Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

OH, JONAH GOLDBERG! (11/21)

Deprived of any particular "gotcha" moment for his weekly attack on Democrats, poor Jonah Goldberg had to invent one of his own. Conservative voters, of which there are many in Arizona, have to be fed something to keep their distaste for anything democratic bubbling. Goldberg does his utmost to connect Critical Race Theory, sometimes known as trying to teach history as objectively as possible, and inflation, otherwise known as printing a lot of money. Not an easy task. It affords him the opportunity to slip in the usual brickbats about low poll numbers, Afghanistan, the rights of parents and the unvaccinated to spread COVID and his firm conviction that Biden's administration is plagued by problems because he doesn't understand the facts on the ground. Disaster is just round the corner. He vigorously stirs the pot. Some lumps of something will eventually come to the surface. No mention of getting legislation passed which is what we send politicians to Washington for unless, of course, they are more interested in corrupting the system for their own personal gain and egos or photoshopping anime cartoons as a way of encouraging right-wing thuggery.