Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s second-oldest son, had a message for Minnesota voters – one week after the elections.
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Most Delusional Quote of the Week – November 14, 2020
“I think at this point, it probably will make its way up to the Supreme Court. Right now, we’re at the district court level. And we will see how they rule in Pennsylvania and on our upcoming lawsuits here in Michigan and elsewhere. And I think it’s really anyone’s guess where this goes.”
– White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, regarding Trump’s legal challenges to the recent elections
An older, openly-gay friend of mine who served in U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, refers to McEnany as “Pussy Galore”, the fictional villainess in Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger who turned a failing troupe of female trapeze artists into world-class cat burglars. I’m starting to see why. Honor Blackman portrayed “Pussy Galore” in the 1964 film version. Fleming later said she was a lesbian “cured” by the charms of James Bond.
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Best Quotes of the Week – November 14, 2020
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. I just think we have to be very clear…She’s charging the other side as welcoming fraud and illegal voting. Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continue showing you this.”
– Neil Cavuto, FOX news anchor, interrupting a briefing by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany
McEnany had launched into a litany of conspiracy-laden allegations, accusing the Democrats of facilitating illegal voting and rigging the election to beat Donald Trump.
“I have no intention of leaving. This is an important job. I’ve been doing it now for a very long time. I’ve been doing it under six presidents. It’s an important job, and my goal is to serve the American public no matter what the administration is.”
– Dr. Anthony Fauci, on CNN
“I’m very concerned what he might do in his remaining 70 days in office. Is he going to take some type of military action? Is he going to release some type of information that could, in fact, threaten our national security interests? If Vice President Pence and the cabinet had an ounce of fortitude and spine and patriotism, I think they would seriously consider invoking the 25th Amendment and pushing Donald Trump out because he is just very unpredictable now.”
– John Brennan, former CIA Director, on Cuomo Prime Time, November 10
“My evolution started when the president doubled down in the lead-up to the 2020 election on his charges that our elections are rigged and fraudulent in a way that he hadn’t previously. It became a systemic attack made completely without evidence, aimed at undermining a basic pillar of our democracy. I know there’s no evidence for systemic fraud because I had spent the better part of every election for four decades working in Republican poll-watcher programs and elections day operations. For the president of the United States, the leader of the free world and head of the Republican Party, to make completely unsubstantiated charges about our elections being rigged is not right.”
– Ben Ginsberg, Republican “super-lawyer”, explaining why he has defied his party and condemned Trump’s refusal to concede
Ginsberg had been involved in the 2000 presidential recount debacle.
“There is no loss from him getting the briefings. If that’s not occurring by Friday, I will step in as well and be able to push them and to say this needs to occur so that regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task.”
– Sen. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, declaring he will intervene if President-elect Joe Biden doesn’t start receiving security briefings by November 13
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Done with That!
Is it over? Maybe? I know COVID-19 is still here; lingering in the air like burnt popcorn. But this year’s elections? Alas, have all those campaigns shrunk back into the gutters from whence they came? Has it all finally come to an end?
Well…no, it hasn’t. On the White House front, Herr Trump hasn’t – won’t – concede! So, as the nation eagerly awaits his administration’s demise, I feel certain of one thing. NO MORE FUCKING POLITICAL EMAILS!
Or at least fewer of them. American politics descended into the morass of anger and hate years ago; becoming a subset of demonology. Whereas I was once highly engaged in political campaigns – at least as a voter and eager news watcher – I have grown as cynical as most everybody else. While some relatives, friends and acquaintances of mine supplanted images of themselves on Facebook with their preferred candidate, I quickly began deleting large numbers of political-oriented emails from my daily inbox. I didn’t truly read them anyway. With so much personal family drama and job seeking these past few years, I often found myself with little time to read what I really wanted. I know political campaigns need more money than substance to function. It most cases it’s like one giant episode of the Kardashian clan. Is there a purpose to any of this?
