He certainly has breathed new life into the demonstration of hypocrisy….
Example #1: Readers of this blog need not be reminded that McConnell absolutely refused to even consider a sitting President’s Supreme Court nominee –an unprecedented assault on constitutional norms. And yet, when Chuck Schumer threatened to return the favor (albeit with a caveat: the Democrats would not stonewall a moderate candidate, only a radical one), he proclaimed that “the American public” wouldn’t stand for such dastardly behavior.
Um…any mirrors in your house, Mitch?
Example #2: The Senate is preparing to schedule hearings on Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. However, a number of them have not turned in the documentation required for the FBI’s background check, and the Office of Government Ethics has raised objections to the speed with which McConnell wants to proceed. (He is “pooh poohing” the Office’s insistence on complete documentation prior to going forward with the hearings.)
This sudden desire to accommodate a President-Elect is especially interesting in light of a letter McConnell wrote to Harry Reid prior to hearings on President Obama’s nominees. In that letter–which recently surfaced–McConnell set out a list of demands that absolutely had to be met prior to the Senate giving any consideration to those nominees.
McConnell wrote that “we expect the following standards will be met:
- The FBI background check is complete and submitted to the committee in time for review prior to a hearing being noticed.
- The Office of Government Ethics letter is complete and submitted to the committee in time for review and prior to a committee hearing.
- Financial disclosure statements (and tax returns for applicable committees) are complete and submitted to the committee prior to a hearing being noticed.
- All committee questionnaires are complete and have been returned to the committee. A reasonable opportunity for follow-up questions has been afforded committee members, and nominees have answered, with sufficient time for review prior to a committee vote.
- The nominee is willing to have committee staff interviews, where that has been the practice.
- The nominee has had a hearing.
- The nominee agrees to courtesy visits with members when requested.
- The nominee has committed to cooperate with the Ranking Member on requests for information and transparency.
There’s more, but you get the idea.
Now, I really have no objection to any of these requirements; I think they are appropriate. Evidently, Mitch McConnell (aka “turtle man”) also thought they were appropriate–when the nominations were being made by a Democratic President.
Suddenly, they are no longer necessary safeguards to protect American citizens from malfeasance or worse. (I’m sure the fact that McConnell’s wife is one of those nominees has nothing to do with this 180 degree change…)
How does this disgusting excuse for a human being sleep at night?
I am beyond being sick and tired of Mitch’s hypocrisy!
And, I am so disgusted with him declaring that we are all members of HIS American public!
Here is a link to all of the contact info for Mitch McConnell:
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/328/contact
If you have the time, it might be very helpful to call his office(s) and let them know what you think about his abhorrent behavior and actions.
My Bitch Mitch strikes again. If there is a better poster boy for the old, white, rich establishment, I have not seen him. I believe he represents everything wrong with our system and reminds me of the old saying of, “we get the government we deserve.” I think he is evil incarnate.
Nancy,
“And, I am so disgusted with him declaring that we are members of HIS American public!
All of us aren’t. I for one am not a member of Mitch McConnell’s UN-AMERICAN PUBLIC! The Republic is now divided. America, at this moment in history, is no longer “one nation indivisible.” Who is he trying to kid?
We appear to be moving back in time; to that period prior to and resulting in the Revolutionary War when we had no rights as Americans because “America” as such, didn’t exist. The GOP has systematically been overriding, ignoring or rewriting laws, rules, ordinances and the Constitution to fit their personal needs. Installing Trump as the titular Head of State is their ultimate act of defiance to the Bill of Rights, Constitution of the United State and the remaining Amendments they have not denied or replaced.
It also appears to me that those at the head of multi-headed monster, once the Republican party, are physically ugly or generally unattractive. Can the basis of their actions – and inaction – be compensation for their physical appearance or is it that their inner selves have come to the surface? Financially supported by the 1% which, sadly, includes those Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Green Party members whose income levels provide qualification for the lower income tax percentage but who would GLADLY pay their fair share of taxes. President Obama, Warren Buffett and Stephen King have frequently spoken publicly that they want to pay their fair share but are prevented by Bush’s law which will be enhanced by Trump. This situation is primary in many of our national and international problems today; spearheaded by McConnell’s and Ryan’s questionable “leadership” abilities.
