Loss of humility, composure
Now, with the 2016 presidential campaign, many experts fear that Grace has been driven from American society for good.
Republican candidate Donald Trump has said of people from Mexico, “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” He has repeatedly referred to fellow candidate Ted Cruz as “Lyin’ Ted.” And he has taken to calling Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton “Crooked Hillary.” In the absence of Grace, this has inexplicably made Trump the front-runner for the Republican nomination.
Clinton, for her part, on several occasions has insulted the intelligence of American voters. She said that when her husband’s reign as president ended, “We came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt.” It has been revealed that she used a private email server as secretary of state, and she has changed her story about it multiple times. And for years her natural defense mechanism has been to blame a “vast right-wing conspiracy” or some other paranoid fantasy for her own shortcomings. Each of those instances were known to have offended Grace’s sensibilities.
And now, officials fear, Grace is gone.
One of the signs of her demise, experts say, is a Republican campaign that has devolved to the infantile level of penis jokes, with verbal assertions from Trump that he is man enough to handle the job of president. Another is John Boehner, a former Speaker of the House, calling Cruz, a fellow Republican, “Lucifer in the flesh” and saying, “I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” Some of her friends, however, believe that Grace would have appreciated the hilarity of Boehner’s remarks.
Sociologists also point out that Grace’s absence has moved beyond the realm of presidential politics. In Clark County, for example, the actions of Councilor David Madore have repeatedly reflected a lack of humility, composure, dignity, decency, and poise — and this has resulted in poor governance and a diminished sense of community.
While the investigation is ongoing, experts believe that Grace has been killed not by one strike but by a thousand paper cuts. Her loss is mourned by millions.