Down the Rabbit Hole

Up is down and down is up in the world of make-believe.  Alice finds all manner of confusion and disorientation in her Adventures in Wonderland.  Donald Trump must find this story very comforting since that is the kind of world he seems to inhabit -- assuming, of course, that he can focus long enough to hear it.

The list of up-down and down-up situations is too long to categorize here (and is on-going as we speak).  However, here are a few current nuggets.

•  He considers himself "smart", a "genius" because he has lost so much money in business that it's very likely he has paid no taxes for about 18 years.
• He has done so well in his three marriages that he can now criticize Hillary for her one marriage.
•  He considers his best qualification for the presidency to be his temperament -- the one characteristic critical thinkers in our country find a total failure.
• Just because he wrote a check for research on business possibilities conducted in Cuba during the embargo doesn't mean he's done any business in Cuba.  All illegal of course.
•  As recently as this morning (10/3/16), Donald speaks to retired military brass and voices his concern about protecting our country's cyber security from countries like China, Russia, etc.   Not more than a month ago, Donald himself calls upon Russia to hack computers in our country.

Lewis Carroll must be turning over in his grave to think someone might compare his tale to the likes of Donald Trump.  With apologies to Carroll, this is the only world about which Donald has any knowledge.  The real world needs interpreters to spell out the meaning of Donald's words -- and they still make no sense.

His surrogates are beginning to show signs of physical strain required to continually explain that up is down and down is up.  Examples?

• Pence in a recent interview on MSNBC can't wear enough makeup to cover large, dark spots on his face.
• Guiliani, also in a recent interview, seems to get his tongue all twisted around in his mouth when trying to explain why Donald is a genius.
• The facial expression of Boris, in a question-and-answer session, is telling.  His eyes go dead, his mouth droops, his shoulders slouch and his voice becomes an automaton.  It sounds like remnants of Stepford Wives and he's one of the wives.

Is this our world if Donald becomes our President?  Can a working knowledge of Lewis Carroll's book be of any comfort?  Honestly?  I don't think we have a hope in the world if there is ever a President Trump.