A Friend You Call To Help You Move A Body

Ask Yourself WHY They Chose Those Two Slogans For The Signs

You've heard the saying: "A friend is someone you call to help you move--a Real Friend is someone you call to help you move a body"? It's true--and thanks to Trump's statement on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi we know which kind of friend Trump considers Saudi Arabia.

Ask Yourself WHY Trump Chose To Open With That Slogan

Right now Trumpaloos are simultaneously holding the backs of their hands to their foreheads in a fainting pose because "the world is a dangerous place" while patting themselves on the back for being righteously cynical in appreciating the realpolitik their president is engaging in.

The combination of the two manages to be disingenuous and naive: they were upset about Obama paying a bribe to get back American servicemen from Iran (money that was, in fact, technically owed to Iran in the first place)--while also forgetting they were outraged by Obama bowing to the Saudi king.

Trump allegedly had Pompeo hand MBS a playbook for getting out of the mess he got himself into with an ill conceived and amazingly gruesome execution of an American resident. The reason that the Trumpaloos aren't upset about any of this is, they will tell you, America First.

Ask Yourself How Come The Nazis In America Chose That Slogan?

Reagan And The City On The Hill

The Omnivore was too young to vote for Ronald Reagan--but he was certainly old enough to watch him on TV. Reagan projected strength--he would stand up to the Russian Bear--but he also projected character and optimism. This was a time when, like today, the far left sold the message that America was not what it claimed to be.

Sure, said the leftist--those that today we recognize as "tankies"--stanning for North Korea, pining for Stalin--for real--America claims to be the good-guys--but look--Whattabout War Crimes in WWII (Dresden), The School of the Americas (teaching torture in South America)? Whattabout--

And on the right, the idea that America was the good guys--that America stood up to bullies--that America--if not perfect--at least aspired to be a beacon for what was good in the world. The Omnivore voted for that.

The Omnivore still does.

There was a reason that our worst actors--the American Nazi Party, the KKK, and now, The Trump administration have fallen back to America First--and the statement by the president is a prefect example of this.

You can't sell the average American on immoral behavior--but you can sell them on self-interest.

If you can frame the actions you are taking--bad ones--as helping the common man? Well, who can be against that? Whether it be segregation, teaming up with that Hitler guy, or getting gas prices down so we can all drive a lot--these aren't the actions of a morally corrupt organization--oh heavens no--they are the actions of someone who looks out for the poor downtrodden American everyman.

America First.

And you fall for it. Over and over and over.