Born Is the King of Israel

[supergee]

Let us be clear about this: Donald Trump’s paretic or other decline has not yet reached the point where he is claiming to be the King of Israel. He is merely retweeting the words of a supporter, Wayne Allyn Root, who said that the people of Israel think of him that way.

I was aware of Mr. Root longer than most of you because for years he was advertising his services as a betting advisor in the football magazines. (I don’t know if he’s still doing it.) He has apparently found greener pastures as a conspiracy theorist. It’s the usual theories: Obama is a foreigner; the alleged victims of shootings are actually actors; that sort of thing. But if you want to know about his mental state, I offer you a single quote: “No man can ever live with a liberal woman with cats. She’ll cut your pee-pee off, I promise you. ”

Comments

[redbird]

Fuck. They really are trying to immanentize the eschaton.

(Expanding that slightly: when Christians say "the messiah is coming" that usually implies "welcome to Armageddon.")

[oursin]

She’ll cut your pee-pee off, I promise you. ”

But will she then feed it to the cats, enquiring minds wish to know?

[dewline]

Mr. Root seems the sort of person I hope to avoid ever having as a governor of any place I happen to be living.

[conuly]

Wait, he actually, as a grown man, refers to his penis as his "pee-pee"?

(Also, if you're not abusing and raping your spouse, you have nothing to fear on that front.)

[violsva]

And here's what he's distracting attention from.

[minoanmiss]

ah.

*shudders*

[dewline]

I can't throw up when I read this. I should, but I can't.

[lavendertook]

Yup, El Trumpo knows what he's doing.

And I'm glad Mr. Root is properly threatened by liberal women with cats. Perhaps he's talking from experience; one can always hope . . .

[cynthia1960]

This liberal woman with cats is glad she is queer.