Billionaires versus the Rest of Us

So, I'm an armchair geopolitical strategist and all. Maybe World War 3 is actually already on? And it doesn't look like the other world wars, and it's not really between nations, but between nationalized authoritarian groups versus the rest of the people in each nation. Democracy vs. Fascism worldwide; but it's not a "hot war" in that many places (Ukraine is one). This version of WW3 is mostly huge business and bought governments, against their own people, in information spaces. Yes the ballot is part of it too. Basically billionaires versus the rest of us, worldwide.

Frail White Dotard Stuggles to Disrobe

Wow. Just wow. In case you need a reminder that "there is no bottom" with these MAGAt-types, you can check out the coverage of the unbelievably racist "comedian" at El Drumpfo's rally last night at NYC's Madison Square Garden. Previously I had never heard of this so-called "comedian," who is obviously a complete chode, and whose name does not merit mention. Now I wish I never had. These people are . . . I mean you know it's bad when even GOP Senators are Tweeting out "this does not reflect GOP values." Except yes it does. Yes it does a lot.

El Drumpfo very likely "October surprised himself," with this Nazi-palooza, so I guess theoretically there could be an upside-?! Still, no doubt, to all of these knuckle-dragging magat neanderthals, "Liberals are mad, so it was a great rally."

I found some levity in well-past his sell-by-date Hulk Hogan trying so very hard to do the "rip the shirt off" shtick he has been doing since the '80's, which is about the last decade in which he was relevant. If there's a better metaphor for El Drumpfo's 2024 campaign than an older white guy trying and failing to do something he used to be able to accomplish, please send it my way.

These are stressful times. But I suspect there will be some laughs along the way, as the election concludes. Remember Giuliani's glory-soaked appearance at "the Four Seasons" in the aftermath of Election 2020? Golden.

I guess no one told El Drumpfo there are about half-a-million Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania. These jagbags always clap the loudest, when their team scores an own-goal. I'm serious. The thing that got me the most about Giuliani's appearance at the "Four Seasons . . . . . . Landscaping Company" in Philadelphia back in 2020, was that when I went to a conservative website - there was a huge front page article about how SUCCESSFUL it was, how forceful and full of piss-and-vinegar Giuliani was that day, even as the media (finally) called the election for Biden, and he was live on camera reacting. Yes, their heads really are that far up their own asses.

Get A Load of this Beady-eyed Jackboot

I hope Puddin'-Tips Ronnie DeSantis enjoys having El Drumpfo mop the floor with his beady-eyed face in the GOP primary. The Cult of Personality has made its choice and DeSantis ain't it. In order to pry the GOP from the Cult of Personality, DeSantis would have to have a personality himself. Instead he comes off like a damp towel. I hope 2024 is the worst year of his life. He deserves it.

There's been this overplayed, barely-a-kernel-of-truth media narrative that this beady-eyed jackboot is "the smart one," but if DeSantis had some ace card up his sleeve, the time has already come and gone to play it. Last summer, Gov. Puddin-tips was routinely beating Trump in GOP polls and now he's down 20 points. "The smart one" doesn't have anything up his sleeve. Whatever. Biden will have an easier time with Donnie than Ronnie. I look forward to an eventful 2024.

Are we doomed? Yes, maybe!

The brain trust at CNN thinks it's a fine and profitable idea to give El Drumpfo an hour long primetime slot next week, for a "town hall" style meeting with a friendly group of MAGA voters from New Hampshire, and no actual journalists with their pesky questions and the like. The whole "Attempting a Violent Coup to Overthrow Democracy in America" thing was apparently not a deal-breaker. Besides, that was hundreds of news cycles ago.

UPDATE: OK as a correction it looks like an actual journalist, one with an anti-Trump pedigree, is moderating. Not asking questions, but moderating.

El Drumpfo is now the GOoPers' problem

El Drumpfo has announced for 2024, but it's quite clear that this time Jabba the Hutt is not paying attention to the chain that could easily be wrapped around his neck. El Drumpfo has been demoted from being the humanity's problem and America's problem, to being the GOoPers' problem, and I'm here for it. The RepubliCon elites keep saying "no more Trump" and "it's time to move on," but it really seems A LOT like a decisive chunk of the base isn't listening. I suspect he will be the nominee in 2024. Gee I wonder who would win, El Drumpfo or Biden.

Sure the current GOP will continue to run the board in places like Idaho, and Wyoming, and Mississippi, and probably Florida. But nationally, the party attached itself to El Drumpfo at the nutsack, and it's really hard for me to see how they win elections with him, or without him, unless he actually finally does one bump of meth too many, or eats one cheeseburger too many, and finally does the one duty he can't delay by abusing the courts. This dye was cast in 2016 when they all got in line like good little toadies, afraid that the Orange One would say mean things about them. Since then, it was ALWAYS going to end like this. Cowardly ending for a bunch of cowards, and that's just how it is. The schadenfreude is going to be amazing.