Step right up gents and ladies! Come forward to witness the greatest show on the planet!
It’s time for the American election season. Grab your popcorn, get a snack! In the center ring let the show of political pandemonium begin!
The sideshow is democracy making the bearded lady jealous of all the attention it’s getting! Watch the politicians strut their stuff as their promises fly like bags full of confetti falling from the sky! The circus is in town! The clowns at this show are a’plenty! They are like characters borrowed from a comedy club. Snake oil salesmen and idealists – heck! There’s a candidate for everyone young and old! It’s like a bunch of buffoons riding either elephants or donkeys yet each attempting to take on the title of Ringmaster-in-Chief.
Our first act is the perennial crowd-pleaser – the attack ads. Watch in utter disbelief and amazement as politicians morph into mean men and women. They mudsling faster than an implement in a wet dirt pit. They fling accusations (true or not) like clowns flinging Cool Whip for comic relief. It’s a slandering spectacle where truth takes a backseat to lies and even the most seasoned fact-checkers are left scratching their heads.
But have no fear Devils Lake Journal readers! Despite the chaos, there are amazing, whimsical, hilarious moments of comic relief! Like when a current candidate for anything tries to grab voters with their charm only to be found to trip over their own blabbering and land face first in a dirty hill of gaffes! Oh the humanity or should I reword that to “humility?” And what about the debates? Weren’t they something? It’s like watching a few monkeys verbally joust one another.
Stand up comedians must be so jealous! They attempt to battle with wit and one liners and then end up backtracking on most if not all campaign promises. Even Johnny Carson would be awestruck at the humor of it all. An election circus could not be complete without the sideshows. Scandals vs. hearts of gold on camera that turn into hot mic moments of mahem and cursing.
Everyone in the audience young and old will sit on the edge of their circus seats hoping their character wins. In all the laughter and tears that pond in the stands, there’s a very serious side to the circus show. Behind the antics, the jokes, the character attacks and unkind gestures lie real issues that affect real people. While we as voters chuckle at the craziness of it all – we must do our due diligence in not choosing foolishly. Even at the circus we must stay within our borders.
How strange we’ve become as a nation. We shouldn’t vote just because we’ve always voted one way or another. We shouldn’t vote on a conflict of personality. We should vote on which character in the center ring will protect our democracy, our borders and our Constitution!
This election like all elections reflects who we are as a society. We’ve changed. Change isn’t always something to be celebrated. What a cheap circus we’ve become. We’re messy, chaotic and often downright ridiculous whether we’re a candidate or a voter. This circus is also a great testament to our ability to move our faces to laugh at all that is adverse. It shows how resilient we are for certain.
Really though – attending this circus together proves we all believe in the power of democracy! So come one come all! Make way for the madness! Revel the absurdity! And – at this point, vote for the candidate that makes you laugh the hardest. Since the world feels and looks awfully crazy right now – I think this is the era of laughter. This has been a ringside vision of the greatest show on earth – The 2024 Election Circus!
Find the vendor in the vest to procure your popcorn! Sit back, practice laughing and enjoy the show! It doesn’t matter who wins – as long as they protect democracy with all they’ve got! That way when the show ends – we can all feel good about taking a valiant bow. We saved America from itself. I hope. Thank you for coming! Meet me in the V.I.P. section if you hold tickets to ride the elephant or the donkey! Ride either at your own risk! This is the greatest show!
The Blonde on the Prairie is a lover of ND. She is an author and motivational speaker, owner of “Monkey Balls” food truck and Joyologist to the elderly, the disabled and, now, also to children wherever she is needed.
Editor’s Note: Circus or tragedy, the important thing is to VOTE!