The frequent opponent-bashing is my biggest grievance. How is it that sullying the reputation of your adversary has become more important than highlighting your own record? If you can do no better than slaughter the other person in effigy, why are you seeking this particular office?
That’s why many of my fellow Americans have grown cynical and pessimistic right along with me. They see the futility of it all. It makes no sense. Candidates for public office should always begin by detailing their own accomplishments and criticize their rivals at the very end – and only if they have the facts to substantiate their claims.
But with the close of the 2020 election season – from the presidency on down to local sheriff – I hope my email inbox won’t get stuffed with myriad political emails; the kind I either just simply delete or send to the spam folder – requests to sell me a reverse mortgage, ads for Chinese Viagra and offers from lonely Ukrainian housewives to be mine forever (although the latter two can seem enticing).
Regardless, I feel we all can move forward – until… AAAH!!! 2024!!!
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Video of the Week – November 7, 2020
On Wednesday, November 4, a large moving truck was spotted outside of the White House.
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Worst Quote of the Week – November 7, 2020
“Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor.”
– Faux-President Donald Trump, from a golf course, upon hearing that the vote recount in Pennsylvania has put Biden over the requisite 270 mark
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Best Quote of the Week – November 7, 2020
“In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America. With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It’s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America. And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.”
– President-Elect Joe Biden
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Good, Democracy
It’s almost over, people! The 2020 U.S. presidential election is almost done. I can see the light of sanity peering above the horizon; struggling and gasping as it may be. But it’s here. As with just about everything else this year, it certainly can’t arrive soon enough.
As of this moment, it appears Joe Biden will be the nation’s 46th Chief Executive. I was more excited when I got the battery replaced in my truck back in July. I’ve never felt so disillusioned with a political campaign as I have these past few months. I mean, here’s what we had in our two principal choices: a narcissistic autocrat and an antiquitous swamp creature. Try to choose the lesser of two evils amidst that morass!
Yet, I still feel optimistic about one thing: democracy seems to be functioning nicely in the United States; the nation that has promoted itself as “The Beacon” of freedom for more than a century. Despite all of the hateful rhetoric and angry Twitter-speak, I see a semblance of hope in our future. People are lamenting the lengthy recounts in some states, but that means enough citizens decided to exercise their right to vote more than their right to watch television and either mailed in a ballot or stood in line at the polls. I was able to walk in and out of a nearby voting facility with no problem last week. I ignored the slew of political signs glutting the grounds around the place and a local newspaper’s “recommendations” for whom I should vote. (I have a better idea! I recommend said newspaper let ME decide!)
As expected, faux-President Donald Trump hasn’t conceded and has already launched a series of lawsuits to stop the various ongoing recounts. He and his minions had tried to suppress the vote all year long. And, as with conservative attempts to undermine Barack Obama’s presidency, THEY FAILED! They couldn’t stop the vote! They just couldn’t. New-age voter suppression tactics – equally anticipated from the right-wing – didn’t play out.
Conservatives have always tried to undermine the voting process. Grandfather clauses and poll taxes segued into fire hoses and violent police officers in the 20th century. That then morphed into voter ID laws, cutting the number of early voting days, limiting voting places and – finally – to sabotaging the entire postal system. And, just like many White southerners have been fighting the U.S. Civil War for over 150 years and STILL haven’t won, right-wing extremists STILL couldn’t stop people from voting this year!
The post-election violence forecast by many hasn’t materialized. Yes, a number of folks on all sides have been protesting. But that belies an incredible number: 160 million. That’s the estimated number of people who voted this year; the highest number since 1900. Considering that more people aged 18-25 voted in the first season of “American Idol” than in the 2000 presidential election, it’s phenomenal!
Thus, democracy is working for us here in the United States. The system is still imperfect, of course, but it’s operating as intended. As tough as it’s been this year, that’s a good thing.
Now, damnit, let’s not see or hear another political ad for at least another year!
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