On Monday night April 20, 2020 the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago announced via twitter that, in an effort to "protect our GREAT American workers" he was "issuing an executive order to :temporarily suspend immigration into the United States." This apparently surprised his own minions who had to quickly write up an order for him to sign two days later. All of this leads to a question that's way way too simple to ask - "Why now?"
Look at it simply. Electoral vote winner Donny had already imposed travel bans stopping people from a number of countries from entering the U.S. ranging from China to all of Europe. This was done in a manner that seems ridiculous given that it was imposed after the virus had already reached America and started getting people very sick. Add to this the basic fact that nobody was traveling anywhere because of COVID-19 because many countries were pretty much fully locked down and this sort of order seems even more unnecessary than the travel bans. Since nobody is going anywhere, including people from abroad coming here, what's the point?
The reasoning behind both the COVID travel ban and this executive order may be rooted in one of the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago and his minions push to make this country even more racist than it already is. The order itself means a stop on issuing green cards for two months where, even though being sponsored by a spouse who's a citizen is okay being sponsored by an employer isn't. This could mean a slight possibility of being a back door test run towards stopping green cards altogether (even though it would anger a lot of employers in the process) - which could also be a stepping stone towards ridding us of birthright citizenship and the road to race based citizenship (an., if the Repubs pull this shit, you can damn well bet that the race they base it on is white).
That is a possibility. However, it's more than likely that this is a distraction intended to keep the white supremacists in the Mad Fuhrer's fan base distracted from how he and his minions screwed the pooch in responding to the pandemic. While he didn't create the virus (if people way smarter than him aren't smart enough to do that you know Donny ain't smart enough to) his actions such as firing the pandemic response team (whose job was to prepare for things like this) back in 2018 as well as his slow reaction to reports in late 2019 that this was coming and he needed to prepare made the pandemic far worse than it could've been. Add to this the resulting rise in unemployment because a lot of places had to shut down as a result plus the wiping out of economic gains made since the recession of 2008 and the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago's talking point of a great economy (which really was only great for the wealthy and corporations, not for most people) gets kneecapped for all intents and purposes.
This, I think, is the main reason for this distraction. While it gets people upset in the media, this is really more to assure the white supremacists who supported him four years ago (and are a big part of why he got into office) that he's getting their agenda done. There's an election in November and while many thought the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago and co-electoral vote winner Mikey had a good chance the first crisis not of his own making has caused more damage than anyone intended and electoral vote winner Donny wants things back to normal regardless of who gets hurt.
And while the useo f it as a stepping stone on the path of making it so only white christians can be U.S. citizens would be an added bone for his base, at the end of hte day electoral vote winner Donny cares only about his ratings so while this order makes no damn sense it's red meat to try and keep the most bhateful part of his fan base ready to vote for him this fall.
Friday, April 24, 2020
DO NOT EVEN THINK OF INJECTING DISINFECTANTS TO CURE COVID-19!!!!
The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago's propaganda conference last night took a turn to the nauseating last night when he asked Dr. Deborah Birx, one of the medical experts on his Pandemic response task force, to check and see if it was possible to inject disinfectants to cure COVID-19 in people as well as the possibility of applying light and heat to people as a cure for the virus.
Let's put aside the obvious fact that if something has to be locked away so toddlers can't do a taste test with it then it's most likely not a good idea to inject it thinking it'll cure a coronavirus. This should be a no brainer. Unfortunately, while electoral vote winner Donny asked Birk and have doctors merely look into it there will be an unfortunate trickle down effect from him bringing it up.
Sadly and nauseatingly, because the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago brought it up it's inevitable that one of his fans who trust his words more than medical professionals will actually try to drink bleach, if not shoot it into their veins, thinking it'll either cure them or prevent them from getting it. While we all want to hope that nobody will when one factors in the couple who got very ill (and the husband died) because they took some fish tank stuff with hydroxychloraquin in it and most people wioth sense live in dread of hearing the news report that someone will kill themselves by drinking some disinfectant thinking
Yes, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, and isopropyl alcohol can kill the virus IF THE VIRUS IS ON A SURFACE. Nobody should ingest them thinking it'll cure them. Using them for medicine is generally a non starter and I think it's safe to say that, for the most part, any medical professional will tell you that.
