click, and here is Harry Reid, just after the Senate votes down health aid for 9/11 workers, pushing to allow his Nevada constituents to bilk computer users with legalized online poker.
Meanwhile, the President is retreating into holiday cheer after doing his Lewis Black rant on politicians Left and Right. The reviews were not scintillating.
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