DEFECTIVE OFFSPRING PRAISE SHOW OFF DADDIES

There is a family of defective offspring that keeps growing.

Not all are blood related, but more intent related.

They want what daddy wants. Or mommy. But mostly daddy.

Why daddy?

Because who else would they want to be when they grow up?

They want to be The Big Show, just like their old man.

And why not?

When their dad is internationally famous for running his mouth, berating disabled people, mishandling his responsibilities and given the green light to continue, why not?

If daddy is a proven loser, but still calls himself a winner, then he’s a winner to the kids.

What do they call daddy who wants things his way and melts all the way down if he doesn’t get it?

Role model.

Defective Offspring Learn from Defective Daddy

If you have one loose cannon praised by three adult children, what have you got?

Four loose cannons.

This isn’t ordinarily a problem. There’s no shortage of squirrelly people in any community.

But there is one house where these people don’t belong, didn’t want to be, and can’t stop talking about how much they want to move back.

That house is the White House.

When daddy gets elected Squirrel in Chief, things don’t get better.

Healthy apples don’t heal the rotten apple in their midst.

It reminds me of the mid-manager telling his staff: “The more the bosses screw up, the more latitude we have.”

When a screwed up man is given the green light to screw up, what do you suppose happens?

Defective offspring see it as their role to explain why their daddy is no screw up, even while he’s screwing up.

And nothing hits harder than THE TRUTH, but it’s an evasive target.

The truth is that show off daddies who start their work day in a make-up chair, but are not drama performers, not actors, are just too weird.

But not weird enough for their defective offspring.

The Sad Part About A Show Off Daddy

Show off parents like doing one thing more than any other: Showing off.

Unless they have kids they’d rather not talk about.

“I have the kids for slightly more than half the week and spend a fair bit of time with them,” Elon shared at the time. “I also take them with me when I go out of town.”

Nothing wrong with being a part-time parent, but combined with banging out ten kids with four different women, it seems a stretch.

Like most parents, he must wonder how his kids will turn out. Will they grow up to be show off parents too?

All parents worry about their kid, unless they lose track.

But, who loses track?

If you talk to accomplished men who had a famous father you get the idea of the shadow they live under.

I spoke with an old Portland man whose father was a local legend. He didn’t seem to know his dad very well besides what he read in history books.

He seemed like a minor character in his own life. His kids seemed even less in his description.

This is the cascade effect of show off daddies and defective offspring: it’s contagious.

“If he can do what he wants, then why can’t I?”

“If he can foment insurrection without consequence, so can I.”

What Do Defective Offspring Do When The Show Ends?

I asked my kid, “What happened to you?”

I’ve asked the question before. I’ll ask it again. It could be a last conversation, but it never is.

This is a man in his early thirties, married with a kid of his own, and a job with a future.

He’s never complained about being canceled, left out, forgotten, or replaced.

“What would it take for you to march in a protest against anything going on now?”

“Like what?”

“The usual injustices, gun control, the insurrection, equal rights, pro-choice. That stuff.”

“I’ve thought about it.”

“Me, too. All things considered, I don’t know if I could take a beat down, getting gassed, and tased.”

“Or shot.”

“Yes, or shot.”

“It’s different with a wife and kids. I’ve got to think of them first.”

“What makes you different than the people who stormed the Capitol?”

“That’s not a group I’d want to join. You saw them. What makes you different?”

“As the only veteran among my brothers and sister, I know what a direct order is. I’d never follow a presidential order given at a televised instigation. That’s not how it works.”

“Me neither.”

“You’d be a handful on either side.”

“There are not two sides I can see.”