So the point I want to make is simple , I'll repeat the title. DO NOT EVEN THINK OF INJECTING DISINFECTANTS TO CURE COVID-19!!!! NO GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS AND YOU MIGHT DIE!!!!
I just hope most people have the basic sense to realize this is a bad idea and not do it. Unfortunately, somebody out there will do something this ignorant - and pay the price with their health, if not their life.
Let's put aside the obvious fact that if something has to be locked away so toddlers can't do a taste test with it then it's most likely not a good idea to inject it thinking it'll cure a coronavirus. This should be a no brainer. Unfortunately, while electoral vote winner Donny asked Birk and have doctors merely look into it there will be an unfortunate trickle down effect from him bringing it up.
Sadly and nauseatingly, because the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago brought it up it's inevitable that one of his fans who trust his words more than medical professionals will actually try to drink bleach, if not shoot it into their veins, thinking it'll either cure them or prevent them from getting it. While we all want to hope that nobody will when one factors in the couple who got very ill (and the husband died) because they took some fish tank stuff with hydroxychloraquin in it and most people wioth sense live in dread of hearing the news report that someone will kill themselves by drinking some disinfectant thinking
Yes, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, and isopropyl alcohol can kill the virus IF THE VIRUS IS ON A SURFACE. Nobody should ingest them thinking it'll cure them. Using them for medicine is generally a non starter and I think it's safe to say that, for the most part, any medical professional will tell you that.
So the point I want to make is simple , I'll repeat the title. DO NOT EVEN THINK OF INJECTING DISINFECTANTS TO CURE COVID-19!!!! NO GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS AND YOU MIGHT DIE!!!!
I just hope most people have the basic sense to realize this is a bad idea and not do it. Unfortunately, somebody out there will do something this ignorant - and pay the price with their health, if not their life.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
March 11 2020_ Primary Election Commentary and Thoughts on White Suburban Moderates and their Role
Yesterday, six states held primary elections in the run up to the 2020 Presidential election in the U.S. The result was Joe Biden winning four of them (Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho) with Sen. Bernie Sanders winning North Dakota and Washington state still too close to call at this point., In the process, the delegate spread is moved further with Biden holding an almost 200 delegate lead over Sanders and calls in the mainstream media and amongst Biden supporters for Sanders to drop out and that it's all over - hoping for a coronation that the establishment Dems and media pundits have long been used to. With this in mind I wanted to post a quick commentary on the issue.
Is it all over yet? The establishment narrative is that Biden has this on lock and Sanders should just disappear somewhere. However, with over 50% of delegates still up for grabs it's still too soon to say it's all over. What is accurate is to point out that it's a lot more difficult for the Sanders campaign from this point forward. While post Super Tuesday may have made the race 50-50, last night's results have made it 61.5-38.5 in Biden's favor. While Sanders' supporters can feel disheartened there's still a slog ahead - a very dangerous slog up a very steep hill, but a slog nonetheless.
So why is Biden seemingly conquering the race when two weeks ago he seemed to be almost dead? One reason is large percentage of black votes for Biden (which we'll discuss in another post). Along with this factor is a high turnout of white suburban moderate voters in many of the primary states. While the mainstream media views this as a good sign for the party establishment I'm not so sure. For example, while white suburban moderates may have been counted on for primary votes how many of them will vote blue no matter who come November (rather than use the phrase as a condescending cudgel against progressives and those fighting issues the Dems all claim to like and support)? While the current coronavirus has put the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago on the ropes one has to take into account that the white moderate often tends to be silent when it comes to issues like the Mad Fuhrer and company locking kids in cages at the border or issues of racial justice. Because they feel these issues don't affect them it should be inquired whether they're really tired of electoral vote winner Donny or just wanting to kneecap Bernie Sanders like establishment forces inside Elizabeth Warren's campaign did to her campaign from the inside (notice how when she started getting more and more moderate it didn't translate to votes and she was out after Super Tuesday).
