THE SOURCE OF WEALTH

It never ceases to bewilder me how Republicans can extol the wealth and business acumen of members of their party who have gotten rich through fraud and deceit, like Trump, and mock and deride people like Bloomberg, Soros and Ocasio-Cortez for being wealthy, as if to be a Democrat is to take an oath of  poverty.

The fact that these wealthy Democrats have released their tax returns and Trump has not is not even a small factor in Republican opprobrium.  

The way things are going with the Republican brand these days, I wonder if even switching to become Republicans would help raise the rich Democrats because the source of their wealth was legitimate.

RUDY GIULIANI SAYS...

Rudy says it's O.K for a candidate for the office of President to accept information from Russia.  If he says it would have b een O.K for a Democrat, say Barack Obama, to have accepted information from the Russians, I would be forced, unfortunately to say "Bullshit!"

BLEAK HAVE BEEN THE REIGNS REVISITED-ENDGAME?

In September of 2015, more than a year before the election of of Donald Trump to the office of President, I posted an article entitled "Bleak Have Been the  Reigns" in this very blog:
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1726678915146375316#editor/target=post;postID=367093937041478796;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=741;src=postname
It dealt with my personal experience with narcissists.

In recent months plaintiff wails by Trump about angry Democrats wanting to bring him down, is reminiscent  of how I knew I had won an argument with a narcisistic relative is when they would wail, "why do you hate me so much", even though I scrupulously avoided any ad hominem arguments and stuck to the merits.

Is this a sign that this is the End Game for Trump?

IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL?

In the grand scheme of things, the schism in the Democratic Party between those who want to begin Trump impeachment proceedings immediately and those, mindful of what happened when Clinton was hastily impeached, can be easily bridged.  The caution that some in the Democratic Party, basis past history, is easily reconciled by initiating investigations by impeachment proceedings for Trump appointed officials who  defy Congressional demands.  

Barr won't turn over documents? Commence impeachment proceedings against him.  Republican Senate acquits Barr?  Republican Party expends political capital doings so.  Mnuchin won't release Trumps tax returns?  Impeach him.  If Senate acquits; Republicans expend political capital fighting impeachment.

Impeachment proceedings can be an investigative tool what can help even in the run up to the 2020 elections, the ultimate Presidential impeachment method.

WHAT SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS HAS TAUGHT US

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has shown us that while it is possible to hire a Robot fully capable of lying on command, it is not yet possible to hire one that can apologize for lying.

WORRISOME TAKEAWAYS II: PTSD

When the Barr "summary" of the Mueller Report came out, my Republican friends became ecstatic and began to do the Exoneration Tango, and took great pleasure in demonstrating their dancing skills to me.  As soon as the actual redacted Mueller Report, which even in redacted form, is an indictment with prima facie evidence of impeachable offenses, of the sitting President, Mueller went from being a Trumpian folk hero, to a lunatic and his report became "fake news".  My Republican friends toeing to the party line, turned on a dime in their assessment of Mueller and his report and even, trying to, preemptively, do control damage, began to call Liberals, sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrom, for even seriously looking at the consequences of the Mueller Report.

I, on the other hand, worry that my Republican friends are suffering from PTSD (Persistent  Trump Stupidity Dysfunction) and am concerned about how they will be able to handle reality when it comes back to the world.

WORRISOME TAKEAWAYS

One of the more worrisome takeaways from the Mueller Report is that our Comander-in-Chief has done little to protect us from further intervention by the Russians in our electoral system in the 2020 elections.  My concerns are not only heightened by news reports that voting systems in Florida have already been hacked by the Russians, but card-carrying Republicans are inundating my email with Russian made memes for the next General Election.