Threatening Ms. Allred With A Good Time

Whenever I hear Donald Trump threaten to sue the women accusing him of sexual abuse or sexual harassment or I hear someone like Melania Trump saying he should sue those women I giggle. I cannot help my self. Any attorney who would advise Trump to file those suites would be guilty of inadvertent comedy if not malpractice. While I realize it is conjecture on my part I think the mere anticipation of the discovery process of civil suits against those women would give Gloria Allred wet dreams.

Proudly Deplorable

The great wall of stupidity protecting right wing Republicans from reality has been breached by Trumpian scandals. Even the Chairman of the Republican Nation Committee, Reince Priebus, is telling other Republicans to “save yourself.” He is saying it is all right to leave behind the fascist demagogue who built such a shoddy wall in the first place. The problem is that Trump is the culmination of the Republican Party's decades long  pandering to the fear and loathing of the McCarthy/Bircher wing of the party. Although the Alt-right, et. al. would not identify themselves with those discredited (McCarthy/Bircher) labels, there is no denying that they inherited the debilitating paranoia of the McCartyites and the Birchers and that the Republican Party has greatly encouraged the expression of their xenophobia, fear, and anger! As a result of this what we now have is no longer politics it is all out war! And while all out war may be too destructive for the purposes of the Greedy Old Plutocrats and the Wall Street Journal it fits perfectly the neo-fascist mentality and purposes of Donald Trump and Breitbart News.

With Paul Ryan and other Republicans cautiously backing away from Trump because of the recording of him boasting about groping women Trump has now declared himself unshackled. In other words he is now separate and apart from the Republican Party or at least from the Republican establishment. Which means he is no longer constrained by any semblance political propriety, tradition or decency. His attacks on Bill and Hillary Clinton for scandals litigated twenty years ago combined with Trump's own transgressions are perfect examples of his intellectual dishonesty and moral degeneration.

We can also see how this moral and intellectual bankruptcy rolls down hill by the protest that took place outside of the Republican Nation Committee headquarters in Virginia. Although Trump's Virginia Campaign Chairman, Corey Stewart, was fired after the protest, the protest still tells us a lot about Trump's followers. Hillary Clinton clearly said that half of Trump's supporters were deplorable. Rather than identifying themselves with the other half, the Trump supporters at this demonstration and elsewhere proudly proclaimed themselves the people Hillary called deplorable. Remarkably, some of their actions that day fully justified the description of deplorable. I mean here you had among a large group of those women a young man boldly displaying a hand made sign reading “Better to grope a p...y than to be one” and not a single women there was berating him for it! Can you imagine what would happen if a man carried such a sign at a Democratic rally?

Needless to say that the polls indicate an almost certain victory by Hillary Clinton. The pundits are understandably trying to say this while waffling or giving themselves some weasel room; no one wants to be the guy who writes “Dewey Wins!” But if Hillary wins so big that the Democrats take over the Senate as well as the House you can bet there will be some massive bed wetting and hand wringing about the whether the two party system will survive. Let no dramatic event go unenhanced by speculation! Hot damn they're good soap salesmen! They are already asking how the rift can be mended when there are Trump chumps actually talking about revolution if Hillary wins. All I can say is that this shows just how dangerous the Trump chumps are! The fear and loathing style in American politics has to be put back in the bottle again! Whether this is accomplished by a third party or by responsible Republicans regaining control their party does not matter! It is not like we have not been here before.

Be Grateful

Although Hurricane Mathew is tearing up a large swath of the east coast and a political storm is tearing up one of our major political parties there are still reasons to give thanks; there are still things for which we should be grateful. Here is a short list:

1. Be grateful that you do not have to wash the undies so many Republicans soiled when they heard the audio recordings of Trump's lewd and misogynistic comments to Billy Bush.
2. Be grateful that you do not have to tell Vladimir Putin his efforts to influence our Presidential election by airing out some of Hillary Clinton's dirty laundry fell flat because of the overwhelming stench of Donald Trump's dirty laundry.
3. Most of all be grateful that Donald J. Trump (who feels so entitled by his wealth and power that he thinks he can exploit and demean other people with impunity) will never become the President of the United States. Donald Trump will never become President because he has defined himself in his own inimitable style, as only he can do. Congratulations Mr. Trump! For everyone but the most die hard of the Trump's Chumps you have made yourself the personification of deplorable.

Political Limbo Bar

We no longer have a bar the candidates must clear. What we now have is a limbo bar that is constantly being adjusted downward as at least one of the candidates tries to sink to the lowest denominator without burrowing beneath what the common person is willing to accept as a vision. MSNBC's Chris Mathews is one of the pundits helping to lower the bar to new depths by declaring Mike Pence the winner of the Vice Presidential debate. He wasn't as rude, Mathews said; he didn't interrupt as much, and he kept a calm Presidential demeanor. So I guess that means that if you can keep a straight face and calm demeanor while lying about almost everything and deflecting all questions about whether you agree with the policies of your running mate and the controversial comments made by your running mate you are acting Presidential. The sad thing is that Chris Mathews is not alone in his assessment. Indeed the most frequent criticism of Trump by the pundits is not that Trump is an ignorant dufus but that Trump seems to lack the ability to deflect questions that reveal he is an ignorant dufus when he tries to answer those questions.

It's the optics, the pundits tell us. In politics perception is everything. Maybe, but as perceptually challenged as the common man may be about all things political he can still see when someone is dodging the question and/or deflecting. Politicians are not bothered by the fact that they are not fooling anyone in this regard because their base supporters do not care, and their opponent is going to do the same thing. The calculation invariably comes down to whether the answer would be more harmful than the obvious deception. The problem in this instance, this debate is that Pence lied about statements he and his running mate made even though clips of him and his running mate making those statements are being shown so often that it is difficult to avoid them! This is an insult to anyone bright enough to be insulted. And in this regard I think most of the none Trump chumps will deem Mr. Kaine the winner. The odd thing is that it does not matter much. Vice Presidential debates rarely have an impact on the general election. If this debate poses any danger to Trump the danger stems from the fact that Pence's unwillingness to support Trump's policies and comments provide rich fodder for Hillary Clinton's anti-Trump ads.

Frankly, I think we should demand better from our politicians and our news casters.  I am sick of the brain pap.  I am sick of the obvious deceptions and I bet your are too.  We deserve and want the relevant facts!  The broadcasters can still sell soap and beer while performing the service of keeping us informed.

Trump Chump Absurdities

This morning MSNC had Trump Chump Steve Cortes babbling talking points obviously comprised by someone living in a very bizarre alternate universe. Apparently Trump's intellectually dishonest minions are trying to deflect the criticism of Trump for his misogynistic statements and actions by claiming without a scintilla of evidence that Hillary Clinton viciously tried to destroy women who accused Bill Clinton of improper sexual conduct.

Here is my question for the Trump chumps: How can you justify impeaching Bill Clinton for his sexual conduct while excusing Trump's misogyny with the illogical charge that Hillary Clinton did worse things than Trump did or is presently doing? In the party of stupid “I know you are but what am I?” may be considered a valid argument, but there are actually adults outside of that party and most of them have discarded that illogical ploy a long time ago!