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A Kamala, a Cory, or to Jussie

Sometimes something is so good that I cannot decide which facet to write about. Which tact should I take? Such is the case with the Jussie Smollett fiasco! Today I am going to write about the myriad of possible neologisms that may arise from the “Empire” actor’s bizarre behavior.

The most obvious is “Jussie.” From Townhall’s Kurt Schlichter:  “I propose a new verb. “Jussie” (verb): To promote a bigoted lie about conservative Americans that faithfully supports the liberal narrative while being so transparently false that only the stupidest of the people pushing it actually believe it.”

The neologisms are not limited to Mr. Smollett, although this is the one that is is the most likely to stick. The statements from both Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Cory Booker are both ripe for the picking. For example:
Kamala Harris: “@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery. This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.” 
Cory Booker: “The vicious attack on actor Jussie Smollett was an attempted modern-day lynching. I’m glad he’s safe. To those in Congress who don’t feel the urgency to pass our Anti-Lynching bill designating lynching as a federal hate crime– I urge you to pay attention.”
Either “a Kamala, a Harris, a Cory, or a Booker” could mean “an unbelievably naive reactionary statement from someone who actually knows nothing about what has actually occurred.” 

On second thought President Barack Obama should have cornered the market on naive reactionary dumb statements when he quickly commented on the arrest of his friend, Henry Gates Jr., a Harvard professor, in July 2009. As I am sure you recall,  Gates, who is black, was arrested after a neighbor called 911 to report that two men were trying to get into a house in what she worried might be a burglary. The responding officer, Sgt. James Crowley, asked Gates to step outside of the house. Gates refused. A confrontation followed, and Crowley arrested Gates on a charge of disorderly conduct and led him out of his house in handcuffs.

Within a week or so President Obama said about the incident, “I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that.” Subsequently, however, he then proceeded to comment on how badly the Cambridge police had acted . . . even though he “had not seen all the facts!” Big faux pas! His attempt at being a conciliator with his “beer summit” failed, and his credibility on anything race related never recovered. 

Even if the term, “a Kamala” or the term, “a Booker” never catch on, a lot of people will not forget the Smollett affair, and you can be sure that if either of them make it to the finals, President Trump will not let the American people forget what fools they made of themselves and how poor their judgement was.

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