Thursday, November 15, 2018

Them ol' Whitaker Blues

SEIG HEIL, MEIN TRUMPH!
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"These are no ordinary times."
 
Eleanor Roosevelt

It didn't take der Donald very long to fire Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Anyone paying even moderate attention knew that the dirty old psychopath would do the deed after the midterms were over; but even as blatant a cynic as I was surprised at the speed with which it was carried out. Scarcely a day after the polls closed across Idiot Nation, poor old Jefferson Beauregard was sent a'packin. Trump never attempted to conceal his reasoning: Sessions had recused himself from oversight of Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign's possible conspiracy with a hostile foreign government to subvert the election process. Trump saw this as an act of disloyalty. Had he been smart (which, of course, he isn't) he could have saved himself a wee bit of face by saying that he gave Sessions the old heave ho because he is, in non-debatable fact, the most incompetent, racist attorney general in a century or more. He didn't. I guess he couldn't bring himself to even feign compassion for any minority.

Which brings us to Mathew Whitaker. For the past fourteen months he has been serving in the Department of Justice as Sessions' chief-of-staff. During that same period he's been unethically putting himself out in the public as a regular contributor to CNN. Several times he has come out publicly, not only on television, but in print against the Bob Mueller inquiry, at times referring to it as "a witch hunt". This is not something a paid employee of the justice department should be doing. He has already made his hostility to the investigation into the 2016 campaign quite public. The very fact that he's been chosen to replace Sessions is, in itself, an act of obstruction of Justice on Trump's part. It's the same reason he appointed a hapless stooge like Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Brett had said in an article he wrote for some law review that a president has the right to pardon himself. His selection was a foregone conclusion - as was Whitaker's.

There's a little problem with Whitaker’s “appointment” and that is the constitutional fact that an attorney general just can't be installed willy-nilly by the chief executive. He or she needs to be approved by the senate - a fact that Trump has either forgotten, or is unconcerned with. Either scenario is a distinct possibility. By now it is embarrassingly apparent that the president of the United States could not pass a seventh grade civics class if his life depended on it. Or - and this is more likely - he doesn't give a shit about the United States Constitution. In the twenty-two months he's occupied the Executive Mansion, he’s made that fact abundantly clear too many times to count.

Whitaker potentially has the has the power to sweep the crimes of the Trump Mob under the historical rug for generations - although not forever (you can't escape the cold and objective judgment of history). It's being said that we have entered a constitutional crises. That's incorrect. We've been in a constitutional crises since twelve o'clock noon on January 20, 2017 when this unhinged jackass entered the house that was once occupied by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. The only difference is that this week, that crises went up a notch - a huge fucking notch.

Ain't this something?

Tom Degan

 
SUGESTED READING:
 
First Lady of the World
From The Rant, 11/14/12

This week marked the fifty-sixth anniversary of the passing of Eleanor Roosevelt. She shouldn't be forgotten. Sometimes I get the sinking feeling that she is. I wrote this one six years ago:

https://tomdegan.blogspot.com/2012/11/first-lady-of-world.html?fbclid=IwAR1G_vgVVhmhnECb6nNvtvUG7Elms6cVId8mAUKi0KlqFtieeWv-YAvbmdM

We let her go to our own detriment.
 

30 Comments:

At 6:50 PM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"...he gave Sessions the old heave ho because he is, in non-debatable fact - the most incompetent, racist attorney general in a century or more." ~~ Tom Degan

Yes!...despite T. Paine's embracement of the little ass-kisser.

Of course, we're all familiar with his racist sympathizing - so it's no surprise to those of us who "know and love him".


"I wrote this one six years ago [about Eleanor Roosevelt]:" ~~ Tom Degan

I couldn't help but notice, even six long years ago, "Majormajor" - then copying-and-pasting under the unique moniker of Anonymous - was trolling this blog with his lies, untruths and ultimate evilness.

 
At 5:20 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don’t..." ~~ Donald J. Trump, Twitter, January 15, 2018

Inner workings? Gee, I wonder how the mobster-in-chief would know This? Oh, that's right! Matthew Whitaker...his inside mole.

Can you spell obstruction?

And "screaming and shouting"?!...sounds more like a Trump White House in pathetic turmoil, doesn't it, than a Robert Mueller investigation? Yeah, I think so too.

Unhinged, perhaps? ;-)

 
At 7:08 AM, Blogger TB3 said...

And look where it got him in life. Ineffective addition to conversation. Such a waste.

 
At 6:31 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

And that's how you plan to improve our economy, raise taxes on the group who pay over 50% of the income taxes collected right now??

 
At 6:40 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Bless his heart, JG is really upset over wasting his money on the Beto campaign.

 
At 8:10 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"...raise taxes on the group who pay over 50% of the income taxes collected right now??" ~~ Just the Facts! (aka Majormajor, or in Fort Worth as Timothy L. Trueblood)

Do you think this fictional "group" includes your cult leader, Donald Trump? LOL

What will be your retort when it's revealed he didn't pay any?

Start working on your backpedaling excuses now, Timmy, while you have the chance.

 
At 8:25 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"...JG is really upset over wasting his money on the Beto campaign." ~~ Just the Facts! (aka Majormajor, and files his taxes and votes under his birth name of Timothy L. Trueblood)

Beto O'Rourke was one of the best investments in sanity and reality I've ever made. He gave Lyin' Ted a run for his money, and at least gave a large percentage of the previous deplorables in Texas a good look at the corruptness of the Trump Administration and the Government Of Putin. My objectives were met, and then some.

