This way to the alligator pit

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

By Galloping Grandma

Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Once upon at time, a mighty ruler lived in a palace far away. He had a loyal wife, wonderful children and many subjects who thought he was just swell. One day, he disappeared and no one knew where he had gone. His wife said that he was off meditating somewhere and there were lamentations and raised eyebrows throughout the land.

Eventually, he was spotted climbing out the window of a nearby castle, his royal pants in his hands. “So that’s where he was.” everyone said. But his loyal wife said a great deal more. The ruler went before the people, sobbing and apologizing for his sins while his loyal wife stood beside him wishing she’d pushed him into the moat with the alligators. However, she knew it would be a lot more fun just to make him pay, and pay, and before she was done with him he was going to wish that he was an alligator snack.

All this happened long ago; oh wait, it was last week and the week before that, and before that. There has been a rash of public officials climbing out of bedroom windows and getting caught which is bad enough, but this has been followed by a parade of sinners on TV blaming themselves and wallowing in guilt and shame. Actually they are wallowing in getting caught. Beside them, always stands that loyal wife, wishing she had a deer rifle.

There’s been a lot of speculation about why our public officials, pledged to the public good, are so publicly rotten? It’s nothing new, but now we have to hear about it and are forced to see it on TV.

A quick look back shows us George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and even Ben Franklin, were gossip bait in their time. Warren Harding cavorted in a White House closet with his girlfriend. When he died in office, some thought his wife had killed him. She hadn’t, but she probably thought about it.

Why do they do it? Do they think they are entitled and can get away with it? Are they weaklings who are easily led astray? Is it because they are men and because they want to? The answer to all of this is, yes.

As far as those loyal wives who stand beside these men who humiliate them, I suggest getting a gun permit, a good lawyer and a pit full of alligators would be nice too. JHW
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