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Hey, now! Bootblacking (I love that old word) has always been honorable work! Shoe shiners just listen to their customers' BS and nod once in a while. They don't beg and scrape in front of them.

Scott, like most Republican politicians, is desperate to save his cushy job. Before 2022, he held to the mainstream R line, with occasional nods to racial justice. From that point, he made cautious anti-Trump statements before withdrawing from the 2024 contest. Now he's just another faux-happy lickspittle, hoping to forestall his ejection from TrumpWorld until the raving lunatic is incarcerated somewhere.

(Odds are strong that it won't be a detention facility,. I'd settle for a locked bungalow in Javanka's compound.)

"Boy," when referring to a Black adult, is not a good word, regardless of the metaphor.

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