Our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president has famously referred to himself as a “Very Stable Genius” (The Title of a best selling book) and his recent group of pardons, as he’s “on his way out of Dodge” could come back to “haunt” him. IF Joe Biden actually nominates an Attorney General who understands the importance of holding individual 1 accountable for his CRIMES he may regret pardoning some of these characters who helped him “collude” with the Russians during the 2016 election. If you read the Mueller report, as I did (twice) you would understand our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president committed up to TEN OBSTRUCTION of Justice offenses and people like Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and others either refused to testify against him or LIED when being questioned and now they’ve been pardoned.
So, you might ask why that could be an issue for individual 1? Well, once Manafort, Stone, and the others accept their pardons they have forfeited their right to a 5th amendment right in any Grand Jury procedure aimed at our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president. They will be required to testify and if they refuse they can be JAILED for contempt and if they LIE, well, they’ve then committed perjury and they’re right back where they started, BEFORE the pardons. The more individual 1 DAMAGES our system on his way out the door, the MORE I’m hopeful he’s prosecuted once out of office. And, if he pardons himself, I hope Joe Biden’s Attorney General challenges it so that the Supreme Court can make a final determination whether our presidents are above the law, or NOT?
I was watching a re-run of an interview with individual 1 back in March of 2018 where he was asked if he was going to pardon Paul Manafort (by then, it was public knowledge he had already dangled a pardon to Manafort) and, as he was suggesting he “didn’t know,” he said something like, “Mr. Manafort worked for me for a very short time and he’s a very fine person.” What? I mean more like, “What the……? A very fine person? I’m not sure if you know anything about Manafort, but it would take a mob boss, which is how I’ve described our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president to suggest Manafort is a “very fine person.” I wonder if he meant that just like calling the neo-Nazi’s marching with Tiki Torches in Charlottesville “very fine people.” 28 days to go? OMG, what’s coming next?
Another recipient of one of these pardons individual 1 is giving away as if he’s giving Christmas presents for the “Toys for Tots” drive is Jared Kushner’s father. You should read “Kushner Inc.” by Vicky Ward if you want to get a good idea of Mr. Kushner and what type of person he is. Take it from Chris Christie who was the prosecutor who put him in prison for about three years and he wouldn’t likely suggest Jared’s Dad is a “Very fine person.” Do you know anyone who’s set up his brother-in-law with a hooker, videotaped the encounter, and then sent the videotape to his sister to get even with her for – you guessed it – telling the TRUTH? Do you see a parallel here? I’ve said many times when it comes to Jared as individual 1’s son-in-law, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Even though Jared isn’t his blood relative.
Actually, the Kushner’s were, as far as I could tell, the New Jersey version of individual 1’s family. Jared had to take over for his Dad because he could no longer execute mortgage agreements as a convicted felon which ended up with 666 5th Avenue in Manhattan as their prime property – which could be an issue for Jared once he’s out of the “White House” – although, I’m sure he’ll be getting a pardon as well. Keep in mind, a pardon has to be for some CRIME which has been committed, i believe it has to have at least some specificity. Should be interesting. (If you remember – or if you don’t – Jared spent a good portion of his first three years as a “senior adviser” to individual 1 attempting to find a foreign investment group willing to bail him [and his Dad] out of a MASSIVE debt obligation on their 666 [those are the numbers of the devil, just sayin] property on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. And, of course, one of the Arab countries bailed the Kushner’s out – should lead to an interesting investigation???)
OK – I started this rant about a week ago, right before Christmas, and I’m going to attempt to “clean up my business.” Tonight, I read an article in the Washington Post about Russell Vought, individual 1’s head of the “Office of Management and Budget” who claimed – as the right wing hack he is – he was going to “control the national debt” and, in his two years on the job, the debt INCREASED by OVER $6 TRILLION. For all you MAGA supporters out there who are now becoming “fiscal hawks” once again, now that a democrat will be in the “White House,” that’s, by far, a new RECORD! Of course, the coronavirus played a role in that, but individual 1’s administration indicated a disregard for the budget deficits from day one – as his ONE legislative achievement was the tax SCAM which funneled TRILLIONS to the Americans who need it NOT.
