I’m thrilled to see the law move even incrementally against this career criminal, and I find the most interesting aspect to be trying to figure out who flipped: Meadows? Someone else?
That’s the interesting part. The silliest part is the idea we should back off lest we rile up the GOP base. Literally laugh out loud. These goobers managed to incite *themselves* to rage because Cracker Barrel is offering meat substitutes now. That’s right, they are infuriated because OTHER PEOPLE in the restaurant are able to make vegetarian choices. In other words, Trump’s base is self-inciting, we just have to be alive to get them mad.
Trump's rabble are promising violence, with some proclaiming themselves ready for genocide against their fellow Americans. The GOP and Rightwing media are solidly in line with this being nothing more than weaponizing the DoJ. And given Trump's history of never having to face even minor inconvenience for his criminal acts, I do not hold great hope for someday seeing the Orange Turd wearing an orange jumpsuit.
But I still believe that Trump must be investigated, indicted, and tried. If his lunatic followers begin carrying out their murderous fantasies, they too must be arrested or destroyed by government forces. We're at a crossroads here: We can either arrest Trump and any of his law-breaking followers, or we can just give up on American democracy. If there are no consequences for Trump and the GOP's attempts to overthrow the government, then it is guaranteed that they will do so at their next opportunity.
Back in high school, we had an assignment to research a POTUS and answer the question of, as I remember is, Statesman or Corrupt Thug?
I chose Harding and no shit concluded he was a statesman because he was too stupid to be a corrupt thug. Let's say hands on-wise, Warren was closer to Reagan or GW Bush-class than FDR or LBJ-class. Too, I believe the record's pretty unclear how involved with or knowledgeable about the corruption in his administration. So in my defense, besides that, I pretty much just did a process of elimination thing; if he wasn't a corrupt putz, that could only leave statesman. No, I don't remember the grade on the paper. Listen, I'm going to defend Harding til I pass on. I'd submit that he got elected because the US of 1920 was seriously fucked up. Too, he was a horny thing so respect.
And as for the MAGAts freak out over the FBI getting an executing a search warrant to get materials from a life long thug well done not to otherwise comply with lesser, less formal requests, well, put like that, I can't, or maybe don't want to accept that this would get Crooked Donnie more votes instead of fewer. I mean, I'd like to think the majority of voters still support the rule of law and holding bad actors accountable. Can be wrong but, you know, that would only trigger huge denial.
That said, I'm also well on record as certain that the 2024 GOP POTUS is already as good as elected because reasons so whether or not I'm correct on the search warrant thing, it doesn't matter.
We can only hope that no Democrats get nervous over this predictable Republican reaction to “no man is above the law” and start equivocating. All signs point to evidence of crime(s) at Marm-a-Duka, enough to convince a judge to issue the warrant. My personal take (no more informed than anyone else’s) is that the press has swallowed a story put out by the DOJ to keep them off the scent of what the real plan is. I won’t be surprised to hear Republicans going “Oh, he was fucking goats? That’s different!” a few weeks from now.
Aug 10, 2022·edited Aug 10, 2022Liked by Roy Edroso
So the rubes are all riled up.
They're always riled about something.
I always wonder who's going to pay the new Confederate Army.
Gomer P.Justice gets 10 paid days off from the parts department down to the John Deere dealership. He used four of them last month on that trip to Myrtle Beach . They're supposed to take Memaw to Branson right after Labor Day. That's three days off. They got to go to that one, the Vrbo is paid for and so are the tickets to see The Statler Brothers. There be no living with Memaw if she misses out on The Statler Brothers. So that leaves three days and two of those go to deer hunting They'll probably use another one when they go tailgating to the Ravens game in October. So somebody needs to come up off of paycheck if they expect Gomer you go out and save America. Those title loan bastard's ain't playing around. Be late three days on that note and you can kiss the Ram. goodbye. And somebody is definitely going to have to pay for some ammunition. That's shit's worth more than gold. Good column! Thanks for the MacArthur analogy.
If the FBI raiding Trump's Sandals-by-way-of-Motel-6 resort does even 1/3 of the damage that Comey's 2016 *announcement* did to Hillary, then I will sign up for that right now.
MacArthur had always been a political animal; he'd tried to secretly have his name put forth at the 1944 Republican National Convention. Dewey's people stomped it immediately. "Douglas," FDR had told him about ten years earlier, "I believe you might be our greatest general, but I also believe you might be our worst politician."
I think second only to the "If X [insane accusation] is true then blah blah [insane awfulness]" right-wing formula that can spawn an entire column of speculative fascist fantasies, is the string of "what if" questions as a cheap rhetorical device. To paraphrase Rothman, he might as well have written: "What if I expanded this series of hypotheticals based on nothing more than speculation and partisanship?" He could have ended up at some kind of Bowling Green massacre and the death of Jared Kushner.
