Not the Same

While in a long line at the Stop & Shop yesterday I caught a glance at the rag rack. OK, I was focused on it. Looking at the front of People and In Touch, not knowing who the hell the spiffed up cover celebs are and wondering why I should give a good goddamn about their trials and tribs—it's a good way to pass the time. Beats the hell out of jumping on the molasses-in-January slow bagger and yelling at her to pick up the damn pace.

Real Housewives of Orange County's Shannon Beador Opens Up About Her Husband's Mistress

Who? And are they secret lovers? Besties? Planning to duel to the death? I should give a shit...why?

You're Going to Gasp When You Hear About Odessa Young's Last Wardrobe Malfunction

Why would I, or anyone else for that matter, care? If you want to see tits falling out of tank tops, just fucking google it.

Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About Latest Hand Injury on Tonight Show

I’ve heard of Jimmy Fallon but would be unable to pick him out of a line up.

In any case, yesterday’s grocery store line was just about inert so I also got a look at the National Enquirer.

Did ya know? Hillary’s headed for jail!

My first thought was:
Is this the “right’s” newest tactic for bolstering the spectacularly erroneous concept that the Benghazi committee was anything other than a 4.9 million dollar grotesquely partisan witch-hunt, out to knee cap Clinton’s candidacy?

Who reads the National Enquirer anyway? I’m imagining their audience falls into two camps.

1. Those who believe everything they read, all they’re told, as long as the pics and writing are sufficiently breathless, florid and histrionic.
2. Those who know most of the Enquirer's “reportage” is utter fiction but enjoy the hilariously, over the top stylings, bad photoshopping and cellulite pics.

OK, OK both groups prolly enjoy the cellulite exposés. Rilly now—who wouldn't?

Have Republican politics always been nothing more than Hollywood for the less glamorously gorgeous? The "right" seem to have dispensed with all semblance of smarts. They've replaced it with tabloid ready, shellacked beauty queens and kings. Palin and now Rubio. Soulless, pretty sock puppets who can can whip up a crowd—who can woo and inflame the low information set with lies and misleading info spoken in loud, proud bumper sticker-isms.

Alright, Chris Christie and Ted Cruz are exceptions. They're dim, soulless and homely but they make up for that with stunning levels of comic book level blowhardedness.

Here’s my big fear about this next election. It’s this, if Hillary Clinton wins the nomination (which seems likely), the purity brigade, the Firebaggers will, in a fit of mondo out-of-touch-with-reality-ness and passive aggressive-hood, stay home. I'm afraid they won’t vote because both parties are corrupt and evil and only Sanders/Nader could’ve saved us. A President Trump or Carson would make W look like Lincoln.

Both sides are most def NOT the same, dammit.