Chelsea Takes On Jared And _____ ... And Wins!

To be fair, and balanced … see what I did there … I adore Chelsea Clinton. She’s smart, she’s vocal, and she’s not afraid of any MAGAt backlash, which leads me to this …

Last Friday, Chelsea Clinton appeared to mock White House senior adviser, and Presidential-daughter-fucker, Jared Kushner for not having the sufficient medical expertise needed for a role in _____’s COVID-19 task force; she does not mention the son-in-law by name but did say:

“(Keep thinking: I’ve a Masters in Public Health; wrote my doctoral dissertation on global efforts to tackle AIDS pandemic; co-authored a book on global health governance; teach MPH courses on health systems & global health & I’m not qualified to lead a national #covid19 effort.)”

Still, you know who she meant, and one Rachel Gonzalez knew who she meant, and so she responded by saying:

“Imagine Hillary Clinton in the White House putting Chelsea Clinton’s husband, Mark, in charge of handling the COVID-19 situation. And when Mark briefed the country, he always praised her. Republicans would go insane, but not if the conflict of interest benefits them.”

Ouch, but true, which prompted Chelsea to respond—and this is why I adore her:

“My imagination doesn’t stretch that far.”

Clinton has repeatedly criticized the _____ White House’s delayed and haphazard handling of the pandemic, and also last Friday retweeted Senator Brian Schatz’s [D-Hawaii] claim:

“We are seeing preventable mass deaths in the United States.”

And this week she again laid blame for the mess squarely at _____’s feet:

“Multiple failures-to test every suspected case, to isolate confirmed cases, to contact trace, to adequately prepare & protect our health workers. President _____ didn’t cause #covid19 but people are dying because of his failure in public health, leadership & humanity.”

And then, when _____ suggested governors “have to treat us well” if they wanted federal assistance, she lit it up:

“YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Not some states. Not just of the people who voted for you. Not just of the people who are American citizens ( 2020 census). THE UNITED STATES. It’s never too late to start acting like it.”

She’s right; I adore her; but her comments don’t fall on simply deaf ears, they fall on ignorant, ill-equipped, unfit and unhinged ones.

Vote.Blue.Everywhere.

Tuesday Thought #3

Bobservations

At our work Christmas party, a friend, “Maureen”, received a text from another co-worker, “Betty”. “Betty” was texting from across the room to see if “Maureen” would be interested in a three-way with “Betty” and her boyfriend “Clyde.” “Maureen” replied, ‘Ma’am, no thanks.’ and “Betty” replied that she’d been doing a lot of going down on women lately and was told she was very good.

“Maureen” again replied ‘Ma’am, no thank you.’

When “Maureen” told me, I said that “Carlos”—wait, I don’t need those quotes—Carlos and I wanted her for a three-way and she said, “Whaaaat?”

I replied, “Oh, not to be in it with us, we’ll get another guy for that, but you know, maybe you could bring us snacks and water to keep us hydrated and all.”

Carlos, when I told him, simply shook his head and said, “Why do you say these things?”

There is no answer for that.

Last week, White House Press Tool, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders, appeared on Fox’s The Ingraham Angle to respond to recent attacks against her—especially from MSNBC’S Mike Brzezinski—who say she lies every time her lips flap. And Huckleberry said:

“I think it’s sad they’re attacking a lot of us while claiming to champion women’s causes and women’s issues.”

Thus says the women who called those women who say ____ sexually harassed them ‘liars.’Then Huckleberry was asked if the Fat Bastard ever wanted her to say something that she was uncomfortable with:

“If there was ever a moment that I was uncomfortable doing something, I wouldn’t do it. That’s not part of who I am. And this president’s not going to ask me to do something I’m not comfortable with.”

There you have it, a woman, raising children of her own, is completely comfortable with calling victims of sexual harassment, assault and rape, ‘liars.’

There’s a special place in hell … 

My favorite actor, Daniel Day-Lewis’ last film is coming out and it’s called Phantom Thread. 

Am I the only one that thinks it’s a Star Wars movie?

