It takes one to know one they say.
You know who James Woods is, don’t you? He’s an accomplished actor. You know who Donald Trump is, don’t you? He’s an accomplished actor, too.
Woods played the character “Sully” on Ray Donovan. Sully was #1 on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. Trump’s been in a very similar role for four years himself.
Yesterday, Woods tweeted the perfect line to capture the video he embedded in his tweet. He wrote, “the moment a largemouth bass takes the bait.” The video was a 1:48 rant by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. In it, Schumer admonished President Trump for suggesting that the November 3rd election be postponed as we combat the coronavirus. He told Trump and fellow Senate Republicans that they should stop deflecting and go solve all of the nation’s ills, not the least of which is the one we cannot see. He bellowed that the election would indeed take place as scheduled.
If there was a director he (or she) would have said, “cut, that’s a take. let’s wrap it up.” Trump acted and everyone watched, listened, and roared. Trump doesn’t want the election postponed. He had everyone make his intended point that if you can vote on 11/3 when the second wave (whatever that means considering we just had one) might be lurking you can go back to work and school today.
Twitter has put Woods in time out a time or three. He’s too outspoken and too right-leaning for their taste, not in that order. Kamala Harris, a fine actor in her own macabre theatre, called for Trump to banned from Twitter as well. The best guess VP nominee of the presumptive Democratic nominee for President knows how to put on a show as well.
We need to postpone in the classroom school, sports, dining out, and work for now. Physical sickness and fiscal mayhem makes for an angry voter. Come November 3rd, we all need to line up and vote. We need to stay at home now unless we need to peacefully protest. Stay off of the beaches too, dammit! We need to stay out of church unless we need to honor the heroes of our time. George Floyd and Rep. John Lewis are two that come to mind.
Come to think of it, why do we even need to vote? The polls show Biden leading by so much, we could all stay safe by staying home.
Then it could be the Joe Biden Show. He’s been rehearsing in his basement tirelessly for just this moment. He could act like he was the President all the while suffering from rapidly advancing dementia. Now that would be some fine acting!
Lights. Camera. Action!