I thought more than twice about the spelling and the sounding and the tradeoffs. There is something to be said for the eyejarring one can effect via distinct separate spellings achieving the same phonetic match.
Junior’s statement was just wow. I’m gonna go onto a limb here and opine that maybe he isn’t some sort of substance abuser but just some sort of imbecile sucking up to his rich daddy.
Meanwhile, some credit to FPOTUS for showing that an exception to the rule that our betters are above the law is possible.
And as ever, great to see more and more pressure on Donnie. Got the antisemitic dog whistle, waiting for the racist one. Or, you know, maybe I missed it.
Full disclosure: schadenfreude is one of my jams so no matter how this plays out, I’m enjoying it.
He did get my attention with "Even the Liberal Washington Post says this is bullshit." I no longer have a Post subscription, I guess that must be why I missed the "Trump Indictment Bullshit" headline. What else could this be referring to?
He may be alluding to a column under Henry Olsen’s byline, in which Olsen asserts that prosecution of TFG at the state level is an “outrage.” Henry wants to be Hugh Hewitt when he grows up.
Well, of course, that explains it. And makes Junior's coke-fueled rant even funnier: "When even your enemies admit..." means Henry Olsen is his enemy? Whatever, if it weren't for the lies they'd have nothing at all to say, and where's the fun in that?
There's also Ruth Marcus, Sensible Centrist (tm), saying "New York’s Stormy Daniels case against Trump is much thornier than it looks" (whatever the fuck that means - behind a paywall, so who cares?), and one-time RFK speechwriter Jeff Greenfield positively exulting that this is "Good news for Trump: History shows indictments don’t often hurt candidates - If you are a prominent political personality facing an official accusation of criminal misconduct, there is every chance the voters will return you to office."
The WaPo editorial has yet to weigh in, and the rest of the op eds are pretty much uniformly "YAY! We Got Him!" So, as usual, Junior is too coked-up to understand that Even The Liberal Washington Post has conservatives writing screeds in its op ed section.
OK, had to check out the NYT, and the Editorial Board there provides no succor for Junior: "Even Donald Trump Should Be Held Accountable - A grand jury’s decision to indict Donald Trump is a necessary part of the American justice system."
Failed gubernatorial candidate Nick Kristof adds the appropriate amount of hand-wringing: "I Worry About a Failed Prosecution of Trump, but I Worry More About No Prosecution - There are legitimate concerns about this indictment, but how could we give the boss a pass after convicting his fixer?"
David French has some bullshit about the indictment he hasn't yet seen is probably too weak for a conviction, but at least he spends most of his screed blaming Republicans for the shitshow.
They’re just little fascist buffoons who’ve convinced some more powerful buffoons — like the Republican establishment and the editors of the New York Times — to kiss their asses. And, for the moment, everyone can see it.
That moment will, I fear, be fleeting. And a whole lot of "everyone" is blind.
I've always wondered if, for the idiots who truly think he's Chosen By God, his seeming lifetime immunity from consequences doesn't work to confirm that belief. I mean, somebody REALLY powerful must be looking out for him, right? We're talking about folks who can't possibly understand that our society and legal system are skewed toward letting ALL rich people off the hook, so they think immunity from consequences must be something special about HIM. Will this shake their faith? LOL, of course not.
I recently read the book "Trust the Plan" by Will Sommer. He tells about a tinhorn MAGA cult leader (I forget the name) who told his followers he was some ultra-badass who could get them whisked into the heavens by the Space Force. His proof? Look at all the crimes he had committed, why wasn't he in jail? That meant he had connections to the secret military/law enforcement good guys.
Well, this is the "he wouldn't be arrested and/or in jail if he hadn't done something wrong" crowd, so it's apparent that critical thinking skills are not required here. "Foolish consistency, hobgoblins, little minds" and all that...