So why are they appearing now? According to exit polls, they claim to want a return to normalcy after three years of the current regime. However, what normalcy means to the moderate can be up for interpretation. Do they really want a change from the policies of the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago and a shift towards sanity, if not real change or do they just want things to be less awkward with their Repub friends and family members? I ask this question not to be impudent or difficult but because the Democratic Party establishment has a long history of taking minority votes for granted while seeming to bend over backwards to get suburban whites (even to the point of trying at times to try and throw key issues the party supports under the bus in hopes of gaining their support, as the Missouri Democratic Party in 2018 briefly tried to do with abortion rights before realizing it turned more of their voters off rather than drew in white conservative christians in rural and outer suburban areas).
Anotrher reason I wonder about this is the knowledge that several of the states Biden won yesterday are most likely going to go for the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago in the general election this November. Mississippi, for example, had a large number of black voters in the priamry but has been blood red for so long you know damn well a blend of white voters choosing racism over country mixed with voter suppression tactics will go hand in hand to try and screw over Democratic voters), almost making it a shoo-in for electoral vote winner Donny. Missouri had been a bellwether state until 20 years ago and could've gone either way. However, way too many white Missourians love their racism which, along with a war on those who can get pregnant, will turn them out for the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago, especially in outer suburban and rural areas.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this. However, if Biden does get the nomination they'll have to work damn hard to win over disgruntled Sanders supporters (and knowing that no [primary winner ever gets 100% of the losers supporters in any race) and, given Biden's habit of getting angry when asked challenging questions, this could be a problem. It's also an issue when factoring in the white suburban moderate who, while we hope would go out and get electoral vote winner Donny out of office this fall, are comfortable enough where issues of life and death and inequality don';t affect them so one can nauseatingly envision a chunk of them voting for Biden in the primary and then going back towards MAGA-dom this fall.
Unless whoever wins the nomination for the Democrats takes this into account and has safeguards against that contingency it could bite them in the ass this November.
Is it all over yet? The establishment narrative is that Biden has this on lock and Sanders should just disappear somewhere. However, with over 50% of delegates still up for grabs it's still too soon to say it's all over. What is accurate is to point out that it's a lot more difficult for the Sanders campaign from this point forward. While post Super Tuesday may have made the race 50-50, last night's results have made it 61.5-38.5 in Biden's favor. While Sanders' supporters can feel disheartened there's still a slog ahead - a very dangerous slog up a very steep hill, but a slog nonetheless.
So why is Biden seemingly conquering the race when two weeks ago he seemed to be almost dead? One reason is large percentage of black votes for Biden (which we'll discuss in another post). Along with this factor is a high turnout of white suburban moderate voters in many of the primary states. While the mainstream media views this as a good sign for the party establishment I'm not so sure. For example, while white suburban moderates may have been counted on for primary votes how many of them will vote blue no matter who come November (rather than use the phrase as a condescending cudgel against progressives and those fighting issues the Dems all claim to like and support)? While the current coronavirus has put the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago on the ropes one has to take into account that the white moderate often tends to be silent when it comes to issues like the Mad Fuhrer and company locking kids in cages at the border or issues of racial justice. Because they feel these issues don't affect them it should be inquired whether they're really tired of electoral vote winner Donny or just wanting to kneecap Bernie Sanders like establishment forces inside Elizabeth Warren's campaign did to her campaign from the inside (notice how when she started getting more and more moderate it didn't translate to votes and she was out after Super Tuesday).
