I'm confident that I'm not alone in suffering from Pavor Nocturnis ... Nightmares of the Night ... usually brief. For me, they take the form of Questions and Queries not for the Candidates but for the Voters. An unsolicited selection follows:
Would you vote for Bernie Sanders if he was transgendered?
One dream took the form of a New Yorker cover ... split screen. Left part has Bernie in a floppy Sunday-best hat and a colorful mu-mu about to walk into a Women's Bathroom.
The other split image was Sen/Secy Clinton sidling up to a urinal between two men leading to another question: Would you vote for Sen. Clinton if she were a he?
Would you support T-Rump if he weren't a craven guttersnipe?
Would you vote for Clinton if she were a Republican selling dinner-invites for $300,000+?
Would you vote for Cruz? Indeed, ... why would you vote for Cruz?
Why would you vote for a Billionaire who won't release his Tax Returns?
Why would anyone vote for a candidate who won't proudly release transcripts of speeches.
Is it Right and Proper to have a President who talks with a Brooklyn accent?
Why would any God-fearing person vote for a spoiled kid from Queens who tried to screw -- some say -- everything in a skirt, who -- again, some say -- cheated in his marriages and talked on the Howard Stern show about his package and his prowess? And one who contradicts himself in many sentences? I mean ... WTF?
And why won't people vote for the Good Governor of Ohio? As is not quite written in song:
Why-O-Why-O-Why-O would we ever ignore Ohio?
Frustrating ... I was kinda hoping for a Sanders/Elizabeth Warren ticket and it just ain't gonna be. I will vote for Secretary Clinton, though I'm still pissed with her for her attacks on Obama. I'll really miss Obama, his way of thinking (if not his particular thoughts) and his charming and dignified family. The Obama's are, to my of thinking, a class act ....
Aside: In the chapter of Deuteronomy that discusses the appointment of leaders, the Writer (writer) the need to be above bribery and willing to chase after justice (צדק צדק תרדוף). It then, out of context, inserts: Though shall not plant a tree of idolatry next to the altar of God (לא תטע אשירה כל עץ אצל מזבח ה׳). My memory isn't what it once was but somewhere around page 11 of Tractate Sanhedrin, the Masters of the Schools of the Babylonian exile tried to explain this curious juxtaposition:
Any one who elects an unsuitable leader?
It (must be that it) is as if they planted a tree of idolatry near the Altar of God.
כל המעמיד דין שאינו הגון ... כאילו נטע אשירה אצל מזבח ה׳
California Dreamin' ... on a beautiful Spring Day!
