Fibber's closet has nothing on Congressman Schock's

The now, not so secret life of Peoria Congressman Aaron Shock reminds me of the old time radio hit, Fibber McGee and Molly. The husband wife team of Jim Jordan and Marian Driscoll were also from, amazingly, Peoria, IL They stared on radio and TV for 24 years from 1935 to 1959, with Fibber the self important denizen of Whistful Vista, and Molly as his down to earth, ego deflating wife. Their most famous running gag concerned Fibber's hall closet. He kept pilling up junk in the closet and every time he opened it the junk crashed down on him. It never failed to provoke gales of laughter.

Fibber's closet could be a metaphor for Congressman Schock's troubles as new allegations of impropriety, insensitivity and tone deafness tumble down on him daily to deflate the once rising GOP hunk whose vision does not include the 'little people'. It does include Downton Abbey décor for his office, gifted by his Peoria decorator pal's Euro Trash business. Schock's communications director was summarily fired after caught communicating stupid racial Facebook postings. Then, publicity hound Schock, prone to posting Instagram pics of his jet set travels, was outed by investigative sleuths who used those pics to tie Schock to unethical private plane flights by supporters. This newest ethics flap is on top of a previous one involving dubious campaign fund solicitations.
  
After Fibber's close encounter with Closet Trash, he'd mutter, "Straighten out that closet one of these days." Methinks that day has passed for fibber Aaron.