October 6, 2019
Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
By Clarice Feldman
To many, the charges and countercharges, subpoenas and congressional hearings, might look like a three-ring circus in which solons up for re-election are vying for airtime to fill their re-election coffers. To me, this is a modern-day replay of the classic film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
If you’ve never seen it or forgotten the plot, here’s a quick take. Through a fluke -- actually a coin toss by a corrupt governor -- an outsider is picked over a known stooge of that era's Deep State crowd, on the grounds that the outsider is a naïf who will be easily manipulated. The Washington press quickly labels the new senator a bumpkin who has no business being in the Senate. Unwise to their machinations and the extent of the rot, the new senator (played by James Stewart) introduces a bill to authorize a loan for a national boys’ camp. (Yes, it’s dated, today the camp would have to accommodate -- what is it now, 72? -- genders.)
Unknown to Smith, however, the local political machine has a graft-filled scheme to build a dam on the site and enrich themselves. The machine produces fake evidence accusing Smith of owning the land and trying to profit from the legislation. To prove his innocence and stop the cabal’s self-enriching Public Works bill from being passed, Smith filibusters. And it’s a real filibuster, not like today’s. He stands alone, talking nonstop while the opposition crushes his constituents’ efforts to rally round him. The local media, under the thumb of the machine, refuse to report what he’s saying and the Boy Rangers who support him are viciously attacked. A senator who was once under the thumb of the machine is conscience stricken and brings to the floor bins of correspondence from Smith’s home state supporting him. Smith collapses from exhaustion, and the stricken home state senator confesses to the plot.
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