So why are they appearing now? According to exit polls, they claim to want a return to normalcy after three years of the current regime. However, what normalcy means to the moderate can be up for interpretation. Do they really want a change from the policies of the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago and a shift towards sanity, if not real change or do they just want things to be less awkward with their Repub friends and family members? I ask this question not to be impudent or difficult but because the Democratic Party establishment has a long history of taking minority votes for granted while seeming to bend over backwards to get suburban whites (even to the point of trying at times to try and throw key issues the party supports under the bus in hopes of gaining their support, as the Missouri Democratic Party in 2018 briefly tried to do with abortion rights before realizing it turned more of their voters off rather than drew in white conservative christians in rural and outer suburban areas).
Anotrher reason I wonder about this is the knowledge that several of the states Biden won yesterday are most likely going to go for the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago in the general election this November. Mississippi, for example, had a large number of black voters in the priamry but has been blood red for so long you know damn well a blend of white voters choosing racism over country mixed with voter suppression tactics will go hand in hand to try and screw over Democratic voters), almost making it a shoo-in for electoral vote winner Donny. Missouri had been a bellwether state until 20 years ago and could've gone either way. However, way too many white Missourians love their racism which, along with a war on those who can get pregnant, will turn them out for the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago, especially in outer suburban and rural areas.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this. However, if Biden does get the nomination they'll have to work damn hard to win over disgruntled Sanders supporters (and knowing that no [primary winner ever gets 100% of the losers supporters in any race) and, given Biden's habit of getting angry when asked challenging questions, this could be a problem. It's also an issue when factoring in the white suburban moderate who, while we hope would go out and get electoral vote winner Donny out of office this fall, are comfortable enough where issues of life and death and inequality don';t affect them so one can nauseatingly envision a chunk of them voting for Biden in the primary and then going back towards MAGA-dom this fall.
Unless whoever wins the nomination for the Democrats takes this into account and has safeguards against that contingency it could bite them in the ass this November.
Monday, March 9, 2020
The Primary Race So Far - And Another Round of Voting
Before we get into this, pardon my inactivity over the past couple weeks. I've been busy at the paying job and needed to rest. The down side is I was a little out of action. On the other hand it gave me room to process and think.,
So, since Super Tuesday it's been reduced to a two person race for the most part between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders after Mike Bloomberg dropped out last Wednesday and Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the race last Thursday. In the aftermath there's the divide between Biden followers and Bernie followers seems to be getting hyped up more in social media as well as the corporate owned mainstream media. While Warren so far hasn't made an endorsement, there appears to be some key Warren endorsements who switched to supporting Sanders. As the media tried to whip up a scare of Bernie Bros being mean on the Internet (trying to give the impression that all Sanders supporters are like that), there seems to be an attempt to overlook a few things.
First, while the media and Biden supporters want everything to think it's a done deal we have to remember that the primary race is still far from over. At this point Biden has more delegates but it's still a 50-50 race as we head towards the Democratic Convention.
Tomorrow primaries will be held in six states (Idaho, North Dakota, Michigan, Washington, Mississippi, and TTWN's original home base of Missouri). 365 delegates are at stake 99.2% available). While the results will still be far from the 1,991 pledged delegates the Dems need for a nomination. While some predict it'll go easy for Biden (and it might) I still hold by the fact that it's anyone's guess who gets more delegates tomorrow. It's easy for media pundits to armchair quarterback but they're guessing as much as the rest of us.
Regardless of what happens one thing is certain - it's still going to be a long hard slog between now and November.
So, since Super Tuesday it's been reduced to a two person race for the most part between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders after Mike Bloomberg dropped out last Wednesday and Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the race last Thursday. In the aftermath there's the divide between Biden followers and Bernie followers seems to be getting hyped up more in social media as well as the corporate owned mainstream media. While Warren so far hasn't made an endorsement, there appears to be some key Warren endorsements who switched to supporting Sanders. As the media tried to whip up a scare of Bernie Bros being mean on the Internet (trying to give the impression that all Sanders supporters are like that), there seems to be an attempt to overlook a few things.
