If you're a fan and use the social network platform Twitter, you should be following Utah's Lieutenant Governor, Spencer J. Cox. And not only should you follow him, but follow those who follow and interact with him. Why should you? There's no better example of what I'm talking about than the incident that occurred in our state yesterday.
It was a doozy!
Our governor (and my boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss...) Gary Herbert underwent minor surgery yesterday. Apparently, for an hour or so, the current governor was scheduled to be under anesthesia, and therefore, unfit to lead.
What so ever will the citizens of this fair state do?
Call up the reserve, of course.
And boy, did those who follow him have a good time. Followers posted photoshopped pictures (oh, how I pray they're photoshopped...), words of advice, and even included apocalyptic pictures showing the state of the state after his reign that lasted an hour ended. You've got to check them out if you're on Twitter.
But it shows more than friendly fun. It shows it is possible for people to interact with a politician in a civil and entertaining manner (gasp...), something much needed in politics at all levels and in all places. It shows also a politician can have fun with his own image.
Of course, other thoughts came to my mind--two imparticular. One's from the musical, Camelot, and I substituted the words just a bit.
The snow may never slush upon Capitol Hillside.
By nine p.m. the moonlight must appear.
In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here
In Spence-e-lot!
Perhaps, a quote--unedited--from William Shakespeare better describes the Lieutenant Governor's temporary time as Utah's leader.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour
Upon the stage, and then is heard no more;
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
You decide.
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