There’s so much going on right now that I almost don’t know to begin. In the spirit of the Insult Comedian, I lied about that. It seems to be contagious, y’all. We begin with a brief post followed by a longer one later in the day. Uh oh, I’m speaking in the third person. Can I blame it on watching Victoria or The Crown? Why the hell not: Trump does impulsive shit whilst watching teevee, so why not me?
The Trump Torture Challenge: In between whining about bad press coverage and causing chaos at the nation’s airports, Trump has been talking torture. He likes it and he thinks it works. I think he learned this from 24. He does not, however, think that waterboarding is torture:
“So, waterboarding used to be used because they said it really wasn’t torture,” Trump told Hannity. “It was the one step slightly below torture. That’s why waterboarding…”
Hannity jumped in to say, “That’s why it was legal.”
“I mean, torture is real torture, okay?” Trump continued. “Waterboarding is — I’m sure it’s not pleasant, but waterboarding was just short of torture.”
The President added that he has spoken to people who said “absolutely it works.”
If it’s merely unpleasant, I hereby challenge the Current Occupant to undergo waterboarding. He *was* willing to subject the nutria pelt atop his head to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge:
It would be all manly and shit if he clambered to the top of Trump Tower and got waterboarded. You claim it’s not torture, prove it, Donald.
It’s time for some lagniappe in a segment I call,
Delta Ate My Homework: Twitter is where the Insult Comedian pitches his public toddler tantrums and searches for scapegoats. He was at it again this morning:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/826041397232943104
He should try blaming Russian hackers. People *might* believe that. Of course, his BFF Vlad would not like that one bit. And Trump has gotta dance with the ones who brung him to the White House. It’s hard to imagine him dancing with Comey who is a tall motherfucker but Putin is the right size to tango with Trump.
That concludes this edition of Your President* Speaks.
Unfortunately Trump voters are more than comfortable with alternative facts, which will make for a long…I was going to say four years, but hell, this has gone on since the age of Ronaldus “facts are stupid things” Magnus.
Yesterday I was channel surfing and came across a C-Span segment on voter fraud. Two conservatives (calling on the “independent” phone line — of course –) insisted there were 500 arrests for voting fraud in Ohio…and nothing like actual facts will change their minds. Blaming airport chaos on Delta Airlines computers will suit them fine.
So…my argument is…don’t argue with them (those who’ve already made up their mind). Out-organize and out-vote them. Easier said than done, I guess (though we DID outvote them…just got pinched by arcane rules)…