Au contraire. MAGA are loving this. Don't they live to feel victimized and outraged? Isn't Trump's "suffering" (like that of Jesus) the analog of what they take to be their own? If he's convicted, then it shows that everybody (the Jews, the Blacks, the world) is out to get THEM. If he's exonerated, it STILL shows that--and that their super-hero was able to prevail. Like a liquor store, which does good business whether times are good or bad, the cult wins whether its hero wins or loses.
I see them alla time 'round here, in their "More Victimized Than Thou" t-shirts (made in China), with their crosses (ditto) and their AR-15s (non-ditto).
True, it's a fool's errand to go looking for reasons with these people , they decide what they want to believe, the reasons come after, if at all. Still, because their minds function at the level of animalistic feelings and impulses, I wonder if seeing their hero having to sit quietly in a courtroom while the Soros-funded prosecutor makes his case might knock off some of the air of invincibility.
I don't see how. These people believe that God is omnipotent and loving, but somehow didn't stop an earthquake in Turkey from killing 50,000 people, at least 3 or 4 of whom must have been innocent babies and kids. Trump sitting quietly, and even looking cowed, will be part of The Plan. They as much draft HIM to be their savior, as he persuades them that he's worthy. Everything goood is to his credit, and everything bad is somebody else's fault.
I spend too much time thinking about these assholes, and then I get mad at myself for wasting my time thinking about these assholes, but...
They like to TALK about martyrdom, but actual martyrdom they're not such big fans of. These aren't people who'd stick by Nelson Mandela through all his years of imprisonment, they'd drop him in a second because what kind of loser just meekly submits to suffering like that? Trump won't be meek or quiet, of course, but submit he must. And because his fans worship nothing but power, and only want to be associated with power, they may start looking for a new fascist to attach themselves to (or not, because what the fuck do I know about these people?)
Can he do it? Sit quietly while his lawyers enact some kind of strategy? I expect a revolving door of attorneys, both to delay proceedings, and because no one can perform to his standards of making up shit as you go along.
Yes! And now I get to quote, again, what a big-time NYC attorney said when asked why no good lawyer will work for Trump: "Because he doesn't pay, and he doesn't listen."
Lots of lawyers would do it for the spotlight alone, except, in this case, they can expect him to eventually turn on them and attempt to publicly humiliate them, and then there's his rabid fan base, who might harass or actually harm them or their loved ones. One would also have to expect to be forever after associated with that circus of stupidity and criminality. Tall order.
But we've all seen video of a different Trump, the one being deposed for various lawsuits. He sits quietly, looks a little bored, reads aloud what he's told to read aloud, mostly keeps his mouth shut because he understands it's different when you're under oath. That's a version of Trump his fans do NOT want to see.
But this is different. EVERYBODY will be watching. Possibly the biggest stage he's ever had. Can he sit and seethe in silence while his lawyers du jour (from a small and ever-shrinking pool) don't do what he would do, i.e. random personal attacks on those he dislikes?
Also, I think we should remember that if any of these people were actually around for Jesus crucifixion, they'd be firmly in the "Nail Him Up!" contingent. What a Beta Cuck, letting hisself get arrested like that, loser.
Well, gotta admit I never expected this. Now we will see. My expectations for the system are pretty low, and I figure that mostly they busted Trump because he is so tacky (kind of like Nixon) and he is incapable of saying ooops, made a little mistake there let me pay a fine and we will all get along with our lives. But we won't really know until the indictments have been unsealed I guess.
What I'm interested in is if he ever testifies in open court. In all his other trials, he blusters in public but when perjury is on the line, he's meek and mild. I wonder what his fans will think when he's not yelling about the deep state?
Like his lawyers, spinnin' out the conspiracy theories on the courthouse steps, but when they get in front of a judge: "No, were not alleging election fraud, your honor."
I liked the headline “Former ‘Apprentice’ Star Who Also Spent Time as President Indicted.” Of course none of the cries from Republican toadies cite the facts or the law, it’s all pounding the table, as the old legal mantra explains. Meanwhile, running replays of all those “lock her up” chants makes a nice backdrop to the present “don’t dare touch him” whining.