Last year at the Oscars Brie Larson refused to applaud when ALLEGED sexual harasser Casey Affleck won; and Armie Hammer took the academy to task for nominating Affleck, but ignoring Nate Parker and his Birth of a Nation because he was acquitted of an ALLEGED rape.

This year, with the #MeToo movement building steam, many women at awards shows will be dressing in all black as a sign of solidarity.

Let the men know that the decades of harassment and assault are over.

Remember when folks commented on the Fat Bastard’s tiny hands and he was all kerfuffled and muttered something suggesting he has a large dick—when we all know he is a large dick?

Well, there’s the proof of the tiny hands … _____ using both of them to drink from a bottle of water.

Last Sunday we took Ozzo to Rectory Square Park to let him run wild, and naturally he peed on the fence just as we entered.

I said, "God, he's gotta leave his mark."

Carlos said, "He's just signing in so other dogs will know he was here."

Last week Matthew Petersen, a ______ judicial nominee, stunned America, and the world, when he could not answer ONE SINGLE QUESTION on the rule of law; and he did this right after admitting he had exactly zero relevant experience to become a federal judge.

This week Peterson withdrew his nomination because, well, stupid.

Oh Rosie, sometimes you are a tool …

Former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell proudly and openly attempted to bribe Republican Senators Tuesday night to change their vote on the GOP Tax Scam and that is a felony.

O’Donnell offered “2 million to any GOP senator who votes no” on the bill but not one Republicans took her up on her offer.

Not smart, Rosie, and even if it wasn’t a crime, do we want the richest Americans bribing our elected officials? I mean, isn’t that what corporations and lobbyists are for?

Seriously, though, it was a stupid thing to do, O’Donnell.

A little palate cleanser …

We watched a movie called Split in which James McAvoy played a man with 23 personalities, and one of those kidnapped three girls. McAvoy was brilliant at switching from one personality to another, often in a single line of dialogue. That said, he is also not heard on the eyes, at least in real life.

We also watch Good Behavior because it’s nice to see Downton Abby’s Lady Mary playing a drug addicted thief, but, well, also because the Latino men on the show are hot … and murderous … like Juan Riedinger, who played killer Teo and who … SPOILER ALERT …was killed his week.

He was hot while he lasted.

In other palate cleanser news … when baseball player Cole Hamels was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Texas Rangers in 2015, he and his wife Heidi had been building a mansion near Branson, Missouri. But then Hamels decided to move to Texas full time so what to do with their $9.75 million house?

Well, instead of selling it, the Hamels’ donated it to a Branson-area non-profit organization called Camp Barnabas that offers day camp programs for kids with chronic illnesses and special needs, matching each camper with their own volunteer and offering scholarships so no kid is turned away. And to make sure they can accommodate every kid regardless of any kind of need, they have a full medical facility on staff with doctors and nurses. 

Hamels said:

“There are tons of amazing charities in Southwest Missouri. Out of all of these, Barnabas really pulled on our heartstrings. Seeing the faces, hearing the laughter, reading the stories of the kids they serve; there is truly nothing like it. Barnabas makes dreams come true, and we felt called to help them in a big way.”

The 32,000-square foot mansion sits on 100 acres, and is the largest gift in the history of the organization.

Nice going Hamels family, nice going.

A Handbag Designer Sat In For The President At The G20 ... Or Grifters Go To Germany

As I noted on Twitter, it must have been International Take Your Handbag Designer To Work Day, because house else can anyone, any-effing-one, explain that Ivanka ‘Complicit’ _____, the president’s daughter, an unelected official, a political moron took her Daddy’s place amongst other world leaders at the G20 summit in Hamburg this past weekend.

Seriously. Does anyone have a good reason why she’s there, other than Daddy wants to bang her?

It all broke when Svetlana Lukash, a G20 Russian civil servant, posted a now-deleted photo of Ivanka _____ sitting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, alongside British Prime Minister Theresa May and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a working session titled “Partnership with Africa, Migration and Health.”

And, as we all now, nothing ever dies on the internet, so even though the photo was removed it’s still there, and still sparking criticism of a president who cannot seem to keep his unqualified family out of the business of running this country. I mean, what does a woman who slaps her name on handbags, shoes, perfumes, designed by other people ... in China yet ... know about politics? She’s a businesswoman, well, she’s a businessman’s daughter.

