People are strange. When you’re a stranger, faces seem ugly when you’re alone. Okay, okay, I was getting into some Jim Morrison there for a second. Far be it for me to judge anyone or any particular kinks and quirks. We all have them. Some might label them as a sin or a vice. Others might label them as what gives each of us our unique personality.

I’m not sure if the J.D. Vance story even qualifies as a fetish. I suppose you do have the “particular object” portion of the definition, so we will go with that for now. In his book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” there is a ton of shall we say fiction in there, Like one might have said about the Holy Roman Empire or the 1980s band the Thompson Twins, none of the words in those titles was true. Of course, you are free to discuss that on your own.

In this particular book, Vance describes what we might call “an erotic experience” with a rubber glove in a couch. People of my generation saw “American Pie”. We are not completely unaware of activity with strange things. So, the bizarre nature of the story only came in the desire to admit it openly or even brag about it. It wasn’t completely dissimilar to Kristi Noem bragging about killing a dog.

Having an intimate moment with a rubber glove certainly is strange, but not particularly wrong per se. The same could be true of killing an animal depending on the circumstances. It is the bragging that is so unnerving. What’s even more unnerving is that the story isn’t true. Vance isn’t the one who really protested all that much. So, he apparently isn’t all that bothered by the story getting out there.

We know a few things about Vance. We know he was raised in a white upper middle class household with two parents that were college educated and worked white collar jobs. We know he attended Yale law school and became Peter Thiel’s boy. Thiel got him nearly every job he had as a venture capitalists and dumped 15 million dollars into his Senate campaign.

That’s why Donald Trump and Vance are so desperate to get you to focus on the so-called “DEI hires” like Kamala Harris. Racist? Sexist? Xenophobic? Yup, it’s all of those things and more. What they don’t want you to focus on is the fact that they are two rather average guys in terms of intelligence and experience (or worse) that got ahead because others picked up the tab. It was daddy in the case of Trump. It was Thiel in the case of Vance.

Vance desperately needs you to believe he was disadvantaged somehow and got ahead based on gumption, sweat, and tears. He desperately wants to identify with people that never had it good and don’t get ahead in spite of their whiteness. He needs their support. The truth is that he has no idea what that life is like. He has never had to worry about how the next meal is going to be paid for.

In fairness, both of Kamala Harris’ parents were professional too. Of course, she is not the one pretending to be poor. She is the one that also made her way through law school, worked as a prosecutor, attorney general, and then senator before becoming vice president. She never had a billionaire paving the way for her. When you have nothing that distinguishes you in terms of talent or accomplishments you make it up. Apparently, that includes the fetishes too.

The vast majority of Baby Boomers (aka “Boomers”) in America were raised on reruns of “The Little Rascals.” Everyone knew Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Uh-huh.

If you knew them (oh, OK, and Darla and Janet), you knew about their hijinks on display every Saturday morning.

And you knew about The He-Man Woman Haters Club. It was an exclusive club with a club house and a males only membership restriction.

And an oath:

“We, the He-Mans Woman Haters Club promise not to fall for this Valentines business because girls are the bunk.”

Those who saw that episode all know how it ended: Darla Hood came along and darned if she didn’t ruin the whole thing.

Fast forward eighty-seven years, and here we are again, only this time it’s Captain Bonespurs, Hillbilly, MAGA Mike, and Hulk Hogan. All he-men who are in agreement that, yes, girls are definitely the bunk.

Then Kamala Harris came along and darned if she didn’t ruin the whole thing.

Whoever told this woman, this lowly woman of mixed race, that she could tread now where only he-men could go before?

My sources tell me that Catwoman may have had something to do with it.

I know it’s somewhat of a task similar to shooting ducks in a barrel – or shooting a puppy in a gravel pit for that matter – but it seems that pointing out contradictions among MAGA Republicans has become a national pasttime.

To wit, the odd juxtaposition of two opinions that Veep wannabe JD has taken vis-à-vis childbearing.

First, on the position that women who haven’t borne children have no place in the formulation of our nation’s future, we have JD’s glib 2021 comment that the country is being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” 

That is to say, if you yourself have not procreated, you should have no say in the future of our country.

Juxtaposed to that is Vance’s vote last month against the Right to IVF Act. That act, if it had ever passed, would have guaranteed the continued existence of In Vitro Fertilization Clinics in all of the States.

So, in JD’s mind, if you can’t have children (and don’t forget, it still takes two to tango), that is no different than if you won’t have children. And in either case, this disqualifies you from having a say in the country’s future.

That’s some pretty strong stuff.

Continuing on in this same vein, does this also mean that childless people in general have no business in deciding the future path of the country? Does this mean that they should be forbidden to vote?

People are saying that ol’ JD is a pretty good writer. When he writes, they say, it’s poetry. But apparently, when he speaks, it’s pure caca del toro.

When Joe Biden stepped aside in his re-election campaign last Sunday, practically the first thought that came to mind was, “I hope they have a plan.”

Well, apparently, they had a plan. The transition was as smooth as you could make it. Very quickly, a sufficient number of delegates confirmed their votes for Harris in order to put a lock on the nomination. A historical influx of campaign cash came in from first-time donors. Tens of thousands of campaign volunteers signed up.

People were all in.

Sen. Joe Manchin (I – WVA) was the only one to try and muddy the waters by threatening to re-register as a Democrat and oppose Biden’s nominated successor.

But that fizzled after almost an entire day, and any further gathering of buzzards didn’t happen.

Another worrisome issue was MAGA Republican litigation. We’ve been witness to enough legal efforts to usurp electoral results that not to expect lawsuits from them over our “ol’ switcheroo” was a fantasy.

But so far, the only thing we’ve seen from MAGA Republicans is a complaint to the Federal Election Commission. And we all know what typically happens to these complaints. Nothing, until after the general election. Then, generally nothing after that.

But I’m still waiting for that shoe to drop. Why no lawsuits have been filed – to my knowledge anyway – is a mystery. Are they waiting for the last minute? Are they still thinking about it? Has someone told them that as a political party, we can nominate whomever we damned well please, and they have no case?

I haven’t unbuckled my seat belt yet. There may still be some turbulence ahead.

I’ve had it with the cries of foul. The cries that exchanging the old man with a young fresh face is so unfair that it must be illegal.

I observed previously that while some Democrats (myself included) were of the opinion that Biden shouldn’t quit, MAGA Republicans held that as a sincere belief. It was a fait accompli: Biden is the target and no one else.

From the linked article:

They’re stuck with Biden. If Biden doesn’t want to go, you can’t drag him out. He’s got the delegates to win.

and,

“President Trump just wins” if Biden steps aside; but [that won’t] happen. “I think President Trump wins either way”.

If you don’t like it when something happens, don’t ask for it.

I have to say, I’ve never heard of Tennessee comedian Trae Crowder before this week, and I’ll bet I’m not alone. I feel that I need to spread word of the man’s genius here, but try as I might, I cannot embed a video into the software that Juanita Jean uses from my phone. Can’t. Do. It.

But that should not deter me. This is about the best summary that I’ve ever heard of wannabe TFGVP JD.

And here you go. I share this video on “X” in the only way I know to do it.

Click HERE then tap on the frame similar to the one below to get sound.

Y’all are welcome.