Many of the more popular sports in this country follow a familiar routine. There are the practices, the pregame show, the game, the post game wrap up and subsequent coverage in the following day's paper. Then, especially in baseball with 162 games, it's onto the next game. Plus there is the constant news of roster changes and injuries to keep track of.
Presidential politics seems to follow this same format somewhat. We have the practices of the primaries, the pregame show of the campaign, the election game, the post game wrap up of the losing party trying to analyze what went wrong and then the cycle is put on hold for another 4 years.
It seems like this last election cycle is continuing to drag on in the the post game wrap up phase. There are daily articles about the Democrats and why they lost. In addition to analysis of the losers, Mr. Trump and the GOP seem to have an insatiable need to keep reminding citizens of their win. At this point (18 days before being sworn in) it is starting to reek of unsportsmanlike conduct in this country. Don't teams get penalized for excessive celebration in some sports? I really think we need someone slapping the new incoming administration with a penalty. Mr. Trump tweeted on New Years Eve "Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. Love!" In baseball unsportsmanlike conduct can result in ejection from the game and possible further game suspensions.
I wish we had coaches for either side in the political game. The Democrats need someone to tell their side to start hitting the batting cages harder and to trade for a new Ace pitcher. The Republicans need to bench(remove his cell phone) from their Ace pitcher (Mr. Trump) for failure to follow team rules. When the GOP's Ace pitcher can prove that he can communicate like a responsible leader then he would be allowed back in the game.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just trade players in politics like they do in baseball? Injured by the opposing team and you're put on the disabled list. Your batting average is down Mr. President, I'm sorry, you're heading back to the minors for some work on that swing. Mr. President, your endorsement deals are being revoked by our company because you no longer exemplify our standard of conduct. We're calling you up to the "Show" Mr. President, you've proved yourself in the minors.
It just seems like to me that we demand so much from our athletes in this country and so little from our politicians. Bring on baseball!
I wish we had coaches for either side in the political game. The Democrats need someone to tell their side to start hitting the batting cages harder and to trade for a new Ace pitcher. The Republicans need to bench(remove his cell phone) from their Ace pitcher (Mr. Trump) for failure to follow team rules. When the GOP's Ace pitcher can prove that he can communicate like a responsible leader then he would be allowed back in the game.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just trade players in politics like they do in baseball? Injured by the opposing team and you're put on the disabled list. Your batting average is down Mr. President, I'm sorry, you're heading back to the minors for some work on that swing. Mr. President, your endorsement deals are being revoked by our company because you no longer exemplify our standard of conduct. We're calling you up to the "Show" Mr. President, you've proved yourself in the minors.
It just seems like to me that we demand so much from our athletes in this country and so little from our politicians. Bring on baseball!
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