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A Dotard

After President Trump was called a ‘dotard’ (rhymes with ‘boat-yard) by “Rocket Man” Kim Jong Un, everybody scrambled to the dictionaries and Google to find out what a ‘dotard’ is. The KCNA (North Korea’s official translators) must be using very old and outdated Kor-Eng dictionaries, as although it was used occasionally by Shakespeare, the New York Times has used that word only ten times in the last thirty-seven years, and usually in its Fine Arts coverage.
FYI – a ‘dotard’ is a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.

The problem with Kim Jong Un calling Donald Trump a dotard is that Mr. Trump is not actually very old, and although he is many things, he almost certainly is not known to be weak-minded.
Sadly when I read the definition of ‘dotard’, I immediately thought of another American political figure – John McCain. Now don’t get me wrong, John McCain is an American hero, having fought for his country and having been a P.O.W.  However Senator McCain does not appear to be what he used to be, and now he seems to be trending more toward being a dotard.
Why do I say that?
First of all he is an “old person” . . . 81 years old, and he seems to be “exhibiting a decline in mental function.” Prior to his last election he campaigned on repealing Obamacare, and yet just in the last month or so, he has twice cast the deciding vote that in essence is keeping the ACA afloat. Did he forget what he had said during his last election, “this law is doing disproportionate harm to the people of Arizona.” The people from his home state of Arizona are suffering terribly because of Obamacare (116% increase in premiums last year along with high deductibles), but yet he does not vote to end the suffering of Arizonians that is being caused by Obamacare.
He has been a life-long Republican. In fact he was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. I voted for him! So how come he has recently distanced himself from his Republican base such that he has a higher approval rating with Democrats than with Republicans? He appears to be “weak-minded” in that he no longer seems to be able to stand up for what we all thought he believed in..
Previously I had always thought that John McCain was a man of principle, but now I view him as being a simply vindictive “foolish old person.”

Senator McCain:

“Yes, Donald Trump said some nasty things about you during his presidential campaign, but come-on, you are a better man than this. You are in the process of destroying your legacy, which is really too bad, because you never used to be a dotard.”

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