A moment of truth

The circus performance has finally started. It'll go on for exactly one year! Whoopee! Let me describe the first act.

A leading Presidential candidate and the entourage visited a diner in Iowa, ran up a $157.46 bill , paid it, and, according to the waitress who served them, whose name is Anita Esterday, left no tip. The next day the leading Presidential candidate used Anita's hard luck story (she has to work two jobs to support her family) in a speech elsewhere. All this was reported on the National Public Radio, a government supported organization that is not supposed to endorse any candidates, but, despite everything, is clearly endorsing this very leading Presidential candidate.

The leading Presidential candidate's damage control team went to work. It first claimed that it had left a $100 cash tip to the manger, who, it later turned out, was not present there, and then a day or two later, a local representative of the leading Presidential candidate, who as all know is for the "little people" went to the diner to hand Anita $20. That would come out to about 12.7 % of the bill, whereas in the United States the standard tipping percentage is 15 to 20%.

Well, the Internet went to work. It's buzzing and buzzing and the opposition is having a field day with this incident. Who can blame them! For the "little people"? Indeed. The true character of the candidate and the supporters is now on full display. It's the little things that count. What is usually called a moment of truth. Now songs are being written, I kid you not. The waitress' name lends itself to the task. Here is a fragment of a full song written just Yesterday:

Esterday...It's a game that you don't want to play
In the end, you know I'll get my way
I'm warning you Ms. Esterday

You got stiffed by me but you should have held your tongue
Those who dare cross me find their lives are soon undone...yes, really

And so on, until the next November!