Who Do The Republicans In Congress Work For?

It's a simple question.  

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Impeachment Season!

Yes, it's that time of the year again, kids...

Impeachment Season!

And you know what that means:

 

No, no, no!  Not Halle Berry

There we go!  Holly berries!

Get your hot cocoa ready for that old holiday favorite:

Enjoy!

Lowering The Bar/Standards For POTUS

Lowering The Bar/Standards For The President Of The United States

*Note: Robert Mueller could NOT indict Trump because the Department of Justice guidelines/rules/regulations preclude indictment of a “sitting President”, meaning that while he is IN office, Trump can’t face any criminal charges, only political ones, such as an Impeachment Inquiry.  He may have wanted to indict, but, he simply wasn't allowed to go there.  Many/Most Republicans seem to forget this extremely vital point.

*Another point to ponder:  Why do these Republicans, specifically, feel the need to “protect the President (Donald Trump)”, rather than uphold their oath of office? He doesn’t need protection, per se; he has the Secret Service for that.  He needs oversight from Congress, not protection. Checks and Balances, you’ve heard that term.  

Republicans in the House and Senate have forsaken their oaths of office and Trump played them like a bass fiddle.  Got ‘em hook, line and sinker. 

History will not be on their side, those Republicans, when it is written years from now.  It will compare and contrast them to previous seat-holders who chose country over party.  Some, the more desperate ones, have taken to lashing out at Democrats across the aisle, even resorting to one of Trump’s signature moves, name-calling.  It’s pretty shameful.

Three co-equal branches of government:  Judicial (SCOTUS), Legislative (House & Senate) and Executive (President and his/her Cabinet).   

The important part – Co-equal. All on the same plane.

As the Impeachment Inquiry begins in November 2019, the Republicans have decided among themselves that want/need to distract from the proceedings because they’ve run out of steam feebly attempting to defend the indefensible from Trump.  “Look over here”, “It’s boring”, “What about _____?”, and so on. If the Republicans in the House and Senate from January 20, 2017 until now, mid-November 2019, had provided and insisted upon oversight of the Executive Branch, we would not be enduring an Impeachment Inquiry… but, they were so thrilled to get this guy, Donald J. Trump, Sr. into office, they almost wet themselves.

*UPDATE -

Donald J. Trump officially Impeached by the House, December 18, 2019

The military aid issued to the Ukraine, about $400 million (in U.S. taxpayer dollars) had already been approved by Congress, so this notion that Trump or any President could withhold that aid for any reason, is preposterous, ridiculous, and again, shows someone (at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, IN the Oval Office) still doesn’t get, He/Trump doesn’t have absolute power over the U.S. Government. He can’t simply keep that money or withhold it for any reason(s).

The Republicans have lowered their standards so low that they see the Impeachment hearings as an entire waste of everyone’s time.

They don’t care what Trump and his cronies/buddies/surrogates say or do, as long as Donald J. Trump remains in office and in power.  It’s odd, strange and very weird that more Republicans/Conservatives in The House and Senate don’t speak out against Trump, not on Twitter or otherwise online, but in front of television camera publicly.  Again, makes you wonder.

By late November 2019, it is painfully obvious that the Republicans know their arguments in regards to “protecting” Trump and that he "did nothing wrong since the Ukraine got their aid" are dissolving faster than an ice cube on a hot stove, leaving them soaking in a swamp of their own making.   

Boo hoo, right?

Ah, but wait, dear reader... there's more!  More you say?!?
These are the goose-stepping, brown-nosing Republicans who refuse to give up Trump (not a complete listing):

Jim Jordan – kind of a whiny bitch, who insists on disruption. Definitely a Republican Snowflake.  

Lindsey Graham 
Mike Pence
Mick Mulvaney

Mike Pompeo
William “Chunky” Barr 
Brett “Keep-It-In-Your-Pants/Party Boy” Kavanaugh

Mitch McConnell

Paul Ryan

Ron Johnson
John Kennedy

Chris Stewart

Jared Kushner - nepotism

Ivanka Trump - nepotism

Donald Trump, Jr. - nepotism

Eric Trump - nepotism

Matt Gaetz

Steve Scalise

Mark Meadows

Bradley Byrne

Rob Portman

Mac Thornberry

Stephen Miller – Good ole, goose-steppin’ KKK, white supremacist

Kellyanne Conway – aging, acidic Barbie

Roy Moore – Rootin’ Tootin’ Yosemite Sam Moore

Ted Cruz – Lizard boy

Cindy Hyde-Smith – “You invite me to a hangin’, I’d be in the front row.”

John Ratcliffe

Rudy Guiliani – Former NYC Mayor, current flunky/whipping boy for Trump. Love those horse-mouth dentures, Rudy!

