I think I’ll do this every Saturday now that the presidential election is pretty much in full swing. It’s fun getting messages here and there about the political aspect of our country and today I have two questions.
Chuck from Flagstaff, Arizona asks:
Q: “I enjoy your blog, but I feel you go over the top calling our sitting president a con artist, a rogue, a grifter, a douche bag and a pussy grabber.”
A: “Chuck, thanks for reading the blog and the question. I would feel bad about calling our sitting president any of these things if I felt they were an untrue depiction of the him. But in this case, I feel as if my claims are if anything rather on the tame side and in fact pedestrian considering this human’s behavior. Hope you keep reading the blog.”
Carrie from Toronto, Ontario asks:
Q: “It’s refreshing to read an American who can be objective about how far American culture has fallen the past twenty years. Who are your favorite political columnists past and present?”
A: “Great question. Growing up my two favorite political writers were Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley. I could never get enough of them and went on to enjoy reading many of Gore Vidal’s historical novels. I loved it when they almost came to blows at one of the political conventions on ABC back in the day.
In the present, if I want to be entertained and laugh my ass off…I enjoy reading Maureen Dowd. If I want to be informed in an objective, pragmatic manner… I don’t think you can go wrong with Tom Friedman.
Hope you keep following the blog.”
Hope to have a good question or two next Saturday.