Meathead Trump way out of line with Rob Reiner comments
Last week’s grisly murders of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, allegedly at the hands of their disturbed son, prompted me to go back and watch two of my favorite episodes of “All in the Family.”
They are both from season 2. In the premiere, “Edith Writes a Song”, two thieves, Demond Wilson (“Sanford and Son”) and Cleavon Little (“Blazing Saddles”), break into the Bunker’s house and discover that the owner has racist tendencies.
“Look what we found here,” says Cleavon Little’s character. “A true 100 percent bigot, dead in the wool. Come on, say something bigoted.”
“I’m not a fanatic,” replies the host, Archie Bunker. “I’m the first to say it’s not your fault you’re colored.”
The second episode, “Sammy’s Visit”, features the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., who leaves his briefcase in a taxi that Archie was driving. When he comes to the Bunker to retrieve it, he makes the same discovery, even as Archie’s black neighbor, Lionel, comes to his defense.
“He would never burn a cross on your lawn,” Lionel said.
“No, but if he sees one burning, he might roast a marshmallow on it,” Davis replies.
“All in the Family,” which starred Reiner as Archie Bunker’s son-in-law Mike Stivic, was one of the most groundbreaking television shows during its run in the 1970s.
It took me back to a time when the quality of television was excellent and everyone, black, white, rich or poor, watched the same thing.
It also made me wonder: How did we get Archie Bunker into the White House?
After the Reiners were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood, California, home, President Trump, who is no fan of the liberal elite, had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling but once very talented comedy director and star, has died, along with his wife, Michele, apparently due to the anger he provoked in others through his massive, unyielding, incurable affliction with a paralyzing illness known as TRUMP DErangement SYNDROME, sometimes called TDS. He was known for driving people crazy with his raging obsession with President Donald J. Trump, with his evident paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump administration has exceeded all goals and expectations of greatness, and with America’s golden age upon us, perhaps like never before, may Rob and Michele rest in peace!
What an idiot.
Meathead is what Archie Bunker called his son-in-law in the iconic series.
But the name seems better suited to a man who would attack a beloved murder victim, caught in a tragic family drama, before the body was even cold.
Even in the face of bipartisan backlash, Trump doubled down on his arguments.
“I was not a fan of him at all,” Trump said later at the White House in response to a question about his message. “He was a deranged person when it came to Trump.”
Even Archie Bunker had a soft side.
On the show, Bunker’s favorite president was Richard Nixon. He insisted to his wife’s cousin, Maude, that “Franklin Delano Roosevelt ruined the country.”
If Bunker’s character were alive today, he would have a new favorite: Donald John Trump. He would agree with everything Trump has done to dismantle diversity and cozy up to dictators.
Archie Bunker: “Well, I’ll tell you one thing about President Nixon. He keeps Pat at home. That’s where Roosevelt should have kept Eleanor. Instead, he let her run free until the day she found out about the half-breeds. We never knew they were there. She told them they got the short end of the stick and we’ve had problems ever since.”
Trump: My name is Donald Trump and I support this message.
What an idiot.
