hokey

What a nasty slider that was, delivered in a hokey, aw-shucks manner by a Federalist Society–approved conservative ideologue.

“This idea of truth, justice and the American way was deemed, even back then, hokey,” Schumer said.

Government cuts could also contribute to such a reading, but private sector sentiment has taken a hit too, especially by the hokey cokey over tariffs.

What doesn’t is the hokey scene set in a Homegoods store where apparently small children with big designer dreams practice elaborate tablescaping.

While it might feel hokey to call Spangler a feel-good American success story, it’s about as close to one as you can get in corporate America these days.