luscious_purple

Since millions of words have been written elsewhere about the attempted coup (insurrection, riot, domestic terrorism incident, etc.) of January 6, I won't bother repeating them. You know the story. Last Wednesday, the 13th, was the 24th anniversary of my mother's funeral, and I am quite sure she would have been amazed that a president who in her lifetime was just a celebrity real-estate mogul was being impeached for the second time in his one and only presidential term.

We are in an era where superlative modifiers don't seem big enough. "War zone," "armed encampment," "unprecedented," "never before seen," and on and on.

Comparisons to Watergate and Richard Nixon's resignation abound. Hey, I followed Watergate avidly, as it happened, and we didn't have this hate and violence. Maybe there was a little discreet door-taping and such during the actual Watergate break-in. We didn't have wild-eyed rioters wielding clubs and Mace.

Some say Wednesday will be the inauguration we can't enjoy. As far as I'm concerned, I will never be able to go downtown to a presidential inauguration again. Presidents I support will always have the specter of far-right violence, and I'm getting a bit old to face the haters. Presidents I don't support ... well, why would I want to go downtown to see them?