The scary ones, of course, are the provincial Trump gauleiters of social media who scream for civil war and ask "When does the shooting start?" They're just itching for -any- reason that will inflame some other nutjob to start pulling his AR-15 trigger on the Deep State. A federal building or a pizza place, it doesn't matter as long as it's the shot heard round the loony bin, i.e., Twitter.
I have no interest in checking but I'm gonna bet Slippery Slope Rothman is on record somewhere as assuring all us little ladies that Roe is perfectly safe. "What if they're right" only works for white dudes in power, I guess.
Also, I shared to twitter, so be on your best behavior.
I think I can understand why Christian fundamentalists believe he was chosen by God, if any normal person had done half the shit he's done, they'd be in prison right now, and not getting out soon. He skates on everything, surely that is a sign of God's favor? So yeah, maybe if he was brought down to Earth a bit through our creaky legal system, they might take it as an indication that God now smiles on Ron DeSantis instead? They're always pretty clever at finding out that God just happens to want exactly what they want.
Bear in mind that the salutary effect is on the ~= 10% of voters not completely lost in the white christian grievance swamp. This includes people like my family, who have been on the "sure, he's kind of gross, but he's Not A Politician, and that's what matters" train from the beginning. They enjoy the "outrageous" behavior, because as Dennis Miller said "it pisses off the right kind of people", people who want to tell you what you can say, and raise your taxes.
But even if that boot in the ass has the desired effect, out of that reliable 40% there's a solid 27% itching to start Takin' It To The Streets, and are literally begging for some authority figure to tell them it's time to start huntin' liberals. Those people aren't giving up and going away, and if Trump believes he's in danger of facing time in prison, hoo boy. All the cards are on all the tables. It's not over if they indict or even convict Trump, it's just getting started.
That is the key to Trump’s feral genius. Our broken press just doesn’t know how to not both-sides the proverbial 5th Ave murder. He knows it and performs his stochastic terrorism right in front of a goggling Maggie and Peter knowing it will refocus the newsroom’s efforts to find something wrong with the Biden’s 💯 boring, normie approach.
I’m thrilled to see the law move even incrementally against this career criminal, and I find the most interesting aspect to be trying to figure out who flipped: Meadows? Someone else?
That’s the interesting part. The silliest part is the idea we should back off lest we rile up the GOP base. Literally laugh out loud. These goobers managed to incite *themselves* to rage because Cracker Barrel is offering meat substitutes now. That’s right, they are infuriated because OTHER PEOPLE in the restaurant are able to make vegetarian choices. In other words, Trump’s base is self-inciting, we just have to be alive to get them mad.
Trump's rabble are promising violence, with some proclaiming themselves ready for genocide against their fellow Americans. The GOP and Rightwing media are solidly in line with this being nothing more than weaponizing the DoJ. And given Trump's history of never having to face even minor inconvenience for his criminal acts, I do not hold great hope for someday seeing the Orange Turd wearing an orange jumpsuit.
But I still believe that Trump must be investigated, indicted, and tried. If his lunatic followers begin carrying out their murderous fantasies, they too must be arrested or destroyed by government forces. We're at a crossroads here: We can either arrest Trump and any of his law-breaking followers, or we can just give up on American democracy. If there are no consequences for Trump and the GOP's attempts to overthrow the government, then it is guaranteed that they will do so at their next opportunity.
I confess.
Back in high school, we had an assignment to research a POTUS and answer the question of, as I remember is, Statesman or Corrupt Thug?
I chose Harding and no shit concluded he was a statesman because he was too stupid to be a corrupt thug. Let's say hands on-wise, Warren was closer to Reagan or GW Bush-class than FDR or LBJ-class. Too, I believe the record's pretty unclear how involved with or knowledgeable about the corruption in his administration. So in my defense, besides that, I pretty much just did a process of elimination thing; if he wasn't a corrupt putz, that could only leave statesman. No, I don't remember the grade on the paper. Listen, I'm going to defend Harding til I pass on. I'd submit that he got elected because the US of 1920 was seriously fucked up. Too, he was a horny thing so respect.
And as for the MAGAts freak out over the FBI getting an executing a search warrant to get materials from a life long thug well done not to otherwise comply with lesser, less formal requests, well, put like that, I can't, or maybe don't want to accept that this would get Crooked Donnie more votes instead of fewer. I mean, I'd like to think the majority of voters still support the rule of law and holding bad actors accountable. Can be wrong but, you know, that would only trigger huge denial.
That said, I'm also well on record as certain that the 2024 GOP POTUS is already as good as elected because reasons so whether or not I'm correct on the search warrant thing, it doesn't matter.
