And Jimmy has left us
That this occurs as the most recent election and its consequences become clear is a prosaic accident.
That his person and personna highlight that the electorate just can't seem to hang with genuine people is... essentially American, I suppose. Consider that Truman hung on by the skin of his teeth. And that Bush Sr was kicked to the curb *by his own supporters* for the essential sin of attempting to balance the budget.
And now Joe suffers the wages of political sin. Of having cleaned up a mess which is now set to return fourfold.
We are not vouchsafed good grace on exit any more. Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated this, the once and future king simply perfected it for our fallen age. Jimmy suffered the essential inability to pass by without comment.
Which of course hastened his exit from office to begin with. That he shared initials with an animated conscience is... again, essentially American. And rewarded similarly.
The charity work should have been more than that Habitats for Humanity is recognized. But there are more should have beens. We now enter the age where more are employed in the renewable energy sector than in the oil and gas field. Such is Cassandra's fate.
I wonder now if we will have again someone in that office who can create, read, and build from an engineering drawing?
We've long since proven that those who have swung a hammer (or any other variety of idiot stick) for long enough to generate callouses need not apply.