The guy has to deal with the indignity of a trial because he just wanted a one night stand with a blonde with gargantuan boobies. And that entertainment cost him $130,000 b/c he knows the art of the best deals like nobody can believe.
And now he has to pay a lot more since his financial transactions had to be illegal 34 times.
This is the most expensive PoA in history and after what he did to hundreds of thousands of Americans during the most dangerous times of covid means he should at least be banned from playing golf ever again because he cheats at every score.
"Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp" From the only song ever written that mentions Mott the Hoople, Fred Blassie, Moses, Charles Darwin, Newton, and Elvis.
I don't care if any of the charges are prosecutable as a felony or if he gets off on a technicality or if the DA is the "Jew-funded" biased Democrat the wingnuts say he is. I just want to hear over and over about the sleazebag who paid hundreds of thousands to a porn star and a Playboy model to shut them up about his banging them while his wife was home nursing his newborn son. It's even better when they say the sleazebag didn't commit any crimes when his lawyer went to prison for the very crimes they say the sleazebag didn't commit. His MAGA losers may eat this shit up but normal people just keep hearing about a fucking sleazebag.
Here's hoping the Georgia prosecution is even more entertaining.
"Oh, he may well get off; he’s rich and connected and you never know what a jury will do."
All true, but since Tubby is employing the worst attorneys in the Western Hemisphere, I think the chances of him getting rung up are surprisingly good.
The real danger isn't a Trump fanatic, it's a contrarian who takes the opposite position simply so they can be the center of attention and pretend they know stuff nobody else knows. Kirsten Sinema isn't in the jury pool, thank God, but probably a goodly number of writers for the Atlantic and New Republic are, so...
"his loss in 2020... simply allows them to worship him as President without him having to pretend to give a shit about governing the country that he and they hate."
The is profound and true, and needs to be said more often. And because I'm all about Helping America, I'd like to propose an alternate-reality TV series where Donald Trump gets to play at being President while owning multiple libs in every episode, because all the libs he encounters are tongue-tied, incompetent boobs. Worked for liberals during the Bush years, we can just give the title a tweak, call it The Right Wing.
"...he’ll have to show up and behave himself just like anyone else."
I love the prospect of this so much that I almost don't care if he's convicted (I said "almost.") He will have to sit in a room while OTHER people talk, and not be allowed to open his own pie-hole and make the mouth-sounds whenever the fuck he wants, and for him that's got to be a daily 8 hour appointment sitting in the dentists chair.
On the front page of this Morning's Baltimore Sun" "TrumpIndicted" a photo of people cheering. OK they were Orioles fans in a bar, but seeing both at the same time was satisfying.
The GOP are cowards and Trump proved that. He ground them into little subservient dogs who bark a lot but not much of anything else. Whether there's any organization or energy left to do anything independent of the Trump org is doubtful.
And now that Trump himself will be occupied with the day-to-day of these unexpected and yet easy-enough-to-prove felonies there's a good possibility Fox et.al. will follow him down the rabbit hole on falsified document law for the next 6 months. The rest of the Fascist movement hopefully stagnates. Some of them will shriek for violence but a lot will get stuck in reddit threads debating amendments to subsections of the New York State criminal code that carve out exemptions for white collar criminals to lie freely.
One aspect of this I haven't seen pointed out is the emboldening effect it could have on other possible indictments, such as the Georgia election and classified documents cases. Any prosecutor going after Trump no longer has to worry about being the first to cross the Rubicon: Bragg has already cast the die.
Good point, I've seen that old quote of Gerald Ford's being trotted out: "It would tear our country apart to see a former President indicted and convicted", after this happens and the country very clearly is NOT torn apart, the only real argument they had (because it's impossible to argue actual innocence with Trump) goes away.
