Day 1156 Impeach – One Word – Incompetent
Thursday March 19, 2020
227 Days until the election on November 3rd
307 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
Article of Impeachment – Donald J. Trump – Incompetent
Article of Impeachment – Michael R. Pence – Incompetent
What else needs to be said?
The other day one of my right wing friends posted an article entitled “Let’s Listen to Scientists.”
Whoa. I thought the right had lost its mind. (or found it. It’s a matter of perspective.)
But then cracks in the bubble started to appear. First it was Bannon peddling conspiracy theories about how the Corona Virus was a plot to bring down the president. Then it was Devin Nunes and the Governor of Oklahoma encouraging people to go out to restaurants to show their opposition (I guess?) to the virus. Then there was the whispering back and forth between my right wing pals how the media was overplaying this and it was the Dems fault.
Whew. Close one. Like when a comet comes within 150 million miles of Earth.
The president has had another press conference. Mike Pence has switched from standing behind Trump’s right side to his left and he has even shown a sign of life by tilting his head slightly. So big changes. The president has said he is now a war time president, at was with the corona virus! Ha, a new opponent to slay. He’s mustering the troops, He’s got his best people on it. etc. etc. etc. Except, except, except. He doesn’t, and he hasn’t.
It was pointed out last night that we have a number of back up and emergency systems that the president can invoke. None of them have been called on. They have no orders. No mission.
I have to ask myself, “Why?”
The conclusion I come to is that he has no idea what these emergency powers are or how to exercise them. (I mean if he did wouldn’t ne have a big signing ceremony where he’d hold up the order?) But he hasn’t. I’ve got to believe the reason for this is he and his staff don’t know.
But, I think, help is on the way. I think it will go like this:
(At a press conference)
Reporter: Mr. president, why haven’t you ordered up the National Guard to start building hospital capacity?
Trump: That’s a nasty question. I don’t know, Have we? We have. We’ve done that.
Reporter: No you haven’t.
Trump; Fake news. Next.
Reporter #2: Mr. president, why haven’t you ordered the veterans hospitals to prepare for citizen overflow.
Trump: That’s a nasty question. I don’t know, Have we? We have. We’ve done that.
Reporter #2: No you haven’t.
Trump; Fake news. Next.
. . .
Later, “Jared!”
Jared: I’m already on it. According to Google you have the power to call up the National Guard.
Trump: Do it.
Jared: Do what?
Trump: Call up the National Guard.
Staffer #1: To do what sir?
Trump: To do whatever it is they do. Build hospitals. Find a cure. Help the economy.
All Staffers (in chorus): Yes Sir! (Exeunt, except Jared)
Trump : Well?
Jared: Yes?
Trump: Anything else?
Jared: I don’t think so.
Trump: Good. I’m tired. That was grueling. Where’s the remote.
Jared: There are the hospital ships…
Trump: There are?
Jared: Yes.
Trump: Send them.
Jared: Where?
Trump: Wherever. What is this?
Jared: Fox and Friends.
Trump: Yes, I know, but they are saying mean things about me.
Jared: No they aren’t they are just reporting the stock market is at it’s lowest since you took office.
Trump: That’s what I mean! How could they do that. They hate me.
Butler (enters with tray of tomato juice.): They are reporting the facts sir. Tomato juice.
Trump: You’re fired. Get that stuff away from me.
Butler: Yes sir. Have a nice day.
Let me ask you this. Who would you rather have in this time of crisis?
Trump, Pence, Pompeo, Kushner?
or
Obama, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kerry?
or
Biden, woman VP, whomever, whomever?
or
Nancy Pelosi (if Pence and Trump were to simultaneously impeached or die from the virus)?
227 Days until the election on November 3rd
307 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
PS Give me back my vi. (Ha ha ha, semi-super geeky joke. vi is the “visual editor” in Unix, which took over from “ed” the real programmer’s editor. No wusi-wig* for us!)
*WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
Which is fine until you have a really big editing job – like 10 million lines of code.
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