Friday, February 09, 2018

Our Country Has Officially Devolved Now...

This is where we are.

On Celebrity Big Brother we now have a former White House Official, who - for a while at least, had regular access to the President.

A washed up Singer, a former Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, the hot girl from American Pie, a runner up to Miss Universe, an Ultimate Fighter, Tracy Turnblatt from Broadway, a Cosby Kid and a White House spokesperson!!!

How did we get here?

We elected a game show host who masqueraded as a business expert on TV. On TV, our VSG* President once played "Donald Trump" business expert.  (I actually had to look the up timeline below because neither Ed nor I watched The Apprentice or Big Brother.)

 On VSG Trump's show, The Apprentice, in season 1 they had Omarossa Manigault on. She was the TV gold. A loud, pushy outspoken black woman villian who hit most every stereotype and played it up to win the show.  She was back on a second time for Celebrity Apprentice, although he only claim to fame was that she was on The Apprentice. And then she was invited back again for All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.

When VSG Candidate Trump got the nomination, she joined the VSG chuck-wagon. And when he took office (of President!) she was named Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Communications to the Public Liaison.  A big mouthful that didn't mean much. After almost exactly 1 year she left.

Most people blamed the fact she drug her bridal party for pictures all throughout the White House without permission.

Now, she is on Celebrity Big Brother, less than 1 month away from the White House.  And boy, by day 2 is she talking! She is trashing our VSG President. She is telling her friends on the show (which has changed its liquor rules for this special edition) to abandon all hope.  When specifically asked by a frenemy to "tell me it will be okay." She shakes her head and whispers "it will NOT be okay.  it is bad..."

The White House responded (and yes, I am actually typing that the White House issued a formal response to a drunken TV rant) by saying:

Principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah said Thursday that the White House does not take her concerns very seriously.
"Omarosa was fired three times on 'The Apprentice,' and this was the fourth time we let her go," he said. "She had limited contact with the president while here. She has no contact now."
Now that would be a fine answer, except - as Ed said laughing during the news last night - VSG President Trump HIRED her after 3 of the 4 firings - so why is now the exception?

And that, dear ghosts of Washington, Lincoln and Hamilton, is the current stay of the Union.

* self proclaimed Very Stable Genius