McConnell and Ryan (after Boehner’s removal) have killed irony, trust, belief in government, democracy, our sense of safety as Americans; they are now controlling the Senate and the House and will escalate their control after January 20th, killing our hopes for the future of this country. They are also instilling fear and dread in the hearts, minds and souls of the majority of Americans; many of whom voted for them not realizing they are the enemy of our survival.
Very good “Helen.”
Marv,
I’ve been calling our country “The Divided States of America” for a few years.
Has anyone else read about this new (lack of)ethics rule that Congress quietly passed?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/secret-new-rule-allows-house-members-to-hide-records-from-ethics-probes_us_58746aefe4b099cdb0ff34eb
Turtle man is appropriate.
Democrats, you did a great job voting for Hillary. On account of Republicans in state governments, the Electoral College was overwhelmed by the state governors such as the likes of Mike Pence and their legislatures. Now we’re stuck with it but the mid-term elections will be coming up so get ready to drain the swamp otherwise you are doomed to drown in it as you will see, all too soon.
Isn’t it time to do away with the Electoral College?
I like “Turtle man.” It’s just a game. It’s still a free country until the Inauguration. So find your role and/or roles and step in before it’s too late.
Haha! “…disgusting excuse for a human being”
I would go a little farther to suggest that the bloated-neck bag o’ wind is not human, at least, not the human species getting up each day to do what needs to be done that I grew up loving and grew old protecting. He is not a leader.
Democrats could throw a wrench into the gears of Republican plans for the privatization of the government if they would only stand together…. like a former candidate for president called for. Unfortunately, for Democrats that seems to be impossible. Ever accommodating, always polite, overly willing to compromise, they get their asses kicked every time.
Instead of calling Washington to protest this bill or that appointment we should be calling to tell Democrat Senators and Congressmen to join forces and “make the crazy one fail”.
If this sounds overly harsh this morning keep in mind that I have the bad flu that’s going around, and I am in a sour mood.
Mitch is a prime example of the American public succumbing to ignorance by media in Nov.
To reward his in your face lies with the keys to the kingdom is completely bizarre in my book no matter one’s politics.
Foreign and future humanity will never understand our behavior and neither will I.
Do you hear the drumbeats of war? Hear boots on the ground? Able to afford waging war at the expense of everything else being poor-mouthed?
Watch and listen…
Given the chance, what would you do with the money that will be borrowed to start the war engine? With “no new taxes” who will pay and when? Will our patriots become fallen heroes and heroines while our billionaires smile?
Is this the Middle Ages again?
What I find fascinating about the Republicans and Trump is that they aren’t trying to hide their hypocrisy or their abuse of the Constitution or of the rule of law. They are flaunting it and their followers don’t care.
McConnell epitomizes all that is bad in power politics. He is in truth neither Democrat, Republican, nor anything else (though the phrase libertarian greedhog comes to mind). His number one concern is Mitch and he follows the money as a toadie of the rich and corporate class. He is not interested in tradition or history, right and wrong, and his only interest in people is that they are ciphers to be manipulated for the greater good of the few he represents, and of course, himself.
The bad news is that his thinking well integrates well with that of the incoming administration, the members of which consider “the people” to be both political and pecuniary prey. Just today the incoming administration is trying to rush the process of affirmation of cabinet designees through the mill before we know who these people really are and what conflicts of interest more thorough hearings would provide to us “ciphers.” Today, officially, is the first but not the last day we will be called upon to defend our democracy, our most valuable asset held in common, from the ruffians at the gate, so let’s get on with it. The rubber meets the road today, our cause is just, and as the old saying goes, “Let us not become weary in well-doing.”
To arms!
Strike one of the wells at the beginning of the last paragraph of my offering. Mea culpa.
Pete,
“Foreign and future humanity will never understand our behavior and neither will I.”
It’s actually very simple. Remember you’re a late-blooming activist. We need you.
It’s about $$$ to start with. When you win, which I’ve able to do about 80 to 90% of the time against the DEEP POWER, it’s because I’m willing to win at all costs, meaning financial, social, and above all…physical.
