I must say, I did not have Oscar the Grouch as being the official mascot of the final week of Campaign ’24 on my Bingo card. The most remarkably eclectic election season of my lifetime went from appealing to a nation built on the wretched refuse to the dumpster fire of the President of the United States calling half the country actual garbage.
I am of a vintage that when I grew up, garbage was garbage. It all went into the cans. Now, there’s normal trash. There’s mixed recycling. We have a greens bin now. Since garage has become part of the political lexicon in the last week of October, it is important to differentiate between the different types of garbage that has now become part of the national rhetoric.
First, let’s talk about Donald Trump’s latest edition of Undercover Boss. His Wisconsin press conference from the cab of a white garbage truck complete with a vinyl…
