Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

Being a Republican Commentator (8/12)

Now that Biden has withdrawn from the race, Jon Gabriel has lost his whipping boy. To cope with the new Democratic leader he is having to retool his pencil box. Biden was easy, he had a stutter, he was old, he was tired and past his sell-by date. The new incumbent Harris is relatively young, energetic and extremely cheerful so Boas has to find appropriate stories with which to nail her. "Not being black enough" didn't seem to work. Just being a women might be dangerous as Jon's wife will probably tell him. No doubt other political commentators are ferreting through Harris' history to find some dirt. What a shame Jon didn't devote time to Crow's generous gifts to Clarence Thomas or the President of Egypt's present of $10 million dollars to Trump or forcing women into terrible decisions about their reproductive health. What about the 47% drop out rate of 1st year university students because they never had to learn anything at High School? Perhaps the massacre of innocents in Gaza might inspire him to write something. No, these are not the issues for Jon. Elected union officials getting paid time off to go to meetings is the really important issue of the day!