There’s a price to winning. That’s why Morris Dees and his SPLC is into losing. It maks sense to him. It pays better. Do you blame him?
Destroyed irony? No. Like the short-fingered vulgarian, he’s converted it into weapons-grade cognitive dissonance.
I guess Mitch has never heard the phrase ‘What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.’
WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN CABINET APPOINTMENTS?
For each cabinet appointee you feel is unfit to serve, take two specific actions:
1. Tell the Senate committee chair (Republican) you oppose the nominee.
2. Tell the Senate ranking member (Democrat) you oppose the nominee. not just state your opinion.
But do not just state your opinion. Also ask what the chair is going to do about it and/or if they are going to speak out against the appointee. That way, the staff has to do more than note down your opinion. They have to have an answer as to why they are letting this insanity go on.
Don’t be afraid to leave a message if you get voicemail or call after hours/weekend.
It’s long list of calls. But it’s long list of horrors.
OPPOSE JEFF SESSIONS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LEAD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
1. Oppose Housing and Urban Development Secretary appointee, Ben Carson.
Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Call: Chair Richard Shelby 202-224-5744
Call: Ranking member Sherrod Brown 202-224-2315
I am calling to express fierce opposition to Ben Carson for HUD Secretary. I’m concerned about Carson’s lack of experience and opposition to this department. Is the Senator Shelby concerned about this? Will he be speaking out about it? Why not?
2. Oppose Homeland Security Secretary appointee, Gen. John Kelly.
Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Call: Chair Ron Johnson 202-224-5323
Call: Incoming ranking member Claire McKaskill 202-224-6154
I’m calling to express my opposition to General John Kelly for Secretary of Homeland Security because I oppose militarizing the US cabinet. Is the Senator concerned about the number of generals Trump is appointing? Why not?
3. Oppose Environmental Protection Agency appointee, Scott Pruitt.
Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works
Call: Chair John Barrasso 202-224-6441
Call: Incoming ranking member Tom Carper 202-224-2441
I am calling to express my strong opposition to Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator. I’m concerned about his climate denial, anti-EPA lawsuit, and his disturbing ties to energy industry. Is the Senator concerned about these things? Will he be speaking out against it? Why not?
4. Oppose Energy Secretary appointee, Rick Perry.
Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Call: Chair Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Call: Ranking member Maria Cantwell 202-224-3441
I strongly oppose Rick Perry for Energy Secretary. I’m concerned about his disturbing ties to oil, his climate denial, and history of opposition to this agency. All of this makes his appointment hugely inappropriate and I’d like to know if the Senator is concerned. Will she be speaking out about it? Why not?
5. Oppose Commerce Secretary appointee, Wilbur Ross.
Committee: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Call: Chair John Thune 202-224-2321
Call: Ranking member Bill Nelson 202-224-5274
I strongly oppose Wilbur Ross for Commerce Secretary. I’m concerned about his deep financial ties to Russia. Is the Senator concerned by this? Why not?
6. Oppose Defense Secretary nominee, Gen. James Mattis.
Committee: Senate Armed Services
Call: Chair John McCain 202-224-2235
Call: Ranking member Jack Reed 202-224-4642
Script: I am calling Sen ____ in his role as the Chair/ranking
I oppose General James Mattis for Secretary of Homeland Security because I oppose militarizing the US cabinet. Is the Senator concerned about the number of generals Trump is appointing? Why not?
7. Oppose CIA Director appointment, Mike Pompeo.
Committee: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Call: Chair Richard Burr 202-224-3154
Call: Vice chair Mark Warner 202-224-2023
I oppose Mike Pompeo for CIA director. I do not feel someone who supports government surveillance, torture, and religious oppression should be leading this vital agency. Is the senator concerned by these things? Why not?
If you do not want to live in a divided America, then encourage it to divide. California, perhaps with Oregon and Washington seceding from the Union to become the West Coast States would leave such a hole in the Federal Budget that the Trump states would yield to most everything to have those states remain. The if the mid-Atlantic and New England states would also secede the remaining USA would be nothing but a shell of its former self. Sorry about that, Indiana.
