The Circus Comes to Town

According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, "many Eastern Iowans are hoping to catch a "two-fer" -- a chance to see a former president and perhaps a future president when the Hillary for President campaign rolls into Iowa City and Cedar Rapids with Bill Clinton riding shotgun."

That's all fine and dandy, if not for the fact that the Cedar Rapids event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at a downtown city square/park/recently former host to a soup kitchen on Independence Day. Attendance estimates will no-doubt be inflated by the thousands descending on the river banks for the city's exceptional annual fireworks display.

Residents and guests will line both sides of the river on July 4th (so what if it's Wednesday?) as pyrotechnics are launched from the back of the county jail, located on an island that also houses the county courthouse and City Hall. The comparisons to Paris begin and end there.

This gathering should not be taken as a measure of support or disapproval for Hillary -- or Bill, for that matter. Now if they'd just stop calling my house.