I love the details you put into this.
Does Ellie put the critter in the cement pond?
Naw. Granny done it instead.
Well, that should practically secure her a Cabinet post in the next GOP administration.
Granny wanted to butcher the hippopotamus and sell the meat, Ellie wanted to keep it as a pet (and she did put the critter in the cement pond) and Mr. Drysdale wanted to paint bank slogans on it before donating it to a zoo. Jed just wanted it to go away like it never happened. Nobody won. It was political allegory at its finest.
Can we get a “Like” button for posts like this!
I would’a stewed it up and served it in the fancy eatin’ room.
Wit possum gravy 'n hog jowls. 
Thanks for the factual update. I wuz jus makin a funny.
I always loved that they had “pot-passers.”
DeSantis? Years from now: “that guy who tried to run on the ant-woke platform? That was so lame. But I remember that was not why lost. It was because he was boring.”
DeSantis? The guy who tried to bankrupt the #1 employer in the state over a personal tiff?
Did the hippo weigh 215 lbs?
Unfortunately this hippo is a bit more than 215 lbs.
Unless Ron’s out of touch with reality, DeSantis is primarily running to be next in line for the 2028, or, maybe, 2032, GOP nomination. If so, he should, and is, leaving room for podium skill enhancement. Then, future pundits can tell us he’s new and improved,
Whoops…
As DeSantis approached the podium to speak, some people in the crowd began to boo; one person yelled out, “You’re not welcome here.” Later, someone shouted, “Your policies caused this,” according to videos of the event. As governor, DeSantis has loosened the state’s guns laws, and curbed efforts to teach Black history in public schools.
ron is soon going to be groveling to Joe Biden for federal aid. A hurricane’s a coming.
I don’t expect ron to benefit from this. I don’t think he does empathy well. Or leadership. Last time he tried to tour a hurricane ravaged area, he wore white rubber boots that turned into a meme.
I’m not sure he’s not blowing that too, if he’s not forgotten entirely by then.
See, that’s the thing; Joe Biden sees himself as President of all the United States, not just the people who agree with him. He won’t force anyone to grovel for federal aid.
I heard on NPR this morning that he approved it already.