I can’t get the word “chicanery” off my mind these days. Hopefully, you won’t be able to either.
Chicanery is the ideal word in the English lexicon to describe what’s been happening: “The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose; deception by artful subterfuge.”
I’ll stipulate that chicanery is nothing new in American politics, nor is it entirely exclusive to one party. Ask anyone in Washington, D.C., at one of its more popular watering holes, and a few drinks in they’ll indignantly tell you there’s just too much at stake to suddenly emulate Mother Teresa when it comes to political power.
In an alcohol-induced moment of candor, they would angrily stammer, “Fool, everyone knows politics are downs and dirty!” “All’s fair in love and war!” “(Expletive) Walmart voters are too stupid to decide such matters!” “You’ve got to break a few eggs …” etc., etc., each attempting to out-liberal the next to cement his or her position in the absurdly progressive city.
But even in the calamitous bloodsport that has become presidential elections, it’s now abundantly clear that one party in particular has turned trickery, deception and artful subterfuge into a fabulous new art form. Can you guess which one? Here’s a hint: 92.1% in Washington, D.C., voted this way last election. Now can you solve the riddle?
If you’ve seen the No. 1-selling movie on Salem Media and Amazon this month, you already know “2000 Mules” raises some mighty worthwhile questions for the less-than-hyper-partisan, trusting voter outside the Beltway. This in addition to countless other worthwhile questions that have already been raised about the “most secure election in history,” as decided by razor-thin margins in a few swing states.