"Ride That Horse" shows that when America sinks into deep division, even love gets twisted by hate. (Joe enters in chapter three.)
This political satire centers on the romance of Lori Lewis and December Carrera, who get dragged through the mud by a Divider-in-Chief, who swings the hammer of hate in his race for president.
First published in 2014, " Get Back On Joe Biden’s Horse" opens with slapstick comedy at the now-closed realm known as LIMBO, where three Jewish Angels -- GROUCHO, HARPO and CHICO -- play cards and drink coffee, while a main character -- NIXON's GHOST -- is resigned to spending Eternity emptying the dustbin of history.
Nixon's Ghost begs the Angel Groucho for another chance to resign -- this time from Limbo -- when an order from The-Almighty-Boss-in-Chief. For the dead president to be considered for a trip to Heaven, he must teach a newly-elected incompetent dork how to be great in politics.
The Jewish Angels and Nixon's Ghost act as the narrative thread haunting three story lines -- the romance of Lori and December, the race against Joe Biden, and a dead president teaching the rules of politics.
The dork is Long Beach Councilman Larry van der Bix, who cannot run away from the banana-nosed ghost. Since the dork's newly-hired Chief-of-Staff cannot actually see the dead president, she cannot tell if her boss is simply crazy or actually is haunted by a ghost.
After lifting his hand to take the Oath, the Councilman gets booed in his first speech, announcing he will learn how to be great by riding a horse across America to save his best friends, Lori and December.
In his year on horseback, Larry crosses the highways and byways of a deeply divided America, as a hate-spitting anti-politician -- Senator Dick Bomber – uses Lori and December in his race against VP Joe Biden. To thousands of disenfranchised horse riders, it doesn’t matter that Larry is insane, as he offers the chance to stand with four-word political declarations.
I didn't write this novel to slam Donald Trump, since I published this book before he had announced his race. And a second edition from September 2018 only adds the Jewish Angel Brothers to weave three stories and add humor into a subject that had become almost more fictional than my book.
NOTE FROM JAN 2021.... The actual Hater-in-Chief drew a mob outside the White House, spent over an hour frothing the crowd, and dispatched them to storm the Capitol. Is open violent insurrection in the Capitol any different than Senator Dick Bomber leading a Confederate cavalry charge to attack Larry and his peaceful horseback riders approaching the Capitol? (SEARCH "where is he" to find the attack.)