We can only hope that no Democrats get nervous over this predictable Republican reaction to “no man is above the law” and start equivocating. All signs point to evidence of crime(s) at Marm-a-Duka, enough to convince a judge to issue the warrant. My personal take (no more informed than anyone else’s) is that the press has swallowed a story put out by the DOJ to keep them off the scent of what the real plan is. I won’t be surprised to hear Republicans going “Oh, he was fucking goats? That’s different!” a few weeks from now.
So the rubes are all riled up.
They're always riled about something.
I always wonder who's going to pay the new Confederate Army.
Gomer P.Justice gets 10 paid days off from the parts department down to the John Deere dealership. He used four of them last month on that trip to Myrtle Beach . They're supposed to take Memaw to Branson right after Labor Day. That's three days off. They got to go to that one, the Vrbo is paid for and so are the tickets to see The Statler Brothers. There be no living with Memaw if she misses out on The Statler Brothers. So that leaves three days and two of those go to deer hunting They'll probably use another one when they go tailgating to the Ravens game in October. So somebody needs to come up off of paycheck if they expect Gomer you go out and save America. Those title loan bastard's ain't playing around. Be late three days on that note and you can kiss the Ram. goodbye. And somebody is definitely going to have to pay for some ammunition. That's shit's worth more than gold. Good column! Thanks for the MacArthur analogy.
Love that subhead.
If the FBI raiding Trump's Sandals-by-way-of-Motel-6 resort does even 1/3 of the damage that Comey's 2016 *announcement* did to Hillary, then I will sign up for that right now.
"Yeah, and if my uncle had tits he’d be my aunt."
Well what if he WAS??!! No wait...
Sorry, I'll come in again.
Well what if she WAS??!! Huh??!!
HUH??!!
There is nothing in RW rhetoric that can be debated because the debate process depends on coherent arguments from all sides.
MacArthur had always been a political animal; he'd tried to secretly have his name put forth at the 1944 Republican National Convention. Dewey's people stomped it immediately. "Douglas," FDR had told him about ten years earlier, "I believe you might be our greatest general, but I also believe you might be our worst politician."
I think second only to the "If X [insane accusation] is true then blah blah [insane awfulness]" right-wing formula that can spawn an entire column of speculative fascist fantasies, is the string of "what if" questions as a cheap rhetorical device. To paraphrase Rothman, he might as well have written: "What if I expanded this series of hypotheticals based on nothing more than speculation and partisanship?" He could have ended up at some kind of Bowling Green massacre and the death of Jared Kushner.
The scary ones, of course, are the provincial Trump gauleiters of social media who scream for civil war and ask "When does the shooting start?" They're just itching for -any- reason that will inflame some other nutjob to start pulling his AR-15 trigger on the Deep State. A federal building or a pizza place, it doesn't matter as long as it's the shot heard round the loony bin, i.e., Twitter.
Morning dose of schadenfreude.
I have no interest in checking but I'm gonna bet Slippery Slope Rothman is on record somewhere as assuring all us little ladies that Roe is perfectly safe. "What if they're right" only works for white dudes in power, I guess.
Also, I shared to twitter, so be on your best behavior.
I think I can understand why Christian fundamentalists believe he was chosen by God, if any normal person had done half the shit he's done, they'd be in prison right now, and not getting out soon. He skates on everything, surely that is a sign of God's favor? So yeah, maybe if he was brought down to Earth a bit through our creaky legal system, they might take it as an indication that God now smiles on Ron DeSantis instead? They're always pretty clever at finding out that God just happens to want exactly what they want.
Bear in mind that the salutary effect is on the ~= 10% of voters not completely lost in the white christian grievance swamp. This includes people like my family, who have been on the "sure, he's kind of gross, but he's Not A Politician, and that's what matters" train from the beginning. They enjoy the "outrageous" behavior, because as Dennis Miller said "it pisses off the right kind of people", people who want to tell you what you can say, and raise your taxes.
But even if that boot in the ass has the desired effect, out of that reliable 40% there's a solid 27% itching to start Takin' It To The Streets, and are literally begging for some authority figure to tell them it's time to start huntin' liberals. Those people aren't giving up and going away, and if Trump believes he's in danger of facing time in prison, hoo boy. All the cards are on all the tables. It's not over if they indict or even convict Trump, it's just getting started.
That is the key to Trump’s feral genius. Our broken press just doesn’t know how to not both-sides the proverbial 5th Ave murder. He knows it and performs his stochastic terrorism right in front of a goggling Maggie and Peter knowing it will refocus the newsroom’s efforts to find something wrong with the Biden’s 💯 boring, normie approach.