Wednesday April 7, 2021
Everyone calls her B. Come on. Yeah, I know she’s won more Grammys than anyone else and good for her. But. But. I don’t get it. Her voice is okay. But she’s no Whitney or Adele. Her staging is fabulous. I get that. When she opens her mouth, what comes out is okay.
We were watching the latest episode of The Voice when John Legend compared one of the singers to being in the mold of Béonce (did I put the little mark in the right place?) and he said that the person wasn’t Beoncé (maybe it goes over the o?). I found myself wondering, “what am I missing?” But then again I find myself wondering that a lot. Like on most of the SNL musical guests. However, at least the last one, St. Vincent, sang. In a kind of weird Ricky Lee Jones way, but then I always thought RLJ was kind of jazzy weird. I guess I didn’t get the vibe.
So now let’s turn to Matty G! I mentioned that I didn’t know how it could get much worse, but I didn’t have to wait long. Here we are with the news that Gaetz tried to get a blanket pardon for crimes he was not charged with. This in the closing days of the last administration. The question for some, (or should I say surprise?), is that Satan didn’t do it.
Matt had stated that he thought Satan should give it to a whole bunch of Republican colleagues, which seemed weird at the time. The reason given was he said he feared a witch hunt by the incoming Dems. But now I undersand much better. That is, at least, if Gaetz knew he was under investigation for the sex trafficking crime. Either he knew, or suspected that it was a crime or that he was under investigation, or … or he had some other crime in mind. If he had another crime what was that? Waiting for the other shoe to drop? Perhaps?
Some folks are acting like sex with a 17 year old is so slimy. Come on. We are talking Republicans here. No big deal. Not compared to what they have done in the past. This is right in their playbook. I mean it was a seventeen year old girl. That’s unusual. Typically, it would be a boy. At least, if you were a god fearing Christian.
Oh well. Moving on.
In a hysterical comment, Mitch McConnell said businesses should stay out of politics.
This from the man who gets more money from corporations than any other elected representative. The man whose name is on the Supreme Court law suit that allows corporations to give as much money as they want to political campaigns and not have to disclose it. Yeah. Right. Okay.
Tell you what. I think Chuck Schumer should put on the floor “The Mitch McConnell Corporation Stay Out of Politics” bill, which would ban all contributions and activities by corporations or board members in politics. I’m sure Mitch would go for it! Talk about reaching across the aisle!
Meanwhile, the talk of the voting rights bill continues to be talked about. Either Joe Manchin is willing to vote to get rid of the cloture rule or not. If not, then this is a dead issue because I don’t see how that could be tied to budget reconciliation.
Meanwhile, I hope the campaign to educate the red states that the $1400 checks they are receiving would not have happened if their elected Republican representatives had had their way.
PS Kim Shocker! (Kim this week, but I say Matt next week! Are you with me? Hello?)
I think the Dems should be pushing much harder on Matty. So much out there to rail on the Republicans about yet the Dems acts like no big deal. Where is Kirsten Gillibrand? Don’t hear a peep out of her about Matty yet she could jump all over Cuomo. Makes me wonder what her motive really is.
As far is Kim, I don’t give a damn.