And, of course, in true republican hypocritical fashion, in refusing to allow the Senate to vote on the $2000 relief package the House passed and our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president was/has been pushing, Moscow Mitch stated “we’re not going to vote on a bill which sends unneeded funds to wealthy democrats.” I’m not kidding – you can’t make this kind of stuff up! Well, if you’re a republican you can pretty much make up whatever you want – like, for example, that individual 1 actually “won” the recent election with OVER 7 MILLION less votes than “sleepy” Joe Biden. (Some times I think what galls republicans the most is that Biden didn’t have to do too much campaigning to WIN the election – by a popular vote LANDSLIDE! (In fact, the Electoral College “landslide” was exactly the same as individual 1’s “landslide” in 2016)
The aforementioned Mr. Vought is doing everything in his power to make the transition of the Biden administration as difficult as possible. He’s been part of the right wing team in individual 1’s administration attempting to “burn the house down” or, in the words of Steve Bannon “defund the administrative state.” (Or words to that affect) Vought is refusing to allow members of Biden’s incoming team to gain important information which would allow them to “hit the ground running” on January 20th – likely because our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president still hasn’t conceded and is still ginning up his IGNORANT base to believe he’ll be the one taking the oath on January 20th. Had that actually been the case I was prepared to try starting a national effort designed to urge they dispense with any “oath” which would be given to individual 1 – because he’s incapable of actually honoring his oath.
And, the scurrilous sycophants go way deeper than Mr. Vought – although, what he’s doing could be causing MORE people to DIE from the coronavirus because he’s standing in the way of Biden’s team being able to coordinate plans for the rollout of the vaccine. Already, in the first month since the emergency approval was granted to the first two vaccines we’ve seen MORE of the INCOMPETENCE coming from the administration of our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president. About one TENTH the numbers of people being vaccinated – which was promised “By the end of the year” have actually been given the first dose in their arm. This is really bad, but as always, there’s MORE.
Now we have members of the House and Senate who are going to put on a “show” for the individual 1 base in order to set themselves up for the next election cycle. They’re planning to “object” to the electors in the six states where individual 1 has been filing one FRIVOLOUS lawsuit after another – virtually ALL of them to no avail – apparently, in an attempt to prevent the nasty “tweet” from our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president which happens when you fail to follow his every command. (Do you see why I’ve been referring to him as a mob boss for over 3 years now?)
Here’s how this works, if you’re not familiar: The vice president (in this case Mike Pense) calls on each state to announce their electors and he tabulates them and declares Joe Biden the WINNER of the election. Simple, right? Nope, not with individual 1 at the helm – a degree of narcissism beyond recognition. For each state if one member of the House and one member of the Senate “object” to the electors, then both Chambers retreat to their separate “chamber,” have two hours of debate (which could end up being three or four hours in the house because of the digital rules), then each chamber votes and if BOTH agree to the objection then the electors are thrown out. (What happens after that I’m not sure – a new election? Well, it aint gonna happen so we still won’t know because neither chamber will vote to affirm the objections).
Even if there were enough STUPID Senators to go along with this “show” there’s no way the House will vote for ANY of the “objections” – so it’s all “theater” for individual 1’s adulating and ignorant “base.” My mind is always reminded of him, in the 2016 primary season claiming, “I love uneducated voters.” Little did we know. Here’s a bit of advice for these people. You’re really looking quite bad these days – in one of my previous posts I HAD to use the term STUPID. I fully understand that’s a derogatory term, but, sadly, it fits. At this point in time our democratic republic is on the line and there’s way too many Americans willing to throw it away because they don’t get THEIR “way.” It’s like dealing with a bunch of spoiled “sixth graders.” (I say that as a former sixth grade teacher – although, I taught my students better than this – to think critically and to respect this imperfect nation.
I’ve always believed in our process of elections being the vehicle of change in this great nation. I grudgingly accepted individual 1 had “won” the 2016 election but had no idea, at the time, of his campaign’s “collusion” with the Russians and I still haven’t forgiven James Comey for his inexplicable refusal to honor long standing FBI principles which SHOULD have prevented him from stepping into the election 11 days out. I was closely watching the polling at that time and there was a clear swing away from Hillary Clinton in the days following his announcement that the email investigation had been re-opened – needlessly and thoughtlessly.