Nixon being pardoned not only didn't "tear our country apart," it set the precedent for Republican presidents to do whatever the fuck they wanted with impunity. Reagan committed treason at least twice, first by making a deal with Iran to hold off on releasing the hostages until after election day, then with Iran-Contra. Bush Sr. pardoned the fuckers who enabled the senile old bastard (with an assist from future obstructor of justice Bill Barr). Bush junior ignored real intelligence about an attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda, and invented phony intelligence to justify invading Iraq. I wager that some, if not all, of those things don't happen without Ford's pardon.
Somebody on MSNBC quoted Howard Baker saying he met with leading Democrats in the thick of Iran-Contra, and they all agreed that it just wouldn't do to indict a sitting (or even former) President. You know, for the good of the country, because when Republicans and Democrats get together in private to make a deal, it's ALWAYS for the good of the country, isn't it?
If I was awake when I did the previous comment, I woulda/shoulda had this *possibly* rhetorical question: Would a few indictments be enough for our exceptional free press to finally declare Trump unfit for office?
Maybe the question was improperly framed. Shoulda been more like will the media kick their sociopathy and addiction to Crooked Donnie.
What I’m hoping+praying for a debilitating stroke, from which recovers only to the extent that he talks like Jr. Mint after a couple of snorts. And too physically impaired to golf.
I feel he'd have one of his toadies go to the Pentagon and see if they still have anything from their powered exoskeleton program lying around, so he could keep golfing.
Trump keeps trying his legacy to varnish
Yet these niggling details all tarnish
A coupla bad deals
With bimbos in heels
And Boom! An orange jumpsuit for garnish!
But when will Donald be indicted
For the riot he incited?
Or for his call to insurrection
Because he lost the last election?
The nation's fate is what's at stake.
Merrick Garland! Are you awake?
Walk, Donald, walk!
Try to walk while you talk!
If you can't walk like a perp
At least walk like a derp!
Walk, Donald, walk!
While the MAGATs are venting their spleens
Teabaggers divine what it means
Their asses be draggin’
Fer hitchin’ their wagon
To the indicted blaggard from Queens
I appreciate how the phonetic spelling of "blackguard" highlights the internal rhyme with draggin'/wagon. 2 marks!
I thought more than twice about the spelling and the sounding and the tradeoffs. There is something to be said for the eyejarring one can effect via distinct separate spellings achieving the same phonetic match.
Tossup. The blackguard next time...
"Blaggard" definitely needs to be a real word. A combination of blackguard and braggart.
"A bigot, a bully, a braggart, a blowhard and a blackguard" as I characterized him six years ago.
Let us go then, me and you,
As the scandals crowd out all the other news
Like a porn star paid and splayed upon a mattress;
Let us read, within these rumpled crumb-strewn sheets,
The incoherent tweets
Of sleepless nights upon the throne of ease
While pinching out my message by degrees:
Tweets with which I pushed and pulled the government
With criminal intent
But I’m not capable of much reflection...
I don’t regret, or still less rue it—
When you’re a star, they let you do it.
…We have frolicked on a mattress soaked with pee
In opulent hotel rooms trimmed in gold—
Until we face indictment, and we fold.
The problem with Substack is that it only allows me one upvote. Brilliant!
Yoicks!
I have heard the porn stars singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I heard the news say — I’m indicted —
Political persecution —
I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire
Stand back and stand by —
Ain't no innocent bystanders anymore...
This is just to say
I enjoyed
the indictment
that was on
the TV
and which
I thought was probably
coming
much later
Forgive me
it was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Junior’s statement was just wow. I’m gonna go onto a limb here and opine that maybe he isn’t some sort of substance abuser but just some sort of imbecile sucking up to his rich daddy.
Meanwhile, some credit to FPOTUS for showing that an exception to the rule that our betters are above the law is possible.
And as ever, great to see more and more pressure on Donnie. Got the antisemitic dog whistle, waiting for the racist one. Or, you know, maybe I missed it.
Full disclosure: schadenfreude is one of my jams so no matter how this plays out, I’m enjoying it.
More likely -- Junior is both
To quote Melanie, I really don’t care.
