Reality TV and politics go together like ham and cheese on a sandwich if you’re a GOPer. Many Republicans, notably Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn have made it clear that they conceive of their jobs as being public relations gigs, as opposed to lawmaking. They spend a lot of money on staffers who can handle communications, press releases and social media, because if there’s one thing they learned from their idol Donald Trump, it’s that life is but a sound bite and you’re judged by the success of your last photo op.
Not one to be outdone in the Hollywood self-promotion arena, Josh Hawley has launched a podcast, starring himself and wife Erin and their three kids. Hawley is going to show the rest of us the right way to live. Which is presupposing that he knows something about living that the rest of us would give a hot damn about. Take a look. Only seeing is believing.
Oh look! Josh and Erin Hawley have a new show coming out called, ‘This Is Living,’ where they are going to teach us how to live better lives. pic.twitter.com/pPP4v9f9Dw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 25, 2021
You can see where this is going. Erin Hawley looks at her husband worshipfully and then she talks about Gee-suss. The idea is to give Joel Osmont and wife a run for their money as the perfect WASP Christian couple, while music to grift by plays softly in the background.
I wonder if teaching the young uns how to fist bump an angry mob trying to overthrow the Capitol is part of the spiritual dogma of the Hawley family?
Make no mistake, Hawley wants to be president of the Republic of Gilead. That’s his long game.
I love hauling the old family values chestnut out of the fire. Hawley knows that Mike Pence is ancient history, so he’s gearing up to be the safe Republican daddy candidate with the core values of religion and family. And after he’s been on the air for several seasons and you’ve had a chance to laugh and to cry with the Hawleys, why of course you’ll go out to vote to put him on the GOP ticket for president.
And bear in mind, Trump wanted to film himself being president in the White House. Don’t think that hasn’t crossed Hawley’s mind.
And maybe Daddy can be filmed at work? Oh yes, viewers will want to see Hawley in scenes like theatrically calling for Joe Biden’s resignation post-Afghanistan, and just four days ago he railed against vaccine mandates as “woke propaganda.”
Hawley is one of these politicians who foment the lamentable division in this country and encourage political tribalism. I give credit to an editorial in the Kansas City Star that made this comment:
Like all Missourians, we wish Sen. Hawley would focus on real concerns: health care, education, infrastructure and a changing climate, perhaps. Instead, he wastes our time and his by focusing on imaginary affronts to the cloudless world in which he lives, mostly for perceived political advantage.
I hope Hawley reads some of these local editorials. He’s not pulling the wool over everybody’s eyes. And if he thinks he can have a successful career as the religious Donald Trump, he might want to think again.
Meanwhile, if you want to know day by day what happens in “the cloudless world” in which Josh Hawley lives, tune into his podcast. If the trailer is any indication, there will be no substance, only banality and trivia served with a side order of sentimentality. This is on my list of media disasters to monitor, second only to TruthSocial.
Hawley is a dangerous to our Democracy spin master…his fist bump supporting the Jan 6th insurrection is all you need to see for the truth to be told.
Truly righteous people live their lives in accordance with their beliefs and values thus do not need to pay for clips to advertise their goodness or faith…check out Jimmy Carter and see what a true man of the cloth acts like and lives their life mission.
Vote Hawley out he doesn’t deserve any votes.
Honey, “man of the cloth” means an ordained minister, not a Sunday-school teacher or a lay preacher.
NEWSFLASH!!! Satan is holding daily BIBLE studies. I hear he’s going to expose Jesus as a drunk, a punk, & a pissant, & that HE, & only HE KNOWS THE TRUTH!!!! Once he takes over the Universe, he plans to throw God into the dungeon of Hell. STAY TUNED. Some people say.
“I hope Hawley reads some of these local editorials. He’s not pulling the wool over everybody’s eyes. And if he thinks he can have a successful career as the religious Donald Trump, he might want to think again.”
Well, I’m guessing Hawley’s pulling the wool over enough people’s eyes to keep himself in Congress (barring some MAJOR scandal). The worst thing is, barring that scandal, he’s in the Senate until at least 2024.
Personally, I’m hoping the scandal involves many male prostitutes and/or visits to gay sex clubs where he’s usually found strapped in the sex sling. (I don’t know–I just get that vibe from him.)
Me too.
Did you mean Joel Osteen? I think (Haley) Joel Osmont was the kid who saw dead people.