Day 1401 – Should Satan Be Prosecuted?

Thursday November 19, 2020

    Election Day -16

61 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

Should the current president be prosecuted for any crimes he committed before or during his time in office, seems to be a question in some people’s minds.

To which I say, “WTF? YES!”

Then we get into what I’ll call “The Drivel Arguments.”

“The current President shouldn’t investigate his predecessor”

“Let’s move on.”

“If we do it now; they’ll do it later, but with BS arguments.”

Blah, blah, blah.

All of which I say and call out as, “BS.”

Listen, “If you did the crime. You do the time.”

“Let the chips fall where they may.”

(Two can play the quote game.)

People point to the example of Obama not investigating W and Cheney. Yeah? Was that a good idea? I say, “No.” We, as a people, deserved to know if our leaders were committing crimes, and if they did they should have been punished. 

This goes back, at least to Reagan and Iran-Contra. Certainly, Cheney should have been hauled in front of a judge and jury. Scooter Libby? Come on, man. The guy was guilty and should have served time. I don’t buy that we should move on. As far as I can see it only emboldens them to do worse the next time.

I would propose we do what Stacey Abrams does. When she got cheated out of the election for Governor of Georgia she went to work to change Georgia. The result was that the vote for President in Georgia in 2020 was undeniable and it now pits the Georgia Secretary of State, a Republican, against the dark forces of the Republican party who accuse him of all sorts of heinous things (you know, like not throwing the election like Kemp did in 2016.) 

What does Stacey say about Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia Sec of State? She said that when he does his job she praises him and when he doesn’t she holds him accountable. She’s gotten election reforms in Georgia passed so now the Secretary of State has had to choose between following the law or doing the illegal bidding of Satan and Graham, who decided to call him up from South Carolina to see if he couldn’t throw out hundreds of thousands of ballots because, you know, they were mostly black voters who voted Democratic.

It seems to me that Abrams is prodding the Republicans she has to work with to choose between the country and what they claim to be for, or to do the dirty work that the Republican operatives want, as Bismarck said, “the carrot and the stick.”

This seems to be a far better approach to getting results than closing our eyes and saying, “Aw gee, maybe next time Lucy won’t snatch the football away.”

PS I have questions. “What is a device called ‘MindRay’ doing in my doctor’s office?” “Is it in anyway associated with ‘ManRay’?” “Why does it have a handle like a Red Rider wagon?” So many questions. So few answers. I do what I can.

PPS Meanwhile the current inhabitant of the White House is out fiddling on the golf course while the country burns. When he’s not on the links he is throwing gas on the fire. I say there’s still time to impeach him.

PPPS And as some ask for a return to normal I say, “Bull.” That’s got us nowhere. It’s time for some bold agenda. Some real reform. I mean I don’t want to go back to the days where Rick Perry sticking his chest out like he had a ram rod up his ass got praised and Barack got criticized for wearing a brown suit got chastised. No, I’d like to see us actually do something. 

PPPPS Meanwhile the Senate went on break. But before they did they appointed a 33 year old lawyer who has had two cases under her belt to a lifetime appointment as a judge. Not that there was anything else important to do.