First, while the media and Biden supporters want everything to think it's a done deal we have to remember that the primary race is still far from over. At this point Biden has more delegates but it's still a 50-50 race as we head towards the Democratic Convention.
Tomorrow primaries will be held in six states (Idaho, North Dakota, Michigan, Washington, Mississippi, and TTWN's original home base of Missouri). 365 delegates are at stake 99.2% available). While the results will still be far from the 1,991 pledged delegates the Dems need for a nomination. While some predict it'll go easy for Biden (and it might) I still hold by the fact that it's anyone's guess who gets more delegates tomorrow. It's easy for media pundits to armchair quarterback but they're guessing as much as the rest of us.
Regardless of what happens one thing is certain - it's still going to be a long hard slog between now and November.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Primary/Caucus Race Update and Thoughts on Tomorrow (Super Tuesday)
So tomorrow's Super Tuesday.
Apologies for not being on the blog lately but I've been busy between the paying job, trying to get the new print issue done, and trying to keep healthy in this weird age. As a result there's a bit about the election primary race that snuck under the radar that I want to comment on. So, let's get to it.
First, since Iowa Bernie Sanders has taken ground in a lot of ways. After winning the popular vote in Iowa (but not the delegates for some reasons) the Senator from Vermont won the New Hampshire primary but still was criticized by mainstream pundits for being popular in small mostly white states. Then came the Nevada caucus where Sanders managed to get an overwhelming and decisive win that gave him momentum.
Yes, former vice president Joe Biden had a big win in South Carolina last Saturday but he was expected to win to some degree. Sanders' second place win was narrower than it was against Hillary Clinton in 2016 but the mainstream pundits seemed to revel in this and hope that it kills either Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren's chances of winning the election. It doesn't take into account that SC has a heavy military presence and that Democrats there may be more centrist for that and other reasons. Add name recognition and his win shouldn't be a big surprise. Billionaire Ton Steyer suspended his campaign almost immediately thereafter
The dropping out of the race and support of Biden in the wake of Saturday may have some impact. Both former South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg and MN Sen. Amy Klobuchar suspended their campaigns and have gone on record to endorse Biden. Along with former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, this alliance is giving the mainstream media a chance to brag about Biden's rebirth and how he can clearly take the race from more progressive candidates.
Which leads us to Super Tuesday. With over 1,000 delegates at play and 14 states in play this is where anything can happen. Could it be a game changer for Biden (after only winning one state)? It's possible. Could Bernie Sanders win large in California and have a decent win in Texas and be close to unstoppable? That's possible too. Sen. Elizabeth Warren could even mount a comeback out of left field and keep the race tighter than the coronation the corporate owned mainstream media would like it to be.
The truth of the matter is I don't know what's going to happen once votes are counted on Tuesday March 3, 2020 - and neither does anyone else really. People have some ideas of what might happen but media pundits treating it like a sporting event on the old Wide World of Sports show might not necessarily be a realistic look at how things are on the ground.
So, what I suggest is to take a deep breath, relax, and realize that the election primary race still isn't over. People still have to vote for the candidate they like best (remember, if any time is the time to vote their hearts it's here). Maybe the person they like is electable, maybe not. Regardless, the race is far from over.
Apologies for not being on the blog lately but I've been busy between the paying job, trying to get the new print issue done, and trying to keep healthy in this weird age. As a result there's a bit about the election primary race that snuck under the radar that I want to comment on. So, let's get to it.
First, since Iowa Bernie Sanders has taken ground in a lot of ways. After winning the popular vote in Iowa (but not the delegates for some reasons) the Senator from Vermont won the New Hampshire primary but still was criticized by mainstream pundits for being popular in small mostly white states. Then came the Nevada caucus where Sanders managed to get an overwhelming and decisive win that gave him momentum.