Whatever the truth there, he’s a piece of shit.
He did get my attention with "Even the Liberal Washington Post says this is bullshit." I no longer have a Post subscription, I guess that must be why I missed the "Trump Indictment Bullshit" headline. What else could this be referring to?
😂
He may be alluding to a column under Henry Olsen’s byline, in which Olsen asserts that prosecution of TFG at the state level is an “outrage.” Henry wants to be Hugh Hewitt when he grows up.
WaPo has some stiffs.
Installed so right-wingers can say, "Even the Liberal Washington Post..."
Well, of course, that explains it. And makes Junior's coke-fueled rant even funnier: "When even your enemies admit..." means Henry Olsen is his enemy? Whatever, if it weren't for the lies they'd have nothing at all to say, and where's the fun in that?
There's also Ruth Marcus, Sensible Centrist (tm), saying "New York’s Stormy Daniels case against Trump is much thornier than it looks" (whatever the fuck that means - behind a paywall, so who cares?), and one-time RFK speechwriter Jeff Greenfield positively exulting that this is "Good news for Trump: History shows indictments don’t often hurt candidates - If you are a prominent political personality facing an official accusation of criminal misconduct, there is every chance the voters will return you to office."
The WaPo editorial has yet to weigh in, and the rest of the op eds are pretty much uniformly "YAY! We Got Him!" So, as usual, Junior is too coked-up to understand that Even The Liberal Washington Post has conservatives writing screeds in its op ed section.
OK, had to check out the NYT, and the Editorial Board there provides no succor for Junior: "Even Donald Trump Should Be Held Accountable - A grand jury’s decision to indict Donald Trump is a necessary part of the American justice system."
Failed gubernatorial candidate Nick Kristof adds the appropriate amount of hand-wringing: "I Worry About a Failed Prosecution of Trump, but I Worry More About No Prosecution - There are legitimate concerns about this indictment, but how could we give the boss a pass after convicting his fixer?"
David French has some bullshit about the indictment he hasn't yet seen is probably too weak for a conviction, but at least he spends most of his screed blaming Republicans for the shitshow.
Conclusion: Junior needs another couple of lines.
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Conclusion: Junior needs another couple of lines.
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That's his answer to everything!
All they have is pounding the table, and by God they will pound that thing to dust.
They’re just little fascist buffoons who’ve convinced some more powerful buffoons — like the Republican establishment and the editors of the New York Times — to kiss their asses. And, for the moment, everyone can see it.
That moment will, I fear, be fleeting. And a whole lot of "everyone" is blind.
Well, I did say "moment."
But no less momentous, Shirley.
Don't call me "Surely".
Surly it is!
I've always wondered if, for the idiots who truly think he's Chosen By God, his seeming lifetime immunity from consequences doesn't work to confirm that belief. I mean, somebody REALLY powerful must be looking out for him, right? We're talking about folks who can't possibly understand that our society and legal system are skewed toward letting ALL rich people off the hook, so they think immunity from consequences must be something special about HIM. Will this shake their faith? LOL, of course not.
I recently read the book "Trust the Plan" by Will Sommer. He tells about a tinhorn MAGA cult leader (I forget the name) who told his followers he was some ultra-badass who could get them whisked into the heavens by the Space Force. His proof? Look at all the crimes he had committed, why wasn't he in jail? That meant he had connections to the secret military/law enforcement good guys.
Well, this is the "he wouldn't be arrested and/or in jail if he hadn't done something wrong" crowd, so it's apparent that critical thinking skills are not required here. "Foolish consistency, hobgoblins, little minds" and all that...
Au contraire. MAGA are loving this. Don't they live to feel victimized and outraged? Isn't Trump's "suffering" (like that of Jesus) the analog of what they take to be their own? If he's convicted, then it shows that everybody (the Jews, the Blacks, the world) is out to get THEM. If he's exonerated, it STILL shows that--and that their super-hero was able to prevail. Like a liquor store, which does good business whether times are good or bad, the cult wins whether its hero wins or loses.
