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Holidays at the Kids’ Table [1]

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Date: 2023-12-08  

Many of us are coming off a festival of green beans, collards, and either overcooked or undercooked potato salad (some, unconscionably, with raisins). The meal featured a once-a-year (okay, maybe twice a year) turkey stuffed with a variety of fare, from oysters to prepackaged crumbled bread, dried onions, and celery. Another feature of this ritual is the division of kids and adults at mealtime. The children are banished from the family so that adults can freely pass the libations and gossip about the ones not there.

The fourth GOP debate came just when the nightmares of family arguments and mashed potatoes flung across the room from the kids’ table faded into warm, festive memories. With the head of the GOP table in court for a myriad of crimes, from fraud to stealing government secrets, the kids took the stage in Alabama sans bibs. The only thing missing from this animal house of failed candidates was John Belushi blowing chunks and yelling FOOD FIGHT! Helping to referee this conglomeration of fat jokes, misogyny, homophobia, and hair-brained conspiracists was one moderator who, in the past, insisted a fictional character [Santa Claus] could only be a white man.

Megyn Kelly, a former Fox News host, began her questions by declaring the race over, essentially stating that none of the participants could win. Every question thereafter was slowed by a child-like fight akin to throwing the sweet potatoes while the viewers wanted to heave, listening to it all. The accusations and insults flowed like box wine; good intentions, but flat. Kelly, who often touts her credentials as a serious news person, also ignored the historical facts of the region where Jesus was born, adding to her Santa Claus comment that “Jesus was a white man, too…”

Despite the conservative media throwing laurels at Ms. Kelly for her debate moderation skills, she paled compared to the main event. After Vivek Ramaswamy spewed a battery of insults, conspiracies, and downright lies, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie summed up Ramaswamy and his campaign, “This is the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in America,” Christie told Ramaswamy. Of course, Ramaswamy proved Christie’s point by answering the rotund former governor with a fat joke, “Do everybody a favor, just walk yourself off that stage, enjoy a nice meal, and get the hell out of this race.” Many have written that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had his best showing. The most talked about things about DeSantis are his regressive policies in Florida, his white boots, and eating pudding with his fingers. Debate success was not falling off his platform shoes. Oh yeah, Nikki Haley was there.

CNN plans an hour or more in separate town halls with Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis. Fortunately, they will air a few weeks before Christmas, so the hot air blowback will not throw Santa’s (the white man) sleigh off course. The holidays are a time for good fellowship, food, and turkey campaigns. The second Christmas turkey is literally on the chopping block, and so is America next November.

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