Monday, June 4, 2018

Not worth comment

I’ve regularly written about the nasty guy and the vice nasty guy over the last 500 days (yes, we’ve crossed that milestone) and my meaning has been clear. Now Rudy Giuliani, the nasty guy’s lawyer, is also being continually despicable and horrible. So perhaps it is time for a tag for him too. Many progressives have been calling him the ghoul. Maybe that will do.

The ghoul has now said that a president can not be subpoenaed or indicted while in office. That includes if he commits murder. He has to be impeached first (surely the ghoul knows how likely the GOP will do that no matter what the nasty guys does).

Should we start referring to him as King Nasty the First? Kings don’t get indicted either.

The nasty guy added to the claims by tweeting that he can pardon himself. More kingly behavior.

Melissa McEwan of Shakesville points out that this kind of talk, especially since the nasty guy repeats such claims so often, gets the public used to an idea and begins to accept it as appropriate or true. If the ghoul is floating the idea the prez. can’t be indicted for murder, is he getting the idea out there because the nasty guy may soon commit murder? Others point out that his wife Melania hasn’t been seen in public for about 3 weeks and are wondering why.

McEwan has written about the press failures, which I mentioned yesterday. Now that the nasty guy has been there for 500 days his office has released a list of his “successes” which sound like markers on the way to authoritarianism, McEwan is sure the press will not understand or take it all out of context or certainly not explain how important and critical it is. And fail us again. Which prompted:
Here's what I find increasingly concerning about this press failure: It's not just that the collapse of democracy itself precipitously accelerating and somehow isn't front page news, but the fact that THE ENTIRE POLITICAL PRESS has somehow decided simultaneously and unanimously that it isn't worth comment? WHAT THE FUCK.

Seriously, how did that happen? The collective silence is devastating. And terrifying.

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