Major bonus: Smaller nations have little ambition to maintain world war type militaries. Who really wants to live in the country with the greatest military might in the world? This US role will fade anyway as China rises in a decade or so.
Nancy-the new ethics rule fits the party of “law and order” for Democrats. Dems are well advised to emulate this congress-if they ever get control again. Stop worrying about trying to run a country until we are assured there will be a country to run.
Oh how I wished Obama would have dropped the ban hammer on dumbass dubya and Cheney. There wouldn’t be near the misery we are having forced on us now. Dems, as a party, need to grow a yooooge set and fight back. Or kiss America as we knew it goodbye.
ps wingnuts are liars, They know it and they know we know it, but they and their voters don’t care that they’re lying. It only counts against Dems even when the charges are lies.
McConnell & his henchmen’s principles haven’t waivered for years and they are impervious to irony or charges of hypocrisy:
1. Obstruct the opposition on everything.
2. Restrict voting rights to white people.
3. Scientifically gerrymander a permanent majority.
4. Cut taxes and mostly for the rich.
5. Spend money like it’s no one’s biz.
6. Start, enter or expand one or more military conflicts around the world.
Did I miss anything?
Very well said Prez,
As most of you know, I recognized the Trump type early on. It comes, like most everything, from experience.
Way back [late 50’s] in my college days in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania [The turtle man’s alma mater], I dated the adopted daughter [ After he made all his money, he divorced his wife and married his secretary] of W. T. Levitt. He was the Donald Trump of that era. Levitt was the developer of, as I remember, Levittown New York, New Jersey, and Pennslyvania.
So one day, Jo tells me I want you to come and have dinner with my family. [Remember the movie with Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy]. I had already graduated and was in Philadelphia for my roommate’s wedding, just a few months before going into active military duty with the Army. [Back in those days they had something called “duty”].
So off my way to dinner with the richest developer in America. I was at least an hour late because of my roommate’s wedding. So I arrived at the Levitt estate in Huntington Valley, a suburb outside Philly. You had to drive about a quarter of a mile, under massive trees to the main house[ It was a much larger version of Tara in “Gone With the Wind.] And I’m saying to myself, “What have you done.” So Jo is waiting for me as I drive up. She says, “we have to go down to the clubhouse by the pool. So we meander down through the formal gardens to the pool area, waiting there for me is her father and approximately 50 guests or more, who had delayed their dinner until I arrived. They finally quit waiting and had about finished when I showed up. To be honest, I did my thing. Unlike most human beings, I’m better with the pressure on. W. T. is fuming while I’m becoming friends with his guests.
Since I was so late for dinner Jo said, “let’s go back up to the “main house.” Unbelievably, she’s friendlier than ever. [Jo, in Sheila’s terms, was a 10+]. She says let’s go somewhere. And I say, “fine.” She says, “the only thing open [it was a Sunday] is the bowling alley.” And I said, “great, bowling is one of my things.”
So we start to go and the telephone rings. Who do you think is calling. Right. It’s her father. She then tells him our plans for the evening. His response was, “if you step out of this house with him, I’ll kill you.” Like Trump, these jerks are cowards underneath it all, you might have noticed he didn’t say he was going to kill me. Jo says are we going to go. And I said, “I don’t think that is a good idea. This isn’t working out too well. What do you think?”
In all fairness, I don’t it believe it was my “good looks and personality” that she was attracted to. She wanted a “bodyguard.”
Ellen, yesterday, talked about putting Trump under pressure. She’s right. He can’t take it. Without his money, he is a “nothing.” As you can see, I’ve been around misogynistic jerks like him before.
I still see Trump as “Santa Clause” in disguise. Thus, I renew my prior recommendation that the next ten days should be treated like the song, which I believe is entitled……..”The 10 Days of Christmas” or something like that.
Thank you, OMG.
The collapse or more correctly the rout of the Democratic Party is evident in the make up of the Federal House and Senate. In 2008 the Democrats had 257 to 178 Republicans in the House. The Senate had 57 Democrats vs 41 Republicans and 2 Independents. Now after the 2016 elections there are 194 Democrats in the House vs 241 Republicans. The Senate has 46 Democrats vs 52 Republicans and 2 Independents.
