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An Ad Hockery, Oxymoronic Presidency


The word of the day today on Dictionary.com is “ad hockery,” which means “ a reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans.”

Barack Obama was the leader of the pack here with his deluge of ad hockery executive orders when he knew that he could not get any of his liberal ideas through Congress. President Trump continued this ad hockery approach when he realized that basically nothing he advocated would ever pass through Nancy Pelosi’s tight fist in the House. But Joe Biden is vying to be the ad hockery king with his slew of executive orders on his first day in office. (Could it be that he had a lot of people to payoff, and so he had them all write their own executive order?)

Ad hockery may well become one of my favorite words . . . so, get ready!

Speaking of favorite words, one of my actual favorite words is “oxymoron.” The definition of which is exemplified in phrases such as “military intelligence” and “cruel kindness.”

Perhaps the ultimate oxymoron can be summarized by glancing at the headlines in my local “newspaper” of 1/23/21 (“Senate Agrees to Begin Impeachment Trial Feb. 9”) and 1/24/21 (“How does a nation heal?”). [This was sent as a letter to the editor to my local newspaper, ergo this is very likely the only place that you will read it.]

President Biden sounds good when he puts forth a plea for “unity.” Does he actually understand what that word means? It doesn’t mean “my way or the highway.” Putting forth innumerable executive orders on his first day in office, and on the same day calling for unity is likely just the start of the ad hockery oxymoronic presidency of Joe Biden.

FYI: Yes, President Trump put forth a lot of executive orders, but as best I can remember, he never put forth a hypocritical call for unity.

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