And this is the same Ivanka _____ who, just a month ago, said she tries “to stay out of politics” and yet there she is, with world leaders because Daddy wanted to attend another meeting, something along the lines of International Naptime, or My Favorite Program Is On.

And let’s just say that at any meeting of world leaders, that the president needs to leave, he or she is typically replaced by a member of their cabinet, and usually someone who knows something other than shoes and scents.

“Ivanka was sitting in the back and then briefly joined the main table when [Daddy] had to step out. When other leaders stepped out, their seats were also briefly filled by others.”—a White House spokesbot

But I bet not one of them had their daughters take their places, amirite?

Ivanka is no more competent than her father, and every American, even you fools that voted for this fool, should be ashamed, that Daddy’s unqualified daughter is discussing anything with world leaders. This level of nepotism screams of hypocrisy; I mean, picture the right if Michelle Obama had taken President Obama’s seat at a meeting; they’d have blown their pinheads sky-high, but when a shoe designer does it ... crickets ... but then, to the GOP, an unelected, unqualified, unprepared New York socialite is the best person to represent America’s international interests.

I mean, if you wanted a truly qualified First daughter at the table, ask Chelsea Clinton, who has a PhD in International relations to sit it, not a girl best known for being Daddy’s favorite wet dream ... for paying Chinese women pennies on the dollar to make her cheap shoes and purses while she complains that she doesn’t have time for a massage. But she has time to sit in for Daddy, and for Daddy to sing her praises at a World Bank session on women’s entrepreneurship:

“I’m very proud of my daughter, Ivanka, always have been, from day one, I had to tell you that, from day one. She’s always been great. A champion. She’s a champion.”

Thankfully he stopped short of mentioning her rockin’ hard bod or what he’d do to her if she wasn’t his daughter.

But he did do one last thing for Ivana ... on Saturday _____ announced that the United States would give $50 million to a new World Bank fund conceived by Ivanka that aims to help women entrepreneurs access capital and other support.

Yup, he’s using the United States to donate money to a charity his daughter is involved with so, you know, nothing to see there.

Unless you think there are millions of other causes that have no connection to that family of grifters to which the US can donate millions.

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America Under Siege: Hair Furor Is A Delusional, Narcissistic, Ill-Equipped To Lead, Lying Mess ... And He Proved That AGAIN Yesterday

Yesterday Hair Furor gave one of his first press conferences where he didn’t take questions only from Fox News or Breitbart and, as CNN’s Jake Tapper called it moments after it was over, _____ was “unhinged” and “wild.”

And, in case you don’t believe that here are nine quotes that seem to back Tapper’ up ...

1) QUESTION: I just want to get you to clarify this very important point. Can you say definitively that nobody on your campaign had any contacts with the Russians during the campaign? And on the leaks, is it fake news or are these real leaks?

HAIR FUROR:  Well, the leaks are real. You’re the one that wrote about them and reported them; I mean, the leaks are real. You know what they said, you saw it, and the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake. So one thing that I felt it was very important to do — and I hope we can correct it. Because there’s nobody I have more respect for — well, maybe a little bit but the reporters, good reporters.

2) After reporter April Ryan asked _____ about the Congressional Black Caucus, the President-For-Now ­asked her if she could set up a meeting with them ... oh, but he did ...

RYAN: When you say the inner cities, are you going — are you going to include the CBC, Mr. President? In your conversations with your -- your urban agenda, your inner city agenda, as well as --

HAIR FUROR: Am I going to include who?

RYAN: Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional --

HAIR FUROR: Well, I would. I tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting? Do you want to set up the meeting?

RYAN: No, no, no. I’m not —-

HAIR FUROR: Are they friends of yours?

RYAN: I'm just a reporter.

HAIR FUROR: Well, then set up the meeting.

RYAN: I know some of them, but I'm sure they're watching right now.

HAIR FUROR: Let's go set up a meeting. I would love to meet with the Black Caucus. I think it's great, the Congressional Black Caucus. I think it's great.

