A Helpful Suggestion

Thanksgiving traditionally is a time for Americans of all beliefs to display gratitude and appreciation  for this wonderful country and its bounty.  For many religious people it is an occasion for expressing prayerful thanks for what they see as the divine blessings which have been bestowed on this nation.  It has not been associated with politics. Yet some Democrats  suggested that this Thanksgiving people should be offering thanks to Barack Obama – not merely  for him, but to him.  The idea of families gathering around the table for their feast, solemnly bowing heads, clasping hands, and offering a blessing  to a politician may seem a little excessive to some, but one  should remember the special place Obama holds in so many hearts.

The man has done so many wrong and harmful things that those who opposed him may feel gleeful he will soon be gone and might even experience some schadenfreude over the mournful distress of his worshipful followers as the end of his administration nears.   However others believe they  should rise above that, be sensitive to the leftists’ feelings, and try to be helpful.  In that line one can try to think of a way for  Obama’s enthusiasts to  give him a boffo final  tribute in keeping with their feelings for him.    

It is well known that the Romans were among the very best at honoring their rulers spectacularly.   So Obama’s acolytes might consider  borrowing  a mixture of  the Romans’  customs and throwing him a triumph.  One can picture Obama  leading  the procession from the White House to the Capitol mounted on a Segway and escorted by  members of traditional media organizations  acting as his praetorian guard.  They would be followed in train by diplomats from Iran, Libya, Syria, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and China bearings gifts, carts with  Lena Dunham, Beyonce,  and Amy Schumer as vestal virgins and  Al Gore as Pontifex Maximus, and hundreds of   young children and their teachers marching it step and reciting panegyrics in his honor. On the steps of the capitol Nancy Pelosi would present him a garland,  and Harry Reid, in the name of  part of the senate,  would solemnly proclaim him a god.

Obama probably would love it. It would make fine TV, and it could help give his followers some closure, as they say.