I see them alla time 'round here, in their "More Victimized Than Thou" t-shirts (made in China), with their crosses (ditto) and their AR-15s (non-ditto).
True, it's a fool's errand to go looking for reasons with these people , they decide what they want to believe, the reasons come after, if at all. Still, because their minds function at the level of animalistic feelings and impulses, I wonder if seeing their hero having to sit quietly in a courtroom while the Soros-funded prosecutor makes his case might knock off some of the air of invincibility.
I don't see how. These people believe that God is omnipotent and loving, but somehow didn't stop an earthquake in Turkey from killing 50,000 people, at least 3 or 4 of whom must have been innocent babies and kids. Trump sitting quietly, and even looking cowed, will be part of The Plan. They as much draft HIM to be their savior, as he persuades them that he's worthy. Everything goood is to his credit, and everything bad is somebody else's fault.
I spend too much time thinking about these assholes, and then I get mad at myself for wasting my time thinking about these assholes, but...
They like to TALK about martyrdom, but actual martyrdom they're not such big fans of. These aren't people who'd stick by Nelson Mandela through all his years of imprisonment, they'd drop him in a second because what kind of loser just meekly submits to suffering like that? Trump won't be meek or quiet, of course, but submit he must. And because his fans worship nothing but power, and only want to be associated with power, they may start looking for a new fascist to attach themselves to (or not, because what the fuck do I know about these people?)
(Gotten to the point that whenever I see "The Plan", I think it involves turnips.)
Can he do it? Sit quietly while his lawyers enact some kind of strategy? I expect a revolving door of attorneys, both to delay proceedings, and because no one can perform to his standards of making up shit as you go along.
Yes! And now I get to quote, again, what a big-time NYC attorney said when asked why no good lawyer will work for Trump: "Because he doesn't pay, and he doesn't listen."
Lots of lawyers would do it for the spotlight alone, except, in this case, they can expect him to eventually turn on them and attempt to publicly humiliate them, and then there's his rabid fan base, who might harass or actually harm them or their loved ones. One would also have to expect to be forever after associated with that circus of stupidity and criminality. Tall order.
But we've all seen video of a different Trump, the one being deposed for various lawsuits. He sits quietly, looks a little bored, reads aloud what he's told to read aloud, mostly keeps his mouth shut because he understands it's different when you're under oath. That's a version of Trump his fans do NOT want to see.
But this is different. EVERYBODY will be watching. Possibly the biggest stage he's ever had. Can he sit and seethe in silence while his lawyers du jour (from a small and ever-shrinking pool) don't do what he would do, i.e. random personal attacks on those he dislikes?
"The fifth."
"Same."
"Same."
"Same."
"Same."
"Same."
etc...
Also, I think we should remember that if any of these people were actually around for Jesus crucifixion, they'd be firmly in the "Nail Him Up!" contingent. What a Beta Cuck, letting hisself get arrested like that, loser.
All Trump really wants is the #1 rated reality TV show. It's good he has this to keep himself occupied.
Fuckalmighty am I sick of his shit though.
All attention is good attention. And fundraising fodder.
Well, it's all fun and games til somebody gets indicted.
Well, gotta admit I never expected this. Now we will see. My expectations for the system are pretty low, and I figure that mostly they busted Trump because he is so tacky (kind of like Nixon) and he is incapable of saying ooops, made a little mistake there let me pay a fine and we will all get along with our lives. But we won't really know until the indictments have been unsealed I guess.
What I'm interested in is if he ever testifies in open court. In all his other trials, he blusters in public but when perjury is on the line, he's meek and mild. I wonder what his fans will think when he's not yelling about the deep state?
I can't wait fer the judge to give him the ol' Bobby Seale wraparound!
Like his lawyers, spinnin' out the conspiracy theories on the courthouse steps, but when they get in front of a judge: "No, were not alleging election fraud, your honor."
