Class and Crass

The contrast between the outgoing and incoming Presidents was on full display last night and it could not have been more stark.  President Obama took a well deserved victory lap, noting achievements of his administration, exhorting Americans to take their duties as citizens seriously and finally giving a shout out to his wife, the VP and all those who worked tirelessly for eight years to better the lives of their fellow countrymen.  By contrast, a new dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent purports to reveal contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives as well as salacious material collected by the Russians with the goal of compromising the man they helped elect.  Besides being possibly the least qualified candidate to ever win the presidency it may be that Trump is now a virtual puppet of Vladimir Putin due to personal indiscretions and business ties with Russian oligarchs and organized crime.   If even a tiny bit of this intelligence information is true, Trump is a lame duck before his inauguration and may very well face impeachment soon after taking the oath of office.   I rest my case.