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The other night on a friend’s recommendation I recorded Stephen Colbert’s show to catch a bit he did on the multi-car pileup that is the House Speaker’s succession. (Or, I guess, secession. For two men in a row.) The piece was indeed hilarious.
I wound up watching all of the show (although fast-forwarding a rather empty interview with James Corden who, yes, can sing and dance, but who seems to have nothing to say) and then came upon the musical guest: Halsey. I recognized her song, “New Americana,” which is at #95 on the U.S. charts but constantly on my radio, and decided to learn a little more about her. I looked her up and learned that she’s 21, grew up about 30 miles away from my birthplace, and is biracial, bisexual, and bipolar. And then it occurred to me that, even 10 years ago, any one of those three would have disqualified you for any number of things; now you can be on network TV and mention all of it in your official biography.
Meanwhile, the GOP is acting far crazier than any of the bipolar people I know.
October 20th, 2015 at 4:01 pm
The GOP, even the Doctor that is right behind Trump, finds itself redefining mental illness. The DSM may one day include Republicanism as a mental disorder. One can hope. I can’t imagine the treatment for that set of problems.
November 12th, 2015 at 11:01 pm
The treatment, Joe? First, you have to not listen to the liberal voices in your head that say “You can do whatever you want with no accountability, either individually or as a nation. Then deal with the cognitive dissonance caused by believing the Democrats are the party of the young while looking at their nominees. You must then deal with the delusion that the US Constitution confers rights and privileges that it clearly doesn’t even mention, let alone proscribe as national policy. I recommend a course of treatment to include readings from the Bible, William F Buckley and George Will, with daily auditory reinforcement from Mark Levin. I wish you success in your treatment and best wishes for a full and speedy maturity!