Devin Nunes – Trump’s “waterboy” – Why does Devin care so much about “protecting” Trump?  What’s in it for Devin personally over his country?  Gotta wonder…

Elise Stefanik – kind of whiny like Rep. Jordan. Harvard grad w/degree in Government. It seems as though, during the Impeachment hearings, she would deliberately, consistently, interrupt the Committee Chair (Rep. Schiff) with points that she already knew were out of order, based on the rules she was citing.  Sort of like she had the need to be recognized just to get her point(s) on the official hearings’ record, valid or not.

Mike Turner – On State Of The Union (CNN - Nov. 17, 2019), refused to answer questions directly related to Amb. Yovanovitch’s testimony and Trump’s Tweet regarding witness intimidation. Refused, flat-out.   Seems cowardly to me.  But why would he do that?  Kind of a Republican Snowflake.

Chris Stewart

John Thune

Shelley Moore Capito

Roy Blunt

John Barrasso

Sarah Huckabee Sanders – former White House Press Secretary

Stephanie Grisham – current White House Press Secretary

Mike Conaway

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, "Republicans are in denial about the facts.  The sad tragedy of all of this is the behavior of the President and the defense of that behavior by the Republicans."

From CNN.com

What Little Donnie Drumpf Really Wants

What is his endgame?  

Game plan? Goal(s)? 

World domination?  

Sainthood?  Nobel Prize?  

Ultimate Overlord?  Eminent Ruler? 

Maybe.  Who knows?  
He sure doesn't... not a clue.

For us here in America, it's this:

 

Squid Pro Row

Quid Pro Quo

We've been hearing a lot about it in the news lately in regards to Trump and The Ukraine.  Specifically, Trump holding up military aid already approved by Congress in exchange for dirt/information on Hunter & Joe Biden.

"Quid Pro Quo" is a Latin phrase meaning basically, a favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something. The "something" in this case, that information in exchange for pre-approved military aid. 

The problem, Trump and/or any president, cannot simply hold back aid and resources previously approved.
I believe the term for that action is abuse of power.

What amazes me with all of this, you just know Trump has done this hundreds, if not thousands of times over the past 35 to 40 years in his "business" dealings.  It's in quotes because it is very shady, questionable behavior.

Illegal?  In some cases, yes.

The really weird part, of course, is that Trump has done this before.  Only now he knows the name for it:
"Quid Pro Quo", something he still can't pronounce.

Unbelievable. 

Un-President-ed.

Stable Genius?

Absolute Power...

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority." -- Lord Acton

 Origin -- The Full Story

Absolute monarchies are those in which all power is given to or, as is more often the case, taken by, the monarch.  Examples of absolute power having a corrupting influence are Roman emperors (who declared themselves gods) and Napoleon Bonaparte (who declared himself an emperor).

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely" arose as part of a quotation by the expansively named John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834 - 1902). The historian and moralist, who was otherwise know as Lord Acton, expressed this opinion in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887:

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Great men are almost always bad men."

 

This is how little Donny Drumpf sees her, er, HIMself.


Vanity thy name is Donald J. Trump.

All The President's Men

Déjà vu?

 

 

New York Subway Ad:

https://www.funnyordie.com/politics/2019/10/2/20896046/rudy-giuliani-crazy-rudy-law-office-satire-ad-nyc-subway/

 

 "... if we don't learn from history."

Open Letter To Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Dear Gov. Greg Abbott:

I read online on Sunday, September 1, 2019, that you made a statement to the effect that “I am tired of the dying,” or some similar remark, in regards to gun violence in Texas and/or gun violence in general.

1. No, you aren’t, Greg.  You really aren’t.  Not yet at least.
2. Why do people need assault weapons, capable of shoot multiple rounds per minute?
3. “Praying” for the dying to stop… seriously??? 
4. Why don’t you, as governor of Texas actually step up, and put forth some legislation regarding assault weapon bans, limited rounds per clip, and responsible gun registration for ALL gun owners?  Where is the accountability on the part of gun owners in Texas?  Where is it, Greg?
5. NO ONE is talking about “taking weapons from cold, dead hands.” NO ONE, Greg.  Likewise, NO ONE is suggesting that, only strengthening existing gun laws and further accountability.
6. And c’mon, Greg, you know as well as anyone, there is zero correlation between mental health issues and mass shootings.  If you truly, honestly and seriously aren’t aware of that, please, for your constituents, WAKE UP.  Texans deserve better than you.

And when you come to your senses, and wake up, step away from the NRA and President Trump. 

What will it take, Gov. Abbott?  A death in YOUR family? 

Hope you had a great Labor Day!