Family Man

 A great man once said, "A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.” Keeping in mind that this was a fictional character whose greatness is primarily measured by those in the film history community, not the parenting workshop folks. 

Yes, the Corleone family was a close-knit bunch, and they were big into celebrations: weddings, birthdays, and the occasional christenings. The youngest son of Don Corleone eventually took over the family business, a multi- tiered affair with dealings across the globe. And he still found time to make his son's first communion and his nephew's baptism. The latter of which coincidentally took place while all the rival gangs were being murdered across the city, but that's the kind of multi-tasking it takes to be a Godfather. 

That was, as I said, fiction. In real life, when you do bad things sometimes you have bad things happen. Like when you cheat on your wife. Repeatedly. With current and ex-wives. And you have a business that involves all manner of ongoing possibly nefarious schemes. And sometimes your family life gets in the way of your extracurriculars. Heaven forbid they should keep you from your tee time. 

Or your depositions.

Or your many and varied courtroom appearances. 

So this guy, who has previously expressed his devotion to family in varied and interesting ways, like suggesting that "if she wasn't my daughter..." or cheating on his most recent wife and his most recent offspring. With an adult film star. Whom he ended up paying an exorbitant amount of money to keep her quiet, especially when he was trying to be not only a respectable family man but the President of the United States. 

Well, as it turns out, this second fella is not fictional. Nor are his legal problems. Like the hush money thing that went to trial this week, because the way he paid the adult film actress involved falsifying business records. Because he wanted to keep it secret. Kind of the way he has periodically kept his youngest son, Barron secret. 

Now this guy is complaining because he "won't be able to attend Barron's graduation." The good news here is that he remembered his son's name. Now, if I were a betting man, I might wager a considerable amount of money that this guy cannot name his son's school. Or his grade. Or his age. 

But since I'm not a betting man, I'll just say that I don't believe that Donald Trump is much of a "family man."