and the joy returns

have you ever seen the movie eight mile?

there’s a scene where “rabbit” (eminem) drops all the insults on himself he knew his rap competitor would day, thus taking all the ammo out of the lyrical gun, as it were, and making it to where he can no longer go after the low hanging fruit (he’s poor, white, etc) and since he doesn’t have any more ammo he basically just sits the fuck down and it’s done.

that’s how i see the presidential race being for a bit.

trump is a bully who likes to insult people. it’s his thing. it gets the mouth breathing red hats fired up. because it’s the junior high hallway all over again, and now you’re reliving it. joe biden was never the one getting insulted. as a senator? a vice president? that wouldn’t happen. so when it finally DID, with that orange game show host with the quaff that defies description, the best i recall him coming back with was, “oooh, c’mon, maaannnn….” and that was it.

but a woman of color? in politics? you better fuckin’ BELIEVE she’s been insulted. and talked plenty of trash back. watch the debate, and watch for a neck roll. because of that happens, shit’s about to get real.

i’ve heard plenty of negatives about kamala before all this, but it was mostly from speeches and i’d feel writers were more to blame on that shit, in hindsight. say what you wish, but all the stuff i’ve seen this week just shows she is absolutely joyful to be in the race. trump’s doing it for power and to avoid prosecution, which he will probably attempt to do indefinitely by going after the twenty-fifth amendment.

biden looked like he was running out of obligation and while i have zero questions whether or not he can fulfill his term soundly, i have just as few questions about whether he coulda hung for another four years. but he wasn’t happy to be running, and honestly, i think the same could be said for agent orange. kamala looks thrilled to be at the party!

i’ve had a couple of personal prediction that so far have held accurate, so i’m curious to see how the rest of the summer plays out on the numbers here…