Let’s face it: the holidays all seem to have lost a bit of their luster over the past twenty months, including Halloween. It seems as though there is a desire among some on the progressive socialist-left that holidays be eventually uprooted and erased from the American conscience and disappear from tradition altogether. At some point, in the not-so-distant future, we may have to explain to young people what it was like in the United States before phrases such as “social distancing” and “mask up” and “curbside pickup” swiftly emerged and slipped into the American lexicon last year.
It may be difficult for future generations to understand that it was not normal nor customary prior to Spring of 2020 to wear a medical mask to go pick up a gallon of milk at the 7-Eleven. Back in the day, it was the custom for children to attend school without wearing N95 masks, such that students were able to process the social cues of their classmates and teachers so as to develop effective communication skills.
As we continue toward the two-year marker of the onset of the pandemic, the memories of cherished freedoms enjoyed in pre-2020 21st Century American society may increasingly become remote and hazy, particularly for those who are just at the beginning of their lives. There’s a point where the so-called “new normal”, isn’t so new anymore; it just becomes “normal”. And sadly, it seems as if American society is close to reaching that point.
So, against the backdrop of the gloom and doom of this dreary and creepy pandemic-authoritarian era, let’s try to add a bit of levity in the spirit of a pre-2020 Halloween celebration. Remember those days of yore when your neighbors or relatives hosted festive Halloween costume parties at their homes with a keg on the back porch and chicken wings and beer nuggets in the oven?
Let’s imagine what it would be like if the Biden-Harris administration hosted a Halloween party at the White House. To begin with, we know it would not be a fun party. No keg on the porch. No chicken wings. No beer nuggets. And certainly, Bryson Gray’s chart-topping hip-hop sensation, Let’s Go Brandon, would not be playing in the background. Kind of like the bizarre, cringe-worthy images of the elitists at the Met Gala, a Biden-Harris party would be a stodgy, uncomfortable affair, filled with the uptight, insincere smiles of the triple-vaxxed ruling class, surrounded by their mask-wearing servers.
Granted, this does not sound like much of a Halloween party. But, if a Very Fauci Halloween Party were to be held at the White House, what would the attendees go dressed as? Here are a few ideas that come to mind.
• Joe Biden: King Lear.
• Kamala Harris: Will not attend because she is busy doing something else, although no one is really quite sure what she is doing. Perhaps she is filming another NASA video.
• Anthony Fauci: A mad scientist having assumed the form of Batman.
• Jen Psaki: Kathy Griffin. (Speaking of comediennes, if you want to see a funny impersonation of Jen Psaki, check out the video clips of conservative comic, Rachel Maria, @therachelmaria.com.)
• Nancy Pelosi: Ghost of Susan B. Anthony. This would be a fitting costume for Pelosi, since she has publicly spoken about her belief that she was visited by the ghost of Susan B. Anthony, and other suffragists. (See, Nancy Pelosi’s ghostly encounter, by Clare Kim, Aug. 9, 2012, nbcnews.com). Yes, the Speaker of the House truly believes she was once visited by a cadre of specters. And this is the same person who wants Joe Manchin to go along with her massive socialist spending-spree bill. Yikes! Very scary!
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: She’ll wear the same gown she wore to the Met Gala.
• John Durham: He is not invited. He’s at home watching Wilford Brimley’s unforgettable performance as Assistant U.S. Attorney James A. Wells in the second to last scene of Absence of Malice (1981). Stay tuned.
This is a short list for a Very Fauci Halloween Party, but I am sure you can probably come up with other costume ideas for various potential attendees. We can all use a bit more humor in our lives, particularly in these inauspicious times.