This is the first time in my life I’ve had to turn down the volume on C-Span (Guess which one first?)

“So in lieu of a platform, the R.N.C. released a one-page resolution that pledges its undying support to Trump. That’s not a political party — that’s a cult! [as Trump] ‘Welcome to the convention, everybody. Take off your masks and put on your matching Nikes and your MAGA hats. Then drink up our bleach-flavored Kool-Aid. I’m marrying all the daughters. Guess which one first?’” —Stephen Colbert

“A particularly hard watch was Donald Trump Jr’s girlfriend and vengeful banshee who will haunt your dreams, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who screamed this message of hope, ‘If you want to see the socialist Biden-Harris future for our country, just take a look at California!’ I’m trying to look at California, but there’s fire everywhere because of climate change. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, is Guilfoyle’s ex-husband. I’m guessing that was not an amicable split. But I think I know who was awarded custody of the rage, because when it came to the president’s agenda, she had some very nuanced screams. Guilfoyle shouted, as if leading a worship service, to an empty room, ‘President Trump believes in you, he emancipates and lifts you up to live your American dream!Ladies and gentlemen, leaders and fighters for freedom and liberty and the American dream, the best! is yet! to come!’ Excuse me for hiding under my desk. Is the loud lady gone? I’m scared! This is the first time in my life I’ve had to turn down the volume on C-Span.” —Stephen Colbert

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html

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