The Showboat State

October 19, 2021

 

Missouri’s state nickname is, “The Show-Me State.” It means that people won't just believe anything you tell them. You have to prove it to them.

(That was from a time before gullible people believed that an election was stolen, a deadly disease was a hoax, and a horse de-wormer could protect them from that mythical disease.)

But now that we have an Attorney General who sued China for spreading COVID-19; a senator who tried to overturn the presidential election by holding up the certification; and a governor who is suing the reporter who brought to light a dangerous flaw in a state website,

I think we can change the nickname.

Now we can be the Showboat State.