A dramatic contrast

I couldn't help but be struck by the stark and dramatic contrast between Jay Leno and our elected officials.  Specifically, watching Leno's final installment of the Tonight Show provided an insight into the man's character, humility, and genuine compassion.

All one need do is watch and listen to the show to understand the measure of the man.  Character, humility, and genuine compassion.

Contrasting is the boorish, self-absorbed, sometimes illegal, pandering, and childish behavior of our elected officials, most notably POTUS and Congress.  Further, it is indisputable that Leno earned his pay night-after-night.  The same cannot be said of all elected officials.

Employing comedy when the nation most needed it, Leno also brought attention to the ridiculous happenings by members of the political class.  That his jokes were on point and rankled some was validated by the cheap shot Obama contributed to the farewell, while failing at his attempt to pass it off as humor.  (A real leader of the nation would have thanked Leno, on behalf of the people, for his decades of making us laugh.)

So, I can't help but be struck by the stark and dramatic contrast between a humble man of character and those so-called public servants in Washington.

Thankfully there are real Americans who are thankful,and appreciative for the laughter Jay Leno provided us all.