I Am Going to Miss George Santos

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/opinion/george-santos-expulsion.html

("Stop Whining, Mr. Santos. You Got a Fair Shake.")

I am sorry George Santos is gone. He was such a welcome distraction from what keeps us up at night.

I mean, you could be blindfolded and still pin the tail on this donkey. An easier target would be impossible to find. Mr. Santos never met a fiction he couldn't embrace. While Donald Trump fabricated from his ivory tower, dear George prevaricated from the gutter. Punching down was so simple.

Now all that remains are those who cover their tracks better, whose lies and lives are more complicated. The bad boys and girls of the Republican party who thrust and parry with equally bad intention but better aim. Who can rope a dope (or three) and still keep their feet and mouths moving.

The Botox bad boy is now history. Hoisted on his own petard (whatever that means). Nothing left but an asterisk, residing forever in the hall of shame.

Bye, bye George. Can't say it wasn't fun. You made bad worse, and, for a moment or two, better.