Yes, former vice president Joe Biden had a big win in South Carolina last Saturday but he was expected to win to some degree. Sanders' second place win was narrower than it was against Hillary Clinton in 2016 but the mainstream pundits seemed to revel in this and hope that it kills either Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren's chances of winning the election. It doesn't take into account that SC has a heavy military presence and that Democrats there may be more centrist for that and other reasons. Add name recognition and his win shouldn't be a big surprise. Billionaire Ton Steyer suspended his campaign almost immediately thereafter
The dropping out of the race and support of Biden in the wake of Saturday may have some impact. Both former South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg and MN Sen. Amy Klobuchar suspended their campaigns and have gone on record to endorse Biden. Along with former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, this alliance is giving the mainstream media a chance to brag about Biden's rebirth and how he can clearly take the race from more progressive candidates.
Which leads us to Super Tuesday. With over 1,000 delegates at play and 14 states in play this is where anything can happen. Could it be a game changer for Biden (after only winning one state)? It's possible. Could Bernie Sanders win large in California and have a decent win in Texas and be close to unstoppable? That's possible too. Sen. Elizabeth Warren could even mount a comeback out of left field and keep the race tighter than the coronation the corporate owned mainstream media would like it to be.
The truth of the matter is I don't know what's going to happen once votes are counted on Tuesday March 3, 2020 - and neither does anyone else really. People have some ideas of what might happen but media pundits treating it like a sporting event on the old Wide World of Sports show might not necessarily be a realistic look at how things are on the ground.
So, what I suggest is to take a deep breath, relax, and realize that the election primary race still isn't over. People still have to vote for the candidate they like best (remember, if any time is the time to vote their hearts it's here). Maybe the person they like is electable, maybe not. Regardless, the race is far from over.
Friday, February 7, 2020
The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago's Impeachment Verdict" Acquittal/Coverup and Possible Aftermath
On February 5, 2020 Repubs in the
U.S. Senate voted to acquit the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago in the impeachment
trial against him with some citing a lack of new evidence (all the while
refusing to allow any new evidence, any new witnesses, and with some key people
coordinating with the Mad Fuhrer and his minions). While time will tell the true danger this
causes (outside of allowing him to commit further crimes knowing that nobody
will hold his ass accountable) it sadly was expected for several reasons.
The first is that no President was ever
removed from office by impeachment.
Nixon came close but resigned before the trial could commence in 1974. Clinton survived and somehow become more
popular after the ordeal.
The other reason this was expected is that
the Repubs have loyally lined up to do the political equivalent of cleaning the
Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago’s prostate with their tongues. Sure a few on occasion will voice some mild criticism
(which appears to be enough to see electoral vote winner Donny on a rampage on
twitter as well as get the mainstream media heralding them as “voices of reason”
within the GOP) but when crucial votes to prove they stand apart are needed
then 98% of the time the vote the party line and fully support the Mad Fuhrer. It is this, even from people in either House of Congress that are retiring, that keeps things going on this hell ride.
So what now. The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago has, es expected, touted this as total exoneration even though anyone with sense can see it for the coverup it was. The fact tha tanumber of Repu Senators even were on record saying what electoral vote winner Donny did was bad and wrong but they didn't think it was impeachable. The most odious example was Sen\. Susan Collins (R, ME) who, while hiding as a moderate, has increasingly aligned her votes to some of the worst things accomplished by electoral vote winner Donny (including the vote to confirm Bretty Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice), who replied that the Mad Fuhrewr "learned a lesson." She quickly backpedalled the statement when he denied learning a lesson.
With two days out, the Mad Fuhrer seems hell-bent on payback, removed from anything that could hold him to account for his bullshit. From his rant at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday to a rambling speech that was more rally than anything else and showed no signs of growing from the experience, one thing is clear. He most likely will commit crimes again and the road to the next election is going to be a dirty, nasty hell-ish ride.