Democrats are down to 17 of the nation’s 50 governor’s offices, and Republicans have full control of the legislatures in 32 states.
So the question is why did the Democratic Party suffer this rout in only eight years??? Bad leadership is one reason. In sense it is like the major league baseball teams prior to free agency. You had to have an owner that was committed to winning and a big part of that winning was the minor leagues. You had to find and develop potential major leaguers.
The Democratic Party around 1990 abandoned Main Street and Unions and embraced Wall Street and NAFTA was one result.
McConnell and the Republicans are engaged in total war. Every inch of the political landscape is contested and fought over. They will engage in a scorched-earth policy holding the budget hostage, and preventing appointments like the Supreme Court nominee of President Obama.
The question for now is will the Democrats hold the Trumpet’s nominees to the same level of scrutiny McConnell had demanded in past, or will they just fold. We will find out shortly.
It’s not just irony that McConnell has killed. He’s killed decency and respect for the American people. He assumes they aren’t paying attention and don’t remember his stupidity and hypocrisy. It’s good to see Schumer calling him out.
Mitch McConnell has proven, over and over, that he is the second most disgusting and embarrassing person in the United States. Number one still belongs to Trump.
Think 25th Amendment….
Louie you forgot the census of 2010 and all that gerrymandering that happened. Dems didn’t have a chance or a spine. Let’s vow to change that eh?
This is such a terrific blog. I’m beginning to see more clearly the dangers of the Democratic Party as it now exists. Like Louie has just pointed they don’t fight. And the reality is they can’t in this environment. The party has no character, it lost it all with Bill Clinton compromised it with the policy of TRIANGULATION.
In order to win elections, they’ve sacrificed character. It probably is the only way they have a chance of winning a national election. But elections aren’t everything. As a party, they are gutless and will cave-in. Just like Hillary Clinton did. They shouldn’t be trusted as now constituted.
Bernie Sanders, with his Jewish background, would never have been elected. But that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be one of the leaders of the Democratic Party as it re-organizes.
Trump/Pence can only be countered outside the Democratic Party. That’s going to be a very difficult task to accomplish since the “old guard” Democratic Party operatives will hold on to the end, no matter what the cost is to the country.
Sorry, change “with” to “when” Bill Clinton.
“The proof in the pudding” was Hillary Clinton’s failure to raise the question of racism within Trump’s base, more specifically, The Tea Party. The best she could do was to counter with “deplorable.” She was afraid to lose support within her own party by doing more.
She didn’t have the benefit of the financial fiascos of the Republicans that her husband, Bill, and Barack Obama benefited from.
Marv and others; please don’t consider I’m not fighting back but…the closer January 20th gets and the more I see of Trump & Co., plus the issues and comments on this blog – I have decided to remove my “Bernie For President” and “Pence Must Go” yard signs on January 20th. I live in the midst of Trump supporters and, rather than chance losing my freedom of speech and the odds that they would report me, I will take them down but will save them. Wonder if I can repost them in 2018?
The evening ahead is difficult to know I will be alone to watch President Obama’s farewell speech. And knowing that the entire GOP will be celebrating…may they all be stricken with life-threatening hangovers tomorrow.
JoAnn,
I’m with you all the way.
AgingLGrl @ 11:32 am. I did not forget the Census, but the Republicans seemed to have planned for that. The Democrats might have tried Class Action suits. They may not have been successful, but who knows if you do not try. You cannot get a hit if you do not swing the bat.
Marv @ 11:48 am. I agree with the failure of Triangulation or Hyphenated Politics. Slicing and dicing the electorate and highlighting the differences. As a Bernie Bot one of the critiques he had against him was he was not Triangulating and Hyphenating enough. I thought the beauty of his message was we are all in this together. Bernie was looking at a Holistic approach we have common goals and aims, but we look out for each other too.
I would disagree with you Bernie would have won vs Trump.
Someone ran the number of votes from the last election in which HRC had nearly 3 million more than Drumpf, Dems in the Senate had 11 million more votes than wingnuts and wingnuts had 1.4 million more votes for congress than Dems. Ho many branches of gubmint did the victorious Dems win?
