Gag Order

 I want to make it clear that I did not create the following headline: 

Trump Suffers Yet Another Blow on Hush-Money Trial Gag Order

That came from the editors of The New Republic. At this point in the proceedings, it is difficult to accurately surmise exactly how intentional the double-entendre was, but it does paint a big red arrow on just how salacious things have become. Any trial involving an adult film actress in New York City would get its share of stifled giggles, but this one happens to involve the twice-impeached former "president" of the United States. 

I feel it is important for historical purposes to point out that there was a rather infamous trial that ended in the impeachment of the forty-second president of the United States, a rather tawdry affair with an intern with details involving a cigar as well as a stained dress that managed to derail the post-White House career of one William Jefferson Clinton. Ugly and unseemly, it reminded us all of the failings of the human beings we place in positions of power, and how that power can be a literal aphrodisiac. For the record, Bill Clinton was found guilty of committing perjury when he lied to Congress. He was ultimately called into account for his decades of playing fast and loose with the bonds of matrimony. 

This is not the case in New York City. The matter before the court is one of fidelity to the former game show host's wedding vows. This is a matter of public record, with innuendo that seems to drip from every orange pore. Instead there is this matter of how Ms. Stormy Daniels was paid to keep quiet. It is a matter of thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The man who managed to bankrupt several of his own casinos in Atlantic City. The man who was, frighteningly, left in charge of the United States for a brief period of time. 

All this talk of spanking and whether or not the orange one compared Ms. Daniels to his daughter Ivanka is immaterial. 

But it's all a part of the circus we all bought a ticket to when we elected this bozo.

Let's not make the same mistake again.