Thought For A Special Night

Evidence: 1 Turmp: 0

June 9, 2022, 10:00 PM

Well, Game One is in the books and this thing is likely to go all seven games. Who doesn’t enjoy a good Presidential Roast. It takes me back to simpler times, when presidents were only paranoid, megalomaniacal, alcoholics with 18-minute gaps in their secret White House tapes, and such, and not a bloated, narcissistic psychopath, bent on ending democracy. I’m looking forward to seeing who accepts the Emmy.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi did his nation proud in introducing the proceedings. Liz Cheney picked an excellent time for her first disagreement with Donald Turmp. While her father was a saboteur of democracy, the younger Cheney, who voted with Turmp nearly 100% of the time in Congress, stood up for democracy in this critical instance. She laid out a convincing, damning overview of the voluminous evidence of criminal activity by a bevy of buffoons – including the head Hot Air Buffoon – that will be presented over the coming weeks.

Speaking of the Hot Air Buffoon, we saw never-before-seen video of his daughter/ex-girlfriend Ivanka testifying under oath to investigators:

“How did that affect your perspective about the election, when Attorney General Barr made that statement [calling Turmp’s claim of victory due to rampant voter fraud “bullshit”]?” the staff member asked.

“It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying,” Ivanka Trump answered.

Unfortunately, the obvious follow-up question, “Does that imply it is safe to say that you do not respect your father?” was not asked, or at least not shown during this phase of the hearings.

I surely enjoyed spending a relaxing evening watching the festivities. Those were some seriously spunky tourists visiting the Capitol on that day. But it was good to see the thriving American tourist industry at its best in the context of a public Congressional hearing. I barely even missed Sen. Sam Ervin.

Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (aka the Watergate Committee)

Sen. Sam Ervin (D-NC), Chairman (center)

It did not place Proud Boy Turmp in the most flattering light. Usually unflattering light just makes him look more orange. This light altered his normal hue to something closer to the color of mud. However, not being the most aware or self-aware, his delusion as usual won the day. So much winning. Too bad he couldn’t live Tweet the proceedings.

“This very fake witch hunt, only created out of so many lies just to get Turmp in trouble. I’ve done nothing wrong in my whole life. I made America great again, probably greater than ever, with the biggest crowds. I was, I would say, the best president ever, and probably still am. Many people are saying that the only reason anyone watched this very, very bad hearing was because it was all about Turmp. All I have to say is Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV.”

It is satisfying to think that the conman/reality TV phony might be finally brought to justice by reality TV. Real reality TV. Though you just know that the disgraced, twice-impeached, two-time-popular-vote-losing, one-term, seditious, ex-president and failed blogger will claim the hearing only got excellent ratings because it was about him. A very stable genius.

Let loose the alternative facts.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Thought For A Special Night.

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UPDATE:

Naturally, there was another mass shooting today. Three dead, trooper wounded in Maryland.