Sheila: following up on JoAnn’s comment about all Republicans celebrating Trump’s inauguration, what’s your take on that? There is the usual Republican power-hungry corporate ass kisser pond scum like McConnell, but then, there are people like John McCain, whom I see as the embodiment of a patriot. Will all Republicans fall in line to support this fat loser who lost the popular vote by the largest margin ever, or will some of them put the country first and say “NO” to all aspects of legitimacy to this person invading the White House, not just on Inauguration Day, but to everything the Pussygrabber does? That’s really the only hope we have until the midterm elections: are there true patriots left in the Republican party, and will they do the right thing for the country?
One thing the Pussygrabber has done is to present a challenge to patriotism. To be honest, I’m skeptical.
Yep, Louie agree. Did you see the town hall with Bernie last night on CNN? He had to repeat himself but I was happy to see one liberal out there discussing our platform. I haven’t seen anyone else take that kind of message out.
And I get angry…Hillary has been MIA. I thought she was going to fight for us? (Only if she won?)
Louie,
You might be right about Bernie. But I think you’re missing a deep underlying anti-Semitism that has been kept at bay and can be unleashed at any strategic time. Unfortunately, its time is about to come.
Natacha; how many Republicans like John McCain said prior to the election that they did NOT support Trump or his views, but how many DID vote for him on November 8th? My question includes not only elected officials but the general public. We will never know the answer. I have been surprised at the people I had long anti-Trump conversations with before the election only to find they voted for him…believing they were supporting the Republican party who is going to save them from the very issues Trump ranted about, Tweeted overnight, supported and supports today. Or; we could ask how many believe Kellyanne Conway’s comment not to believe what Trump says but what he feels in his heart. No surprise those two understand each other; they are joined at the hip…or another part of their anatomy.
IS he going to invade the White House or send Ivanka in his stead along with her husband as his primary adviser; living in the Trump Tower and billing us for his rent and additions secret service protection. IS Melania going to live in the White House and perform the required First Lady duties or will she remain in the Trump Tower and let Ivanka take over that job. I can’t help but wonder if Trump has let McConnell, Ryan, Pence or any others know what his intentions are. Does HE know what his intentions are? He doesn’t seem able to maintain a train of thought for more than a day. Today he has Meryl Streep in his cross hairs. Other celebrities have jumped on social media bandwagon supporting her.
I keep seeing posts on Facebook and the Internet that Trump is the most hated man in America; but he is still president-elect and as the old saying goes, “He laughs all the way to the bank.”
AgingLGrl @ 1:49 pm. I saw part of Bernie on CNN > side bar too bad they could not have given him that kind of air time a year ago. It was depressing to me watching it, seeing what could have been. Thoughtful answers from the heart.
Donald Trump and W.T. Levitt a few months ago:
DE PERE, Wis., March 30, 2016 (UPI) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump offered praise for a famously controversial real estate developer credited with inventing the suburb, but who refused to sell homes to black people.
Trump made the off-the-cuff remarks about developer William Levitt during a speech at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin on Wednesday. The Hill reported Trump was speaking off-script when he praised Levitt as “the ultimate real estate developer.”
Trump offered the Levitt tribute as a cautionary tale about “momentum.” Levitt sold his profitable business and retired early, then tried to re-emerge and was never able to reclaim the success he had initially in the real estate business.
Levitt is widely credited with creating the template for suburban areas with his Levittown development on Long Island in the 1950s. The developments created thousands of nearly identical, 800-square-foot homes that returning World War II veterans purchased with money from the GI Bill. The developments were widely copied across the country, though they were also ridiculed for the cookie-cutter nature of the homes Levitt built.
The developments were also controversial for the racial overtones. Levitt’s housing contracts included all-caps type stipulating homes in the development were only to be sold to Caucasian families and should not be owned or occupied by black people.
Whether he intended to or not, Levitt created an atmosphere where many more affluent white families moved, leaving inner cities en masse in the decades to follow.
The U.S. Supreme Court later banned housing discrimination as unconstitutional, though Levitt’s developments largely kept an unofficial no-blacks policy for decades afterward.
