In the movie series Band of Brothers there’s a scene near the end where Major Winters’ former superior, Captain Sobel walks by without saluting. This is the major’s response: Winters/Sobel Encounter. It’s only 56 seconds.
In it Winters admonishes Sobel for not saluting a superior officer. The two had a long, strained history. Winters reminds Sobel the salute is to the rank, not the man.
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This relates to the absence of AOC and, I read but did not confirm that there were five others, from the SOTU address last night and the tempestuous behavior of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The attendance and decorum typical of most of the previous SOTU speeches ought to have been out of respect for the Office of President more than for the man occupying it.
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We do not have a king. But by expressing distaste for the man at an event mandated by the constitution, although the particular form is not, these women, and notably they were all women, have inadvertently, or maybe not, signaled that they consider the man to be a despotic king. Well, as a matter of fact they are on record saying that it is their opinion that Trump thinks himself a king. They just acted as though he were, making for us a king. This is not just how they think. It is how they would do if the office ever changes to a person suiting them. The latin Lex Rex is a phrase meaning law before men. It is our system condensed to its smallest form. AOC, Pelosi and their synchophants would reverse the phrase. They want a King or preferably a Queen.
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