Those of us of a certain age have in all likelihood been to one or more circuses. That was before some uninformed progressives thought it would endear them to voters if they disbanded circuses. Their theory was that the animals in the shows were mistreated. Far from the truth, however. The animals were their bread and butter and no circus owner would cut off the biggest draw in the show by abusing the animals in any way. The animals were well fed, sheltered, groomed, and loved. But, that isn’t really the point of my story here.
Those that lived in the era of the circus will recall the clown car. This was a very small car that held an unbelievable number of clowns. The car made a couple of laps around the ring and then stopped and clowns came pouring out. It was beyond belief as to how many clowns that little car held.
Well, circuses or not, the clown show continues today. It can be viewed on almost every newscast of every day. The clowns are now called politicians and they come in all sizes and shapes and in all political persuasions. You can watch them perform at podiums all over the country. They have perfected the soft shoe dance introduced by the governor in the movie “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”.
These political clowns sing various tunes, all with the same underlying theme of distracting the public, lying to the public, fleecing the public, and saying anything that may get them reelected. After 4-8 years of doing their version of a dog and pony show, they can retire with pay for life, free medical, and enough money to buy several multi-million dollar mansions. I think the last president to retire poor was Harry Truman.
Well, in any case for those of you that miss the circus and the clown car segment of the show, just turn on the telly and watch the news. There are clowns aplenty, though the little clown car has gone the way of the circus. Now the clowns tumble out of chauffer-driven limos, and their stick on red noses have been replaced with diamond stick pins.
Frankly, I preferred the clowns with the red noses, and the tickets to the circus cost far less than supporting the political clowns of today.
Thank you, Christopher. I certainly have no problem with you re-posting the article. The more people that read it, the better our chance of getting some changes made.
Excellent commentary Ken. You are “spot on” with your astute analogy of today’s “Big Top” with the clown car dominating all three rings. I say bring back the elephants!
I agree. Bring back the animals we love and fire the animals that are misstreating us.
I absolutely loved this essay. Such an apposite commentary of yesterday’s and today’s political landscape. No lessons learned just the same old nonsense being regurgitated by the “clowns in charge. The lunatics are running the asylum. Thank you Ken, I was so impressed with your submission, I hope you don’t mind I have re posted it on LinkedIn. I look forward to reading more.