Of course, on many occasion I’ve thought about how difficult things would have been for Mrs. Clinton with a Congress controlled by republicans (We’d likely still have three open Supreme Court Seats) and, republicans very possibly would have made re-election impossible for Mrs. Clinton – so, this “deplorable” four years were likely inevitable sooner or later because, the reality is the right wing white nationalist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and autocratic group of Americans exists and “we the people” MUST not hide from this fact. We HOPEFULLY have learned the importance of getting people to the polls in EVERY election going forward because I can guarantee you these “deplorables” are going nowhere.
Check out some of the websites – like the “Proud Boys,” or various “Boogaloo bois,” or – to me, the worst one I’ve seen a group calling itself “Atomwaffen.” Check them out – this is where those armed “militia” types were seeing at “Stop the Steal” rallies are coming from. And, I’ll say it again here, if you align yourself with these people, don’t tell me you’re no racist. I know people who fall into that “camp” and it almost makes me sick to have to write that, but “it is what it is.” And, these people all profess to be “Christians.” To me, I would say to them, “log into the ‘Atomwaffen’ website and then tell me you support individual 1.” Or the “Proud Boys.” Are you kidding me – individual 1 urged them on in one of the debates he LOST to Joe Biden. None of this is a secret anymore. Check out the Stormfront website – and, you’ll find supporters who refer to individual 1 as their “fuhrer.” You’ll also find people who’ve been pictured with Kelly Loeffler, one of the republicans in the Georgia Senate runoffs. Don’t tell me these people are not racists – and, if you support them, well……………. (figure it out!)
Final Thought: This will be a “busy” week. January 3rd, the new Congress is seated (less the two Senators from Georgia), January 5th is the runoff election in Georgia which will determine who controls the gavel in the Senate (likely republicans I have to sadly suggest – even though I’ve given money to both democratic candidates) and January 6th will be the day numerous republicans go on record as being willing to overthrow a free and fair election in this great nation. I’m sure I’ll be writing more about that – doing my SMALL part to make sure they are publicly SHAMED for demonstrating a willingness to turn America all the way into a fascist state. (Keeping in mind, we are now pretty much a “corporatocracy” which is close right now)
By the Grace of God, if the two democrats WIN in Georgia, the democrats will control the Senate for at least two years. That’s the good news (and, as I said, quite unlikely – it’s GEORGIA) Here’s the bad news: I don’t have a lot of confidence for the democrats to govern progressively during these two years, My guess is they’ll be AFRAID to “deep six” the filibuster – so, in effect, Moscow Mitch will still control the Senate – just as he did when he “filibustered” Obama’s legislative agenda OVER 700 times over 8 years. I’ve said this for years, the problem with democrats is they’re afraid to defend their own fundamental beliefs. It SHOULD sink into them that the working class WHITE people should be supporting their agenda by much greater numbers – but, they end up – the democrats – failing to defend their own positions.
I still remember the 2014 mid terms when democrats were unwilling to defend the Affordable Care Act because republican had a massive disinformation campaign which made the law temporarily unpopular. When did it become popular? When it became apparent republicans might actually succeed in dismantling it. I’ve been pointing out for many years now – the political FIGHT in America is a WAR for the heart and soul of this nation. Maybe it took individual 1 for progressives (liberals) to figure this out, but if we want to preserve our democratic republican we are going to need to FIGHT for it – because, as I’ve said the “deplorables” aren’t going away.
Many republicans were offended by Hillary Clinton referring to the “basket of deplorables” (Yes, it was stupid to say it from a political point of view) but, the reality is the “deplorables” have taken over the republican party and I believe that will lead to what I’ve been lobbying for over these past 10+ years – that “today’s republican party” would be voted into the history books. The TRUTH about individual 1 is GOING to come out and he’s GOING to end up right next to Benedict Arnold in the history books which are yet to be written – and, sadly, many of these republicans in Congress are headed for that same spot because they DON’T have the courage of what, at least at one point in time, was their “convictions.” When they refer to the constitution their words ring hollow because of their cowardly actions following this past election. Individual 1 is a right wing fascist and these republican politicians (apparently led by none other than Ted Cruz) are coming along side him – willingly. This is the epitome of putting “party ahead of country” and it’s SHAMEFUL!