Some of you were expecting me to announce my candidacy for president of the United States, along with the others who got all the headlines.
There have been a few problems. There are solutions, too. (How is that for a campaign zinger?)
There is the problem of my birth. I was, er, born in a foreign country with, er, un-American parents. I have to check with the Ted Cruz camp on that problem.
There is a money problem. At the moment, I have $138 in my current account. But that amount will swell when my Social Security check comes in next week.
In the long term, I have a crafty, two-pronged approach to raise the billion or so dollars I will need for my campaign. My wife will set up a foundation, called the "Foreign Governments' Friends Committee," which will raise money like a Fourth of July flag.
Unlike one of my opponents, I will not beat about the bush on foreign campaign donations. I will take them all, see that they are properly laundered, and promise the donors all sorts of favorable treatment. I can renege later. Not a word, please.
Then there is crowd-sourcing. When my message gets out, I expect a Niagara Falls of money. I will go after the disaffected, unhappy people who hate all candidates. The nutters of the left and the right have lots of dough.
Here is a peek at other aspects of my program:
Bring back manufacturing (by lowering the minimum wage, so that our labor is cheap).
Get tough with Iran. Any Iranian waiter found passing himself off as an Italian at a New York restaurant will get summary deportation.
Give China an ultimatum: Either you double the value of your currency, or millions of Americans will be forbidden to shop at Walmart.
In the Middle East, trust the dictators. We will support the most awful monsters in the time-honored way. If we could get Saddam Hussein out of the grave, I would go for it. Likewise Muammar al-Qaddafi. Call it "the strongman policy": no messing about with uprisings.
I will be a tough guy supporting other tough guys. I will say to Vladimir Putin, when we are shirtless, "I don't give a hoot about Ukraine. Take it. But I want you to invade China -- just a little way. And crush ISIS. You know, the way you did Czechoslovakia and Hungary in the glory days.
That should take care of the world.
At home I will have the most flexible of policies, based on the latest polling. If you are in favor of abortion, tell Gallup and you will get them.
Want the Ten Commandments on the wall of the Capitol? No problem if you can produce a convincing poll, preferably written on stone tablets.
What is democracy but a craven pursuit of votes through polling? Go democratic all the way, I say.
Wait until you hear some of my appointments. How do you fancy Donald Trump for secretary of state? Here is someone who will appreciate my tough-guys-are-always-right policy.
Before I announce my candidacy, I will perfect my Israel strategy. I am leaning toward giving honorary citizenship to Benjamin Netanyahu, so that I can make him my national security adviser. Why should Congress claim Bibi as their own? I will have goodies to offer him that will beat whatever John Boehner and Mitch McConnell can do. For starters, how about a hard pass to the White House and a regular chance to be on the Sunday talk shows?
Darrell Issa is my choice for ambassador to Libya, in recognition of his Benghazi studies.
Finally, my coup de grace: immigration. Simple, no one will want to live here when I am in the White House.
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