II
Another gypsy in disguise reading tea leaves. The classroom exhibitionist longing for recognition in the Delaware reality scene.
Unlike General George crossing the river in the middle of those ice floats.... his bedraggled (“schmata”) coat fluttering in the wind.......a Joey Bishop haberdashery from Hollywood and Vine not having the General’s time of day.......
III
“What hath become of public discourse, Brethen.” asked Elmer Gentry (Burt Lancaster) Bela Lugosi as Dracula practicing witchcraft on the electorate....without a license.
Is there no decency, Senator McCarthy? Painting Helen Gahagan as a Commie.
J. Edger Hoover not being able to place his win place and show bets on the ponies at Del Mar.
His Post& Paddock tout sheet caught in the maelstrom of a Doctor Frankenstein “Igor” gone bananas .
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The public be damned.
Say it aint so, Sarah
Crossing the Delaware, September 19,2019