Yeah, and the judge, finally havin' enough a that shit, yellin' "Then what the FUCK are you doing inside my courthouse??!!!"
I liked the headline “Former ‘Apprentice’ Star Who Also Spent Time as President Indicted.” Of course none of the cries from Republican toadies cite the facts or the law, it’s all pounding the table, as the old legal mantra explains. Meanwhile, running replays of all those “lock her up” chants makes a nice backdrop to the present “don’t dare touch him” whining.
And the Queens Daily Eagle comes through with "Queens Man Indicted."
https://queenseagle.com/all/2023/3/30/queens-man-indicted
Monkeys pounding typewriters ---> Republicans pounding tables
The guy has to deal with the indignity of a trial because he just wanted a one night stand with a blonde with gargantuan boobies. And that entertainment cost him $130,000 b/c he knows the art of the best deals like nobody can believe.
And now he has to pay a lot more since his financial transactions had to be illegal 34 times.
This is the most expensive PoA in history and after what he did to hundreds of thousands of Americans during the most dangerous times of covid means he should at least be banned from playing golf ever again because he cheats at every score.
Cleopatra wanna word...Oh, sorry – I thought you said 'asp'.
"Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp" From the only song ever written that mentions Mott the Hoople, Fred Blassie, Moses, Charles Darwin, Newton, and Elvis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
Yes, but gargantuan boobies
The face that launched 130,000 dollar bills
Happy, happy day. Wingnut tears are ending the drought.
Let the Willamette ROAR!
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
I don't care if any of the charges are prosecutable as a felony or if he gets off on a technicality or if the DA is the "Jew-funded" biased Democrat the wingnuts say he is. I just want to hear over and over about the sleazebag who paid hundreds of thousands to a porn star and a Playboy model to shut them up about his banging them while his wife was home nursing his newborn son. It's even better when they say the sleazebag didn't commit any crimes when his lawyer went to prison for the very crimes they say the sleazebag didn't commit. His MAGA losers may eat this shit up but normal people just keep hearing about a fucking sleazebag.
Here's hoping the Georgia prosecution is even more entertaining.
Hopes & prayers that the new Georgia legislative workaround doesn't prevail...
DeSantis, in one of his "defenses" of Trump, said, "Now, I don't know anything about paying hush money to porn stars, but..."
"I'd love to find out sometime..."
"If I'm a star, will they let me do it?"
He'll never be a star. He may be King Shit in the swamplands, but that's as far as he'll go.
"Oh, he may well get off; he’s rich and connected and you never know what a jury will do."
All true, but since Tubby is employing the worst attorneys in the Western Hemisphere, I think the chances of him getting rung up are surprisingly good.
Also the jury pool in Manhattan is not exactly Trump-friendly.
They have a good chance of getting a nullifier on there!
The real danger isn't a Trump fanatic, it's a contrarian who takes the opposite position simply so they can be the center of attention and pretend they know stuff nobody else knows. Kirsten Sinema isn't in the jury pool, thank God, but probably a goodly number of writers for the Atlantic and New Republic are, so...
"his loss in 2020... simply allows them to worship him as President without him having to pretend to give a shit about governing the country that he and they hate."
The is profound and true, and needs to be said more often. And because I'm all about Helping America, I'd like to propose an alternate-reality TV series where Donald Trump gets to play at being President while owning multiple libs in every episode, because all the libs he encounters are tongue-tied, incompetent boobs. Worked for liberals during the Bush years, we can just give the title a tweak, call it The Right Wing.
The Worst Wing
Yes, I like yours better.
"...he’ll have to show up and behave himself just like anyone else."
I love the prospect of this so much that I almost don't care if he's convicted (I said "almost.") He will have to sit in a room while OTHER people talk, and not be allowed to open his own pie-hole and make the mouth-sounds whenever the fuck he wants, and for him that's got to be a daily 8 hour appointment sitting in the dentists chair.
Might we see the Bobby Seale? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Seven#Bobby_Seale
Immensely brilliant and overstuffed minds, alike-thinking...
