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2. And the Republican Party wouldn't give a goddamn either. Essentially, the GOP is no longer made up of Americans. It's comprised of Trumpians, mostly men and a few women who are loyal to the man, not the nation, and who will allow him to get away with any crimes he wants as long as he continues to give them tax cuts, savagely conservative judges, and bullshit bravado for the aforementioned hordes. At no point in the hearing did a single Republican attempt to defend Trump. In fact, you could say that on some accounts, Cohen did more to defend Trump on some specific allegations than the Republicans, when he said he couldn't absolutely confirm a conspiracy with Russia and didn't believe the piss tape exists. But Cohen went at Republicans, at times giving looks that seemed to say that he knows where their bodies are buried, too. When he was finally sick of all the shit Republicans were throwing at him, Cohen snarled at insufferable dickhole Jim Jordan of Ohio, "I just find it interesting, sir, that between yourself and your colleagues that not one question so far since Im here has been asked about President Trump...The American people dont care about my taxes. They want to know what it is that I know about Mr. Trump. Not one question so far has been asked about Mr. Trump." That is some baller shit right there.
3. Every Huckleberry Chucklefuck on the GOP side who sounded like they had a mouthful of chicken-fried balls merely repeated the same shit over and over about Cohen: that he lied to Congress before; that there were all these Fox "news"-generated conspiracies going on that involved, among others, the Clintons; that Cohen might try to make some money on his tribulations (so I guess we can expect that Newt Gingrich and a hundred other scummy Republicans drummed out of DC won't be invited to the cocktail parties and Hannity reacharounds anymore); that he was in it for himself. After a while, it was hard to tell one white guy with a Southern accent from another. Oh, shit, was that Jody Hice? Or Ralph Norman? Or Mark Green? Jesus, when the two white women on the GOP side spoke, it was a huge relief because at least the pitch of their voices was different.
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4. What came through most clearly is that Donald Trump is just a fucking asshole. I mean, just a horrible, blithering, narcissistic piece of garbage, and not even quality garbage. Like the garbage that gets stuck on the bottom of the can and rots and then you have to scrape it out. It is likely orange. Trump loves to act like a mob boss, doing things with a wink that his stooges understand. Cohen talked about how the whole election was just an "infomercial" for Trump's brand, that winning was never in the cards in Trump's mind. He talked about how Trump evaded the draft, with Trump saying, "You think Im stupid, I wasnt going to Vietnam." He talked about how Trump loves dicking over people who owe him money. He said that Trump had him threaten Trump's schools even though they are prevented by federal law from releasing his academic records, and that Trump had him threaten people hundreds of times (which means that Cohen got a kick out of doing it, like he had some power). And, c'mon, can we not ignore the fact that the President of the United States is paying off porn stars for their silence? Can we all not agree that that's just so fucking sleazy? Or that he was negotiating for a Moscow tower while he was running for president? Mostly, though, Trump lies and lies like lies are air and food and water. Trump has lied about everything, every goddamn thing, and he has created a barrier of lickspittles, sycophants, and lackeys to prevent truth from either getting out or penetrating in. And right now, Republicans are the fuckin' Praetorian guard for Trump.
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2019/02/random-observations-on-michael-cohens.html
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)- that one took me a second to figure out...
Awesome piece.
malaise
(269,328 posts)as usual
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The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)And "Huckleberry Chucklefuck" will become a part of my vocabulary.
java108
(129 posts)The Rude Pundit is my spirit animal.
trof
(54,256 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Chuckle: "the part of the pig between the tail and the anus..."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chuckle
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That was very cathartic! I really needed that.
wiggs
(7,821 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)when he said that no Republican had asked a single question about Trump. I watched most of it, and that struck me also. They were so busy hurling poo at Cohen that they ignored the fact that he was dismembering Trump and throwing the body parts into a landfill. But at the same time, they didn't attempt to defend Trump; it was up to Cohen to do that. He was precise about his criticisms of Trump, saying when he didn't know, that he doubted the pee tape, that Trump didn't and wouldn't hit Melania.
Apparently Republicans are so used to being in charge that they thought all that deflecting would work.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)patphil
(6,258 posts)Yes, it's true, the GOP is no longer made up of Americans, just Trumpians.
All they are are lapel pin patriots who care not for this country, its values, or its people.
Pat Phillips
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)In the words of James T. Kirk...
Dixc
(52 posts)No, shit....
Blue Owl
(50,596 posts)calimary
(81,608 posts)His words are like knives.