Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted early this week, “The tides are turnin’, with a quote about the separation of Tucker Carlson and Fox News. All the people on the left chimed in as if this is some sort of victory and all the people from the right chimed in about Don Lemon being fired from CNN, as if that negates or trumps the Carlson exit.
It is the sort of daily diatribe that many of us are just sick of and hope for better from true leaders. Nothing’s changing because Tucker Carlson is not going to be on Fox News. That is not some sort of political referendum. Nothing is changing because Don Lemon won’t be on CNN. There is an entire swath of Americans that are both Democrats and Republicans that just want our leaders and representatives to start governing and to quit bitching, gloating and spewing incessant opinions like 10-year-olds at recess.
Lucas is just part of the pack of “leaders” that spend their days doing this sort of “he was speeding faster than me” type defense/offense for their positions. Donald Trump has a masters in this behavior, so it’s not limited to a party. There are a bunch of us that want true governance. Let’s figure out Social Security that is a train wreck that we keep ignoring. Let’s figure out a compromise on the federal debt, on immigration and other matters that there used to at least be compromise positions, instead of retreating to your positioning and lobbing personal insults or victory signs.
Lucas has many local issues that could use his time more constructively than trying to swing away at alleged left leaning victories, unfortunately he is simply following the modern-day politician handbook.
Speaking of local issues. If the Royals get much worse, they may get contracted and the Monarchs from Kansas City, Kan. will have to play in their new “Baseball Entertainment District.” This ain’t pretty, folks.
Is this a good time to bring up the fact that the City of Kansas City has paid $160 million to cover Power and Light District’s debt. That’s American dollars. The debt payment in 2021 was $17 million, again, American dollars. Anyway, the city always rolls out some nice convention math that this somehow makes them money by being a downtown catalyst, but I’m a bit skeptical, you do you.
I’m in a bad spot folks. Seems as though everyone on the right wants to quit Bud Light. I don’t keep up with popular trans personalities, but apparently, they got some dude that says he’s a lady to endorse the beer on Snapchat and such. I don’t have Snap Chat, don’t knowingly follow any dudes that used to be men and are now women on social media, but I’ve had a long and solid relationship with Bud Light.
The problem is that I am now beer shamed as soon as I order the bottle, either it’s “tranny beer” if you’re with a 2024 Trumper or just “bad beer” if you’re talking to a millennial beer snob. I honestly feel violated. I’m just an old, white guy that likes a Bud Light or 12 on occasion and now I’m all mixed up in a political scrum.
I’ve decided to power through. I tried to switch over to Yuengling Beer, but you try ordering one of those after the first five or six. My only saving grace is that it is nearly summer and I’m thinking I can ride this political wave out under the cover of some creative Koozies, effectively closet drinking, and see where we stand when fall hits.
I’ll let you know how I do.
(Guy Speckman can be reached at gspeckman@me.com or secretly ordering a Bud Light at the neighborhood bar)