WEEK 298 / 337 — The Idol
第三十一章The Office of the Former President
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF FEBRUARY. ORLANDO. FIFTY-ONE DAYS AFTER THE BAN HE WALKS OUT IN FRONT OF A CROWD AGAIN.
IN THE SAME HALL AN EFFIGY OF HIM IS WHEELED ACROSS THE CARPET ON A TROLLEY. THE CROWD PHOTOGRAPHS THE STATUE.
THE HALL VOTES ON WHO SHOULD LEAD IT IN THREE YEARS' TIME. HE TAKES IT WITH FIFTY-FIVE IN EVERY HUNDRED.
Senator Jerry Moran is doing a terrific job for the wonderful people of Kansas. Strong on Military, Vets, the Border, and our Second Amendment, Jerry has my Complete and Total Endorsement for his re-election in 2022!
THE HALL EMPTIES. NOTHING HE SAYS IN IT IS WRITTEN DOWN BY HIS OWN OFFICE.
Max Miller is a wonderful person who did a great job at the White House and will be a fantastic Congressman.…
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This week in the saga
The twenty-eighth of February, Orlando: fifty-one days after the ban he stands in front of a crowd again, and the hall is on its feet before he reaches the lectern. An effigy of him — life-size, polished to a mirror — is wheeled across the carpet on a trolley and photographed all afternoon. The hall votes on who should lead it in three years and gives him fifty-five in every hundred. Of all of it his own office writes down nothing. The paper record for the week is two notes of correspondence: a senator from Kansas, and a young man from Ohio running against one of the ten who crossed the floor.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 298. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…