In 2016 I had the rare opportunity to listen in on an in-person interview with the late Madeleine Albright, who was unanimously confirmed by the senate (99-0) as the first female secretary of state under President Clinton. And I mention that stat only to emphasize the fact that a 99-0 confirmation would never happen today. We ran a tight ship at Full Frontal so there was never time to sit and listen to another interview that you weren’t giving yourself, but this felt important as we were weeks away from a historic election and most of us were looking for any kind of intel as to “What the f—k is happening?”.
So, I crafted an argument that I felt was hard to say to no to which sounded something like this:
Please? Please please please please please please. Please? Please please please please…
I succeeded, which reminded me to never underestimate the power of begging. We were in our first season and Trump had yet to be elected President but it was something Madeleine Albright said that made me wonder if he would in fact win.
James Comey had already started the “but her emails” as the cherry on top of the “there’s no way we are letting a woman win the presidency” campaign that had swept the nation. But we all still held on to the notion that America would come to their senses and choose an extremely capable and brilliant candidate over a man with zero political experience who was most well-known for a reality TV show where he never won an Emmy. I should stress that he did not ever win an Emmy, like never, and this bothered Donald very much.
But we all still held on to the notion that America would come to their senses and choose an extremely capable and brilliant candidate over a man with zero political experience who was most well-known for a reality TV show where he never won an Emmy.
It was during this interview where Former Secretary of State Albright said something that, despite not making the final cut, has stuck with me for years:
“America wants a master.”
And although this statement would seem so unreasonable in a country that talks non-stop about how big and powerful it is, only time has proven it to be true. How can there be any other explanation that a man who has wronged so often and frequently without apology continues to rise through the ranks? He wants to be King and his renaissance is pretending that it’s the actual renaissance where he can do whatever he wants. But why do we keep blaming Donald Trump? An attempted assassination has only emboldened his supporters to believe that even God is a MAGA supporter. I’m legitimately worried about people cutting their ears in solidarity.
So the question I continue to ponder since Madeleine put it in my head so many years ago is WHY does America want a master? Seriously, babes, WHHHYYYY??? You’re great. Honestly, you are. I absolutely love America. I’ve never met so many engaged, creative and brilliant souls in my life. You’re fabulous. Do you not actually believe it?
So the question I continue to ponder since Madeleine put it in my head so many years ago is WHY does America want a master? Seriously, babes, WHHHYYYY??? You’re great. Honestly, you are. I absolutely love America. I’ve never met so many engaged, creative and brilliant souls in my life. You’re fabulous. Do you not actually believe it?
This watching you date a really shitty boyfriend who treats you like garbage is PAINFUL. And if you look at the situation with those eyes we all know there is only one solution. We’ve all been there. If you haven’t been the girlfriend you know the girlfriend who couldn’t see the bad relationship until enough of her close friends finally told her the truth. Who knows what would have happened if we all stayed home and “didn’t want to get involved”. She may have stayed and then what??
And here’s where I can’t find an analogy for how an 81 year man fits into this scenario so I’m not even going to try. Joe Biden is old. Yes. My God. I can think of 900 other things immediately that I’d prefer to be doing at 81 than having to debate another old guy on stage. TRUMP will also be 81 during his tenure if he wins the presidency and his only goal is to get on the hot dictators of all-time list.
And listen, I think it’s utterly ridiculous that two aged men are even in this position. We are so conditioned to the patriarchy that we believe a 40 year old woman can be the parent of a 28 year old man on TV and that men in fact live forever. Truly, thank God for aging male rock stars having babies in their 80’s. It’s the weirdest fountain of youth ever.
So ladies and well, everyone else - PLEASE BREAK UP WITH HIM. HE’S AWFUL AND IS NEVER GETTING BETTER. He will not change which he proves over and over again by getting a thousand times worse than he was before. Also, he’s dangerous. He definitely wants to be your master. And well, that’s his dream. He wants it so bad.
But America, why do you?
p.s It’s important to note that Donald Trump never won an Emmy. He also really wanted it. He wanted it so bad. Let that be your inspiration.
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