A clip of Trump’s remarks was posted on YouTube by an unidentified Trump supporter, who termed the anecdote “beautiful.”
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What’s happened to us over the years is the failure of the pro-democracy forces to confront the powerful OLIGARCHIC forces behind the scene. Without doing so, we are ultimately doomed, much earlier than most expect. Unfortunately, the problem hasn’t improved one bit over the years. It has ony gotten worse. It’s an example of a continuing, devastating, lack of CIVIC COURAGE.
Attacking Donald Trump and not including the Tea Party Movement [created and funded by the Koch Brothers] which he has captured, just plays into the PHONEY DEFENSE which has been conducted by the most lucrative pro-democracy NGO’s for more than 45 years. At this rate democracy will be dead in a matter of months [maybe even weeks].
Jo Ann: Melania will stay in New York. The excuse is that Baron wants to continue in the same school, which could be partly true, but Melania doesn’t have the poise or intelligence to handle the job of First Lady, so she’ll continue in her role of “nice looking piece of ass” arm candy. The quote is from the Pussygrabber himself. Contrary to what the PG says, she did work in this country illegally, overstaying her visa. She also did not graduate university, contrary to what she says, because no Slovenian university has any record of her. She could not stand up to an interview. I feel sorry for those businesses and apartments along Fifth Avenue in New York, because traffic will always be a nightmare as long as Melania is there. She should decamp to Mar A Lago, where her presence would be less disruptive.
Kellyanne is beyond analysis. She spends her time thinking up lies, like yesterday. Paraphrasing her: “are you going to believe what came out of his mouth, or what I’m saying is in his heart?” This is in reference to the PG mocking the disabled man. If PG said something that was recorded and which Kellyanne couldn’t deny, she would pivot to another topic, like, say, Bill Clinton was worse, or the comment about sexually assaulting women was just “locker room talk”. How long before this sort of thing disgusts enough people that we actually do something about it?
Today, Marie Osmond agreed to perform for Trump, if asked to do so. She has never been an “A lister”, and her excuse is that the country needs to come together. She doesn’t get it: there are 2 things operational: one is the misogynist, racist, xenophobic, lying crook who gets to be President despite losing the popular vote by an historic margin, and then, there’s the Presidency of the United States and the reverence this country holds for the peaceful transition of power. Just because the PG technically “won” due to the Electoral College, DOES NOT entitle him to the respect for the Presidency, because he is not fit for the job, he does not deserve respect, and the Electoral College result does not change this. This is not a disagreement with his political positions, it is a rejection of him as a repulsive person for very well documented reasons, and everything he stands for, all of which are un-American. Accepting him means accepting his lying, misogyny, racism, pro-Putinism, egotism, arrogance and the rest. Patriotism demands that the citizens refuse to accept him.
Ms Kennedy- This belongs to a post here from a couple days ago, but it is just too juicy to put there. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/al-damato-escorted-off-plane-video
Apparently D’Amato was trying to get passengers to take over the plane or some such. I am not into religion, but wasn’t there a story about a little child shall lead them? Alphonse and Drumpf know plenty of mob personalities who can fly planes. I’ll bet.
As for Marie Osmond, she has/had at least one Gay child whom Drumpf would gladly throw under the bus at a moment’s notice.
It costs the Secret Service 2 million bucks per day to staff Drumpf Tower, Mara Largo and the White House, plus NYC police are paying out a million dollars a day for police around Drumpf Tower. It will get more expensive when Drumpf flies to NYC and back on weekends. That kind of money would sure go along ways to helping Planned Parenthood or soup kitchens or heat for the elderly, etc.
Bill Oreilly and a Fake Noize veep settled sexual harassment lawsuits, at least the second one for Oreilly. Juliet Huddy claims Oreilly made lewd suggestions and other comments to her at different times. Wingnuts don’t even pretend to be nice to women.
Mike – Is it something in the water there at Fox News that emboldens these old white dudes to come on to the help? Viagra overdoses? Vot iss?
Irony officially died today. James Comey killed it completely testifying to congress. He wouldn’t comment on rumors of ties between Russia and Drumpf’s campaign and claimed the FBI didn’t report on ongoing investigations. Tell that to HRC will ya?