Day 791 Friday March 8, 2019
605 Days to the 2020 election and 683 Days to Inauguration Day
More Strangeness – the New Normal
The other day one of the news shows put up a chart entitled “Alleged Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
There were five categories and 28 specific allegations under those five categories.
The categories were:
– Obstruction of Justice
– Conspiracy
– Campaign Felonies
– Corruption
– Abuses of Power
Under corruption one bullet is “Used Presidency for Personal Enrichment”
Nowhere in the list are his shady and corrupt dealings before being president or as a candidate for president listed.
Not mentioned are his tax returns, his inflating and deflating property values to commit bank and insurance fraud. Nor is the Trump University or the Trump Organization money laundering mentioned. Nor is the fraudulent use of a charity organization mentioned. These five categories only mention the stuff while in office and as a candidate and they only relate to his political activities and personal enrichment at that time, and it doesn’t cover all of it.
The next day his campaign chairman got sentenced to jail time. He should have gotten between 19 1/2 to 24 years and got less than four, which is outrageous, but he’s going to jail.
Meanwhile North Korea is observed building out one of its nuclear sites.
The Homeland Security chief sees nothing wrong with separating children from their parents and says there aren’t any cages holding children. Her interpretation of a chain link fenced box with a concrete floor is that it is a detention center, not a cage. Gee, good to know. I think if the police busted into a house and found the parents were keeping kids in such detention centers there might be a problem.
I put a note on Facebook the other day wherein I mentioned three candidates running for the Dem nomination for president. I got some feedback! Because my comments weren’t positive I was told not to split the party or drive a wedge, and if I had nothing positive to say I shouldn’t say anything. Really? I thought it would be a good thing to mention stuff that made me stop and think whether I thought a person would or would not make a good candidate. I didn’t eliminate any one but suggested in two cases a thumbs down icon be awarded, like the Pinnocchios that get awarded for half truths. I was surprised. I thought having a good discussion about the pros and cons of the candidates would be a good thing. At some point you are going to have to choose. How are you going to do it?
I think we should have a conversation about all of them:
John Hickenlooper – Interesting guy, beer brewer, has some unusual ideas
Jay Inslee – Running on Climate change as his main focus
Bernie Sanders – The game is rigged, tax the billionaire class
Amy Klobuchar – “I have grit.” Indeed she does. She’s actually gotten things done in Congress.
Elizabeth Warren – Tax the 1%
Cory Booker – I was a mayor. I’m concerned about racial injustice.
Pete Buttigeg – I’m a mayor in the midwest. He has the magic.
Kamal Harris – California Senator, former prosecutor (asks good questions in hearings)
Kirsten Gillibrand – NY Sen. led the charge to depose Al Franken without a hearing. Was all NRA and guns in her district, became a Senator and switched.
Julian Castro – Like him, like his twin brother. But is that enough?
Tulsi Gabbard – tied to her Dad’s fundamentalist Christian org
Marrianne Williamson – Spiritualist
Richard Ojeda – Blue collar guy, not enough experience
John Delaney – MD Congressman. First to enter, haven’t heard a word since.
Those not in the race who might enter or who are considered but said NO:
Joe Biden – I think he’d get killed by the right. Portrayed as a nice guy but not that deep a thinker.
Beto O’Rourke – emotive, charismatic, not seasoned enough
Hillary Clinton – no
Sherrod Brown – no
Michael Bloomberg – no
Eric Holder – no
Jeff Merkely – no
Independents – There’s a whole list of the wacky and fringe folks.
I was surprised to see that Kanye has withdrawn.
I guess he’s throwing his support behind Donald.
I kind of like to see him dressed up in that vegetable costume with a big “TRUMP” on it.
Howard Shultz – The CEO of Starbucks. I am constantly surprised that people wait in line to pay outrageous prices for that crappy stuff that Starbucks sells and calls coffee. I’ve got to give him props for being able to pull that off, but his government experience is zero. His idea seems to be “to get the best people in a room and let them figure it out.” Wait a minute, wasn’t that the current guy’s idea? How’d that work out? In fact, how well has it worked when anyone that was a successful businessman and become president? The list is Coolidge, Hoover, Harding, Truman, Carter, Bush, and Bush.
605 Days to the 2020 election and 683 Days to Inauguration Day
PS The chart of crimes (potential)
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