Saturday, August 26, 2017

A Racist, a Bully, and a Draft Dodger Walk into a Bar

by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

In a Friday news dump that was epic even by Washington, DC, standards, Trump officials took out the trash yesterday evening and set it on the curb hoping that by the time the capital returned to business as usual on Monday (or Tuesday, in the case of Congress) much of the commotion over these news stories would have died down. 

The timing of the news dump was as good as the administration could have hoped for.  The three major television networks had completed their evening newscasts, and most news organizations were scrambling to cover the first major hurricane to hit the mainland United States in several years.  Maybe nobody would notice.

But "Trump Pardons Arpaio" was a headline that could not be blown off of the front page, even by a hurricane.   Everyone did notice, though few were surprised.  One racist bully looking after another is little more than business as usual in Donald Trump's America.     Those who were still suffering under the delusion that all persons are equal before the law in this country now officially know better.  The law is a contrivance to keep America's underclass in its place - and it does not apply in equal measure to the masterclass.

Another story that the Trump administration tried to bury in the Friday news dump revealed that Donald John had finally signed his promised ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.  The notion that a two-bit draft dodger can presume to decide which patriotic Americans may and may not serve in our nation's military is a manure sauce so rich and creamy that it merits being poured over the famous chocolate cakes at Mar-a-Lago.

And there was a third story that made its way into the dump, a story that has the potential to offend a big segment of Trump's white nationalist base.  Right-wing counter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka "resigned" and will likely slither on back to Breitbart to be with his buddy, Steve Bannon.  Multiple White House sources have indicated that Gorka's "resignation" was requested.    While no one working in the White House seems to have yet figured out how to control the boss's late night Twitter assaults, it would appear that an adult has at last come upon the scene and is ridding the place of bomb-lobbing assistants.  Thank you for that, General Kelly.

Donald Trump is sitting alone at the bar, but he has his ego and his many personalities to keep him company - and there is always his adoring fan base.  People love him, he knows that - and he deserves their love and adoration, he knows that, too. 

Just don't expect him to buy a round for the house because generosity is for losers.

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