 
At 12:35 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

This: "... he doesn't give a shit about the United States Constitution."

In order to have absolute power, the Constitution and democracy must be suppressed by the corporate elite and their Party of Trump.

So far, they are still winning, and the former democratic representative republic is still losing.

The fusion of corporatism and white nationalism is a match made in Hell. Human suffering and the destruction of democracy are the inevitable results of rule under this cruel monstrosity.

 
At 2:35 PM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

Timmy thinks he's on a mission from God - like Elwood in The Blues Bros., I suppose.

He hasn't taken the very evident cues, though, that his life force doesn't want his "help" - but only to shut up and sit down.

Saul wasn't needed, either, but like Donald Trump (and Hitler, during another time of uncertainty), he was a great opportunitist and knew how to manipulate and take advantage of ignorant people's worst fears.

 
At 6:05 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"Bring up Hitler, bless your heart JG." ~~ Just the Facts! (aka Majormajor, or behind the scenes as Timothy L. Trueblood)

I did? I thought our host did...well admittedly indirectly, of course, with his caption under the mobster-in-chief's latest henchman.

Didn't you see it? Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, you never read Tom's posts. You've made that very clear.

Hey Timmy! SEIG HEIL, MEIN TRUMPH!

By the way, Timmy, I've never asked...do you prefer going by "Timmy", or "Vern"?

 
At 12:49 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

And Mozart you know this because you can read minds?

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed this weekend that she has no idea what the three branches of the U.S. government are during a conference call with prospective far-left political candidates.

"If we work our butts off to make sure that we take back all three chambers of Congress — uh, rather, all three chambers of government: the presidency, the Senate, and the House," Ocasio-Cortez said on Saturday while on a call with Justice Democrats.

 
At 9:46 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Mozart,
Did you cast a vote in 2016 because Putin persuaded you to do so?

Have you ever in the past two years met anyone, anywhere, who cast his or her 2016 vote based on Putin’s recommendation?

 
At 10:51 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

The creator of Godwin's Law now agrees with JG, and white nationalist JTF: Bring up Hitler.

First, let me get this Donald Trump issue out of the way: If you’re thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler or Nazis when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician.

 
At 11:00 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"Have you ever in the past two years met anyone, anywhere, who cast his or her 2016 vote based on Putin’s recommendation?" ~~ Just the Facts! (aka Majormajor on this blog, and Timothy L. Trueblood at his home in Tex-ASS)

Even worse...you support Trump even after it has become evident he's Putin's lap-dog.

 
At 12:09 PM, Blogger woodenman said...

Timothy? What an unmanly name, no wonder he became a Conservative!

 
At 1:19 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Obama=Hitler

 
At 5:26 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Is the Mayor of Tijuana is a white nationalist?

He vows not to spend the city’s money on the 5000 strong migrant horde from Honduras, saying Tijuana doesn't have enough money to take care of them and the money belongs to the citizens of Tijuana.

 
At 8:55 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

Timmy, that's because Mexico isn't the cause of the hostile and unlivable conditions for these asylum-seekers - the United States is.

These innocent people, who fled what the United States created, know this. They realize the causes, and seek safety from the perpetrators.

You've seen the signs in retail stores that say, "You broke it, you bought it."

The irony is inescapable. ;-)

 
At 12:29 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Merry Christmas James.

 
At 11:52 AM, Blogger woodenman said...

Merry Christmas to you Chuck. I hope I made you laugh.

 
At 4:14 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Jeffy, deflection noted.

 
At 7:05 PM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

"Timothy? What an unmanly name, no wonder he became a Conservative!" ~~ woodenman1954

If I'm not mistaken there's a book from the Bible attributed to Timothy. But I'll make a wager that Timothy's mama called him "Timmy". Cute, huh?

It might be why he goes by "Vern", instead. It beats what the "L" stands for as his middle initial. I'm guessing it's "Leslie". ;-)

What do you think?

 
At 5:53 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

More deflection from Jeffy.

 
At 11:04 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

"These innocent people, who fled what the United States created, know this. They realize the causes, and seek safety from the perpetrators."

Stupid comment, it's like a rape victim seeking comfort from their rapist. Going to the country which is the source of their "perpetrators". Stupid post.

 
At 6:50 AM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

Timmy, projection noted...

 
At 1:10 PM, Blogger Jefferson's Guardian said...

Leslie, those seeking asylum realize the country responsible for and behind their own country's political coups and economic uncertainty, is also the country with more economic opportunity and relative safety.

Your making analogous comparisons to a woman seeking the same kind of safety from their rapist is stupid.

I agree, a woman most probably would never seek solace from her attacker - although I suspect Bret Kavanaugh's own wife probably did.

 
At 2:41 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Bless your heart Jeffy, is that the best your handlers could come up with? Even more stupid than last post.

 
At 3:04 PM, Blogger TB3 said...

You're getting pretty lazy with your bait, JTF. Running out of steam?

 
At 10:11 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Next most stupid post ever.

 
At 6:00 PM, Blogger TB3 said...

Right. Out of steam. Moving on.

 

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