December 9, 2016      5:01 PM
Smith: Bent Knees Stay Bent
QR’s Liberal Columnist Glenn W. Smith argues that the imperial Donald Trump wants Americans to bend our knees to him. We should remain upright
It’s not easy watching adult Americans
sacrifice their pride and self-esteem so they can be ushered like serfs across
the fake-gold lobby of Trump Tower for audience with a
president-elect.
If
we hold to the nation’s mythos, it’s a rather un-American impulse. True Grit’s Rooster Cogburn
wouldn’t do it. For many, though, it seems there are unconquerable desires to
be close to power or to have power embrace their interests.
Some,
of course, go there for apparently selfless reasons, hoping their fealty persuades
Donald Trump to let a little light
shine into his otherwise closed-tight-as-gold-vault mind. Still, it rattles
democratic souls to know how most of the televised lobby crawls will end once
the penthouse threshold is crossed: “Oh please oh please, I beg of thee, can I
at least be undersecretary of something oh Majestic One?”
The full column by Glenn W. Smith can be found in the R&D Department.
By Glenn W. Smith
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