Garrison Keillor is a mensch, a man in whole. Also wicked funny. President Etaoin Shrdlu is indeed sad, a total loser. We might say, so are the folks who voted for him, because they will lose a trillion dollars in health coverage over the next decade. The innumerate won't understand the implications, because they are innumerate; but they will feel the effects as a large number of premature deaths, including among poor children. But who will they blame? Will Big Brother on the TV tell them it is Obama, Clinton, and the Democrats? Of course, villains always nominate a scapegoat, but will the people catch on?
Dreadful things are truly afoot. As a nation, we are sleep-walking toward ruin. Will reality wake up the nation's people?