Custer’s Last Words
How would I know Custer’s words? The battle between the US 7th Cavalry and the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes took place 140 years ago. I was born 140 years late to hear what if anything he might have said, had I been there. Additionally only Indians walked away from that fight alive. But allow me to exercise my writers imagination. Custer could/might have/probably said: “too many Indians.”
The outcome of the election was settled from the inception of the two years of Benghazi investigation which encompassed 33 hearings and cost seven million dollars. Just as the 31 officers and the 566 troopers of the 7th Cavalry were finished from the moment that many thousands of “reservation Indians” who had “unofficially” left the reservation joined their uncooperative non-reservation cousins led by Sitting Bull—-the Clinton ticket was finished with the Benghazi investigation.
Stand alongside me if you will to face an interrogator. Whatever set of actions, concrete historical acts/contexts happen to be in question— our interrogator begins…. lying Jerry, cheatin Jerry, lying Jerry, cheatin Jerry, lying Jerry, cheatin Jerry, ad nauseam. Finally it is my (our) turn to speak. What could I possibly say? I turn to you and ask, ‘Can you think of anything?’
Notice what I have to accomplish with my response. The interrogators version, his story has become the generally accepted version, galvanized as the primary version. I must disprove his version. Next I must prove my own alternative version. My/our, chances for success would be: slim and none.
I wish to conclude this post with a memorial photo of Two Moons, a Cheyenne Chief. Two Moons participated in the battle of the Little Big Horn. Why do I insert him here?
We all die in the long run. Two Moons is dead now. Custer is long gone. Custer’s memory has been assured because the white man ultimately won. Two Moons deserves being remembered. Two Moons fought to keep the land and the life of his people. When I am gone, I hope that I lived and died for something.
4 thoughts on “Custer’s Last Words”
I am slow to comprehend. What is this post saying?
The Benghazi investigation was the one and only and unjust reason for HRC losing the election?
What about these:
Her ignoring the middle of the country?
The private e mail server?
If you are going to tell me the FBI found her innocent of that issue fine, but the electorate had and have their say about that in the voting booth.
Furthermore when it comes to the e mails, she got off the hook because she was deemed careless but didnt mean any harm. Thats a hog wash spin and verdict. Do you think for one second that if you or I drove 100 miles an hour on Route 22 we could claim carelessness and get off by saying no harm intended. Could we use that as a defense? Would it be applicable to us?
The Clinton foundation receiving money from Arab countries that mistreat women while she claims to champion women’s rights?
Plus, I have been reading articles by Democrats analyzing how they missed the feelings of the people as one of the reasons for HRC losing.
Wow! That is one heck of a comment! Of course elections are lost for many reasons. Didn’t intend to make but one point. Seems that many are going to be angry with her for a very long time; not simply in disagreement, but enraged. My post was to suggest a potential genesis for such rancor. Thanks for the relevant comment.
Why are Republicans presumed angry (or hateful) when they simply disagree with Democrats? I’m curious how this post and your response to Peter explain the way Republicans also gained victories in the House and Senate. Wasn’t it Obama himself who said it was his own legacy that was at issue in the election? I don’t understand the refusal to even acknowledge the full context of the elections before casually saying their results were all a product of narratives and metanarratives. Isn’t that kind of refusal to accept responsibility exactly what Americans voted against? Or are such transparent things merely the magical product of prevailing narratives and metanarratives as well, wherein the whole of history becomes one long gaze at navels?
Thank you for your comments.