3) ____ then used a question about “fake news” as an opportunity to criticize CNN’s ratings, saying he no longer watches the network because of its “anger and hatred.” At one point, CNN’s Jim Acosta began trying to ask a question before _____ told his employer to be “straight.”

HAIR FUROR: I mean, I watch CNN, it’s so much anger and hatred, and just the hatred. I don’t watch it anymore because it’s not very good. ... I think it should be straight. I think it should be — I think it would be frankly more interesting. I know how good everybody’s ratings are right now, but I think that actually — I think that’d actually be better. I don’t watch it anymore because it’s very good — he’s saying no. It’s OK, Jim. It’s OK, Jim, you’ll have your chance. But I watch others too. You’re not the only one so don’t feel badly. But I think it should be straight. I think it should be — I think it would be frankly more interesting

4) At another point _____ explained why he wouldn’t explain whether he will retaliate against reports of Russian provocation.

HAIR FUROR: I'm not going to tell you anything about what I’m going to do. I'm not going to talk about military stuff. I will not say, “We are going to attack Mosul in four months. We are going to attack in one month. Next week, we are going to attack Mosul. In the meantime, Mosul is very, very difficult — you know why? I don't talk about military and certain other things. You were going to be surprised to hear that, by the way, my whole campaign I said that. I don't have to tell you.

5) _____ was asked if, by attacking “fake news”, he was undermining the press, and he rambled this ...

REPORTER: When you call it "fake news," you're undermining confidence in our news media ...

HAIR FUROR: No, no. I do that. Here's the thing. OK. I understand what you're -- and you're right about that, accept this. See, I know when I should get good and when I should get bad. And sometimes I'll say, "Wow, that's going to be a great story." And I'll get killed ... But I know what's good. I know what's bad. And when they change it and make it really bad, something that should be positive -- sometimes something that should be very positive, they'll make OK. They'll even make it negative. So I understand it. So, because I'm there. I know what was said. I know who's saying it. I'm there. So it's very important to me. Look, I want to see an honest press. When I started off today by saying that it's so important to the public to get an honest press. The press -- the public doesn't believe you people anymore. Now, maybe I had something to do with that. I don't know. But they don't believe you. If you were straight and really told it like it is, as Howard Cosell used to say, right?

6) At another point, _____ said the press would misrepresent the press conference; he said that he was not “ranting and raving,” but that the media coverage would say he had.

HAIR FUROR: I won with news conferences and probably speeches. I certainly didn't win by people listening to you people. That's for sure. But I'm having a good time. Tomorrow, they will say, "Donald _____ rants and raves at the press." I'm not ranting and raving. I'm just telling you. You know, you're dishonest people. But -- but I'm not ranting and raving. I love this. I'm having a good time doing it. But tomorrow, the headlines are going to be, "Donald _____ rants and raves." I'm not ranting and raving.

7) When _____ was asked if “there was anything” he could reveal to convince the media and public that the leaks over Russia and Flynn were “fake news” he spoke about a Rasmussen poll showing his approval rating over 50%, then switched to the dangers of uranium and how Hillary Clinton had a “stupid plastic button” as part of her Russian reset.

HAIR FUROR: By the way, it would be great if we could get along with Russia. Just so you understand that. Tomorrow, you will say "Donald _____ wants to get along with Russia; this is terrible." It is not terrible. It is good. We had Hillary Clinton try to do a reset. We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20% of the uranium in our country. You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things. But nobody talks about that. I did not do anything for Russia. I've done nothing for Russia. Hillary Clinton gave them 20% of our uranium. Hillary Clinton did a reset, remember with the stupid plastic button that made us all look like a bunch of jerks?

8) Later, _____ was asked if Vladimir Putin was “testing” him with military provocations and his response included a warning about how nuclear war “would be like no other:”

HAIR FUROR: I can tell you one thing about a briefing that we're allowed to say because anybody that ever read the most basic book can say it: Nuclear holocaust would be like no other. They're a very powerful nuclear country, and so are we. If Russia and the United States actually got together and got along -- and don't forget, we're a very powerful nuclear country and so are they. There's no upside. We're a very powerful nuclear country and so are they. I have been briefed. And I can tell you one thing about a briefing that we're allowed to say because anybody that ever read the most basic book can say it, nuclear holocaust would be like no other. They're a very powerful nuclear country and so are we. If we have a good relationship with Russia, believe me, that's a good thing, not a bad thing.

