I may be remembering this incorrectly — it’s been 30 years, and I have a hard time remembering which shoe goes on which foot — but I vaguely recall a scene from the short-lived cartoon sitcom “The Critic.”
Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz) has just suffered some humiliation at the hands of his bosses or a Hollywood star. He turns to the camera and says, “Well, at least I have my dignity!”
And his pants fall down.
I think of that every time the Democrats pat themselves on the back for upholding traditional norms and values.
Joe Biden greeted Donald Trump at the White House with the words, “Welcome home,” and then sat down for tea with him. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, pledged yesterday, “It is time to look to the future … the Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.” All nice and cozy!
And then the Proud Boys, a far-right white nationalist group, marched through the streets of Washington chanting, “Whose streets? Our streets,” and Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender people, and Elon Musk got up and gave a (????) salute twice.
(Mr. Musk made what our “liberal” media called an “awkward gesture” and NBC News helpfully cut away from the salute so that many viewers didn’t see it.)
Chuck Schumer wants bipartisanship with people who are doing what look like Nazi salutes and denying that entire groups of people they don’t like exist.
At least the Democrats have their dignity.
Somebody check to see if Chuck’s pants have fallen down yet.