Bob Gorrell for March 31, 2020

Blame Newt Gingrich for the toxification of politics. One memo, titled “Language: A Key Mechanism of Control,” included a list of recommended words to use in describing Democrats: sick, pathetic, lie, anti-flag, traitors, radical, corrupt. This was a new development at the time.

Physical distance and moral distance are quite distinct.

same elephant holding a piece of paper as:

https://www.gocomics.com/bobgorrell/2019/11/22

Same donkey with glasses and bowtie standing as:

https://www.gocomics.com/bobgorrell/2017/12/15

More American’s have died now then did on 9/11, and all Gorrell can muster is “gee democrats and republicans sure don’t get along huh?”

Right wingers keep moving the goal posts to the right to the point where the country is totally crippled.

Who knew trumps wall would turn into this

Hey folks, wanta congregate? Just come to any Red State, we’re all open for business. Distancing Schmistancing, we’re not afraid of that big bad virus like them there Dem snowflake states.

Maybe from each other, but not from Wall Street bribery, opps, I mean lobbyist money.

America is a ship at sea.

All the Republican politicians are in the stern,

All the Democratic politicians are in the bow.

The ship sinks. Who is saved?

America.

(sigh)

I think this link, to a scene from the movie “Inherit the Wind”, should give both sides a moment to pause. In this film, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March were once (and still were) friends who saw eye to eye on things. But now, during a trial (based on the subject of Evolution), they are combatants. Trumpies, and non-Trumpies: check it out. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzKp530Pqc4

Remember back during his State of the Union speech when Trump called for unity? Apparently nobody does… not even Trump…