With President Trump either flip-flopping or watering down on promises made during the presidential campaign, might we conclude that his seeming “outsider” role was nothing more than a contrivance put together by establishment owners to get a man in the White House who will do their bidding, . . . you know, like all previous presidents where the owners could rely on the two principal parties to provide bipartisan commitments to the same end? As Boobus electorus begins to awaken to the fact that, once again, he has lost another quadrennial try at the shell-game, shall we see him reinvest his faith in the voting process by seeking yet another champion, . . . this time for sure?

The Best of Butler Shaffer