Ding Dong The Witch is Dead

IT'S 7 AM MONDAY and guess what? You know what people are talking about? Not the election, which in theory, they should be, but no, they're not. They're talking about that vital national security issue, the death of game-show host, Alex Trebek. That's both comforting and troubling.

Not that the Jeopardy host isn't big news, it is. More importantly, he is. In a murky, crazy, bizarre world where common reason and control was sort of vagabond, Alex Trebek was secretary of state, a calming influence. At least before Saturday, when all hell broke out and a sliver of hope ensued all across America and into the streets. For once, the establishment's involvement was much needed and regaled. Hope was back.

I watched the early morning news on all the cable stations. CNN called what the AP had told its affiliates was, a FLASH was coming...

"Dateline, Philadelphia …. Biden goes over the top. Pennsylvania is called. Biden goes over the Electoral College threshold of 270." Let the celebration begin and boy did it ever. 

It wasn't just CNN, but by golly, Fox News too. Who'd have thunk. Then the major networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox over-the-air, its de facto real news network with Chris Wallace saying, "Biden has carried Pennsylvania and is now 'president-elect." Happy Days are here again.

415 Media is watching the streets here erupt in joy from Lake Merritt to across the bay in Downtown. I wasn't around during WW Two but some guy sipping a beer on Piedmont Ave told me it looked and sounded much the same if not even greater.

This is not a political blog even if at times, I stretch the map and react to the obvious. I try not to inject my own politics into the equation (ha!) but Saturday was too intense (positive) to not react. It was a time to celebrate. Ding Dong, the witch is dead. So to speak.

I realize for some of you The Donald is your nirvana but our nation is not. It's as if a major wart was removed from our torsos. You can be a supreme populist and tell the establishment pols to go to hell, I get it. Trump was your savior because he said he media was enemy of the state and that Biden sucked. Good luck with that long term. We needed some restoration of the senses and Saturday was that return to   civilization. You don't have to be a Democrat or Republican to enjoy that distinction.

Yes indeed, Ding Dong, the witch is dead.