President Deranged Savior
Who would run against that guy? And a thing or two about a thing or two.
We don’t trust the polls anymore. You know that right? Just bonkers, BUT when you see these crazy numbers of Trump neck and neck with Biden you know it’s tainted in some fundamental way. He’s clearing the field of contenders like a Zamboni machine with his eye on the prize, retribution. Yeah, you’d think, if he got his prize, he’d pick hamberders for all or let Melania repaint the murals at the White House but no, political and personal (very), retribution for having to vacate the job when he lost the vote.
Stoking that retribution stuff in his name is what Trump is up to theses days. His truth tweets are long and to that point. If you want to read them, you will, but never here, just because he’s awful. I read them often and have to agree there may be more pens adding to their thoughts, more than just the owner of the account. That might spell more legal trouble if some are lawyers. The messages display a well defined attitude of inventing narrative and prompts to stimulate intimidation of others.
The intimidation extends to the field of prospective candidates. Intimidate the voters not to move to the other.
Increasingly, the cheese, or the orange, will stand alone. A perplexing and unique place for a potential president candidate. Debate himself? Dosnt’t he do that already?
Jack Smith has added more prosecutors to his team. Top flight from around the globe to do battle with a saggy dragon surrounded by legal teams that are routinely bitten by said dragon and leave or for similar reasons become to embroiled with their own legal pit of snakes. It’s increasingly unequal but hey, he chooses to go up against the greatest country in the world even if he doesn’t think it is.
Take Rudy. He was once Trump’s legal advice. There have yet to be a rash of books about the worlds mayor or whatever that moniker was. There’s a little confusion, was he ever a great guy? Greatest ever Mayor? No. Everyone seems to accept the truth about him fairly quickly. A couple photos of him laying around with his hands down his pants and we’re convinced. Not so with Trump. No matter how much evidence there is to his crimes he is still the victim of a weaponized system and always the saint, now the martyr. He missed the timeline for rapture, again.
Rudy, a lesser interesting light perhaps than buddy Donald. Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of the greatest city on earth, New York City, has taken a tumble. I offer they will both be judged harshly by every metric of human measure and as the mite sized souls they appear to be. Not equal in anyway to the task of defending their actions in a court of law we are instead being lambasted by every stupid human trick in the book to obfuscate, deflect etc. I won’t count the ways, just in two words though, our new code language like the MAGA people have in “Q” world to describe the troubles we endure that are made up - Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden the tale, not the man, might be a way for Joe Biden to actually make some headway into the ranks of MAGA. A nutty idea but if the idea that MAGA folk think the beltway folks are too fancy/smart/educated/curious for them, maybe it will kick him down, up, around to their liking. It’s awful to watch. Biden the 53 year old junior is fighting back through legal channels though. It will take time and in the meantime no one wants to/been able to wrench the nom from his ice cold hands. Oops, that’s Rudy’s hands sorry, not Trump.
Which brings me to Cassidy Hutchinson. White House aide to Mark Meadows, this young woman should be a very familiar face from the Jan 6 investigation. It was Cassidy that told us about how Meadows would destroy meeting notes by setting them on fire in the oval office fireplace. Just today, in the Atlantic, it was reported that Mrs. Meadows had complained to Ms. Hutchinson about the dry cleaning bills required to get the smoke smell from Mark’s suits. Lot’s of fires. Now, she has a book to sell. It can be ordered in advance. It’s called “Enough”. I’ll second that. She will be on Maddow this evening if you’re available.
Robert Menendez, the corrupt Senator from New Jersey won’t step down.
Who does he think he is? George Santos?
And blaming it all on his Cuban American heritage.
Shoe is on the Democratic foot now with guy found with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bullion which isn’t a drink in his closet. At least it was money that was closeted? Nothing good here except the stay with involves Egypt, and New Jersey businessmen in what is not the Senators first brush with indictments.
So, three guys, Mitch McConnell, Volodymyr Zelensky, Chuck Schumer walk into a bar, where a fight may be brewing. Just one of those nights, one of those fights where guys just want to fight. So anyway, speaking in the bar, there is a guy and he’s has everyones’s rapt attention. He says, “I am your savior, I am your retribution. I will take all the slings and arrows meant for you.” Fool blathers on an on and Mitch can’t get the bar tenders attention. The crowd seems completely taken in. So then Chuck tries and he waves, he bobs up and down, unfortunately, he can’t manage either. The two look at each other and then to Volodymyr who hasn’t been paying attention to them. He’s got his own troubles with a local mutt chewing on his pant leg. Seeing the trouble Chuck and Mitch are having and wanting a drink, Volodymyr throws up the free leg and bails over the bar grabs a bottle and pours shots for the trio.
WOW! You’re so brave and clever, said Mitch McConnell. My Gawd! said Chuck Schumer. Thanks, we would have died of thirst! Volodymyr Zelensky poured each an over flowing drink. With a wink he said, “A drink to life, L’chaim! The talking fool, commands an army of ghosts. He talked of people you can’t count and you can’t see. I command an army of men and women who are unafraid to defend their land and their future of their children and their children’s children.”
The three looked at each other. Grabbed a glasses and tossed it back as they did they laughed, clinked glasses and in unison shouted, “L’chaim!”.
It’s not the end of the story.
In a world of you know who's, be a you know who, cause we know what and you know who is going to jail. Unless he decides he’s simply out gunned and gives us all a break.
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Gari, it's always informative and also a treat to read your creative and edgy newsletters. Thanks!
Menendez is from New Jersey. Otherwise great column.