If I give you 2 marks, then...
He won't be able to control himself; we saw this with the Alex Jones trials. Bonus points if his legal team is as incredibly inept as Jones' was.
"Take his phone! Please!"
On the front page of this Morning's Baltimore Sun" "TrumpIndicted" a photo of people cheering. OK they were Orioles fans in a bar, but seeing both at the same time was satisfying.
The GOP are cowards and Trump proved that. He ground them into little subservient dogs who bark a lot but not much of anything else. Whether there's any organization or energy left to do anything independent of the Trump org is doubtful.
And now that Trump himself will be occupied with the day-to-day of these unexpected and yet easy-enough-to-prove felonies there's a good possibility Fox et.al. will follow him down the rabbit hole on falsified document law for the next 6 months. The rest of the Fascist movement hopefully stagnates. Some of them will shriek for violence but a lot will get stuck in reddit threads debating amendments to subsections of the New York State criminal code that carve out exemptions for white collar criminals to lie freely.
X yer fingers, anyway.
One aspect of this I haven't seen pointed out is the emboldening effect it could have on other possible indictments, such as the Georgia election and classified documents cases. Any prosecutor going after Trump no longer has to worry about being the first to cross the Rubicon: Bragg has already cast the die.
Good point, I've seen that old quote of Gerald Ford's being trotted out: "It would tear our country apart to see a former President indicted and convicted", after this happens and the country very clearly is NOT torn apart, the only real argument they had (because it's impossible to argue actual innocence with Trump) goes away.
Nixon being pardoned not only didn't "tear our country apart," it set the precedent for Republican presidents to do whatever the fuck they wanted with impunity. Reagan committed treason at least twice, first by making a deal with Iran to hold off on releasing the hostages until after election day, then with Iran-Contra. Bush Sr. pardoned the fuckers who enabled the senile old bastard (with an assist from future obstructor of justice Bill Barr). Bush junior ignored real intelligence about an attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda, and invented phony intelligence to justify invading Iraq. I wager that some, if not all, of those things don't happen without Ford's pardon.
Somebody on MSNBC quoted Howard Baker saying he met with leading Democrats in the thick of Iran-Contra, and they all agreed that it just wouldn't do to indict a sitting (or even former) President. You know, for the good of the country, because when Republicans and Democrats get together in private to make a deal, it's ALWAYS for the good of the country, isn't it?
This is exactly what I've been saying. No one wanted to be the first. Bragg said "fuck it, let's go."
Keith Olbermann also made this point on one of his commentaries. Great minds think alike. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-finally-indict-the-proverbial-ham-sandwich-3-31-23/id1633301179?i=1000606692472
"Today it's twice as easy for Fani Willis or Jack Smith to indict him than it was yesterday afternoon." Exactamundo.
If I was awake when I did the previous comment, I woulda/shoulda had this *possibly* rhetorical question: Would a few indictments be enough for our exceptional free press to finally declare Trump unfit for office?
Well, this is a question! We've never been here before! This is unprecedented!
(Know what else was "unprecedented"? ALLOWING A CRIMINAL TO BECOME PRESIDENT.)
Asked the question hopefully, partly in fear that this is more or less how it will play out: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/30/2160869/-Cartoon-The-Normalizing-News-of-the-Times
"Well, I never had a leopard eat my face BEFORE!"
Problem: He's already proven himself perfectly fitted to get elected, and that is all that matters in this-here nation.
In Russia, office fits czar.
Eh, probably.
Maybe the question was improperly framed. Shoulda been more like will the media kick their sociopathy and addiction to Crooked Donnie.
What I’m hoping+praying for a debilitating stroke, from which recovers only to the extent that he talks like Jr. Mint after a couple of snorts. And too physically impaired to golf.
I feel he'd have one of his toadies go to the Pentagon and see if they still have anything from their powered exoskeleton program lying around, so he could keep golfing.
😂
Love to see it.