9) In one of his most relaxed moments, _____ ruminated on a career he decided not to pursue: “I'd be a pretty good reporter ... not as good as you.”

Seriously. That is what he said, and that is how he said it. I mean, I thought the Mama Grizzly Bore™ was an expert at a word salad but Hair Furor really upped the ante.

Gibberish. Ignorant, ill-informed, ranting, raving lunacy.

Then there’s this ... Hair Furor needs to replace lying National Security Adviser Michael Flynn soon, but it might be a little hard to do since the first person he offered the job to turned him down.

Yup. It appeared that the White House was trying to get former Navy SEAL Robert Harward to take the job but according to reports Harward turned _____ down because he is “conflicted between the call of duty and the obvious dysfunctionality [of the _____ administration]” and is ALLEGEDLY concerned that he can’t install his own staff in the agency, and that former Fox News contributor KT McFarland will stay on as Deputy NSA.  Harward refused to keep McFarland as his deputy, and so he declined to serve as Flynn’s replacement.

Ouch.

Also, during yesterday’s press fiasco, Hair Furor appeared to outright lie about a meeting with Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings. He claimed to have had a planned meeting with Cummings set up but that Cummings canceled it:

“I was all set to have that meeting. We called him and called him. I spoke to him on the phone and he wanted it. ... [Cummings] was all excited and then he said, ‘Oh, I can’t move it. It might be bad for me politically. I can’t have that meeting.’”

Then Hair Furor added:

“He was probably told by Schumer – or some other lightweight – ‘don’t meet with Trump, it’s bad politics.' That’s part of the problem in this country.”

But, here is Rep. Cummings response to Trump’s fabrication on his office's website ...

“I have no idea why President _____ would make up a story about me like he did today.  Of course, Senator Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the President. I was actually looking forward to meeting with the President about the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs.  ....  I also sincerely have no idea why the President made this claim in response to an unrelated question about the Congressional Black Caucus.  I am sure members of the CBC can answer these questions for themselves.”

So, who to believe, the ranting raving word salad tosser or ... I’m kidding, _____ is delusional.

And then came this ... Six White House staffers have been kicked out of the _____ administration because they failed an FBI background check. One of the staffers kicked out was _____’s director of scheduling Caroline Wiles, the daughter of _____’s Florida campaign manager, but she’ll be given a new job in the Treasury department.

Background check willing, I imagine.

Now, the White House is not commenting on this latest bit of lunacy for an already scandal-plagued administration, but it does come on the heels of a new Pew Research poll putting Hair Furor’s approval ratings at 39% ...the lowest in modern history for a US president at this point in his tenure.

And lastly, this is what stuck out to me the most about what he said yesterday; and given that he spouted lunacy and nonsense that’s saying a lot, but he said:

“To be honest, I inherited a mess. It’s a mess. At home, and abroad. A mess.”

Among the reasons _____ listed for this “mess” are the jobs pouring “out of the country”—perhaps to places where factories make _____ products—and because there are very “low pay, low wages,” and there is “mass instability overseas.”

But, yeah, that’s a lie, as we all know that President Obama handed Hair Furor a very healthy economy.

Now, to be fair, it is true that manufacturing jobs were disappearing when Obama took office because of the recession he inherited, but after they reached their low point in February of 2010, there was steady growth thereafter.  But that’s just manufacturing jobs, though, because there has been enormous job growth in the private sector, with wages rising steadily after falling during the recession that Obama inherited from W.

Not so much of a mess, eh, Hair Furor? And that’s in stark comparison to W’s administration, which saw steady job loss throughout the entire 8 years, with an even sharper decline after the recession hit.

Also ... unemployment steadily declined under Obama ... the GDP steadily rose under Obama ... the Federal Deficit significantly recovered after the recession.

So, again, I know you’re not surprised, but President-For-Now ­_____ is lying ... and lying ... and is completely unqualified for this job.

And he’s just four weeks into it.

Resist. We have to stop this lunatic and all those who are goose-stepping along behind him, and in front of him.

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