With two days out, the Mad Fuhrer seems hell-bent on payback, removed from anything that could hold him to account for his bullshit. From his rant at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday to a rambling speech that was more rally than anything else and showed no signs of growing from the experience, one thing is clear. He most likely will commit crimes again and the road to the next election is going to be a dirty, nasty hell-ish ride.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Live from Washington DC it's.......The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago's Impeachment Special Part Four: The Partisan Ending
Okay, so last Friday the impeachment trial of the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago reached the conclusion that most people pretty much expected. The Repub party voted en masse not to allow any new witnesses or any new testimony while the Democrats pointed out the coer up potential of having a trial where no witnesses were allowed and new evidence wasn't brought up at the very least.
All of this led to a dwecision by Senate Majority Leader Addison the Turtle (a/k/a: Moscow Mitch) to have the vote Friday night and wait on the vote on whether to acquit or convict until Wednesday (tomorrow).
Yes, it appears likely that the Repub Party, who have already shown more loyalty to party over country with its votes in the trial so far, will acquit electoral vote winner Donny and keep the asshole in office. Pretty much nobody expected him to be removed from office. Unfortuantely this leaves open a very extremely real worry that the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lag, now unfettered by anything to keep his ass in check or hold him accountable, will ratchet up the corruption and desire for revenge against his "enemies" both on the other side and those Repubs he considers not sufficiently loyal to him. While any scenario he might take will be conjecture at this point, it's entirely within the realm of possibility that the rhetoric about locking up his political enemies or the media that the mainstream media treats as just hype (but are actually trial balloons) will actually be tried since his toadies in the Senate will look the other way and let him get away with anything.
Add to this a recent Gallup show showing a 49% approval rating (though I wonder who took the survey and when it was done) and the racist asshole dipped in Cheese curl dust is going to make this country a very fucking ugly place.
There are a couple of glimmers of hope of sorts. By this strict party line vote we now can get rid of any notion that moderate Repubs exist (that was slowly phased out of the Repub Party (Should we now call them Coupublicans?) over the past 25 years and - thanks to extreme gerrymandering - is a hard hard right wing machine devoted to winning over anything else.
The other glimmer is this: thanks to this party line vote the Repubs have to own their vote to acquit the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago. If Democrats are smart they should force this issue and make the Repubs own this for the rest of their careers and use this to get people to vote against Repubs running for House or Senate seats in states that could potentially go either way.
Regardless of what happens this is going to be an ugly fucking ride over the next nine months.
All of this led to a dwecision by Senate Majority Leader Addison the Turtle (a/k/a: Moscow Mitch) to have the vote Friday night and wait on the vote on whether to acquit or convict until Wednesday (tomorrow).
Yes, it appears likely that the Repub Party, who have already shown more loyalty to party over country with its votes in the trial so far, will acquit electoral vote winner Donny and keep the asshole in office. Pretty much nobody expected him to be removed from office. Unfortuantely this leaves open a very extremely real worry that the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lag, now unfettered by anything to keep his ass in check or hold him accountable, will ratchet up the corruption and desire for revenge against his "enemies" both on the other side and those Repubs he considers not sufficiently loyal to him. While any scenario he might take will be conjecture at this point, it's entirely within the realm of possibility that the rhetoric about locking up his political enemies or the media that the mainstream media treats as just hype (but are actually trial balloons) will actually be tried since his toadies in the Senate will look the other way and let him get away with anything.
Add to this a recent Gallup show showing a 49% approval rating (though I wonder who took the survey and when it was done) and the racist asshole dipped in Cheese curl dust is going to make this country a very fucking ugly place.
There are a couple of glimmers of hope of sorts. By this strict party line vote we now can get rid of any notion that moderate Repubs exist (that was slowly phased out of the Repub Party (Should we now call them Coupublicans?) over the past 25 years and - thanks to extreme gerrymandering - is a hard hard right wing machine devoted to winning over anything else.
The other glimmer is this: thanks to this party line vote the Repubs have to own their vote to acquit the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago. If Democrats are smart they should force this issue and make the Repubs own this for the rest of their careers and use this to get people to vote against Repubs running for House or Senate seats in states that could potentially go either way.
Regardless of what happens this is going to be an ugly fucking ride over the next nine months.
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