I liked that he let the women* dance along with the men at the end, despite (ahem) tradition.
*they’re all Randy, of course.

I liked that he let the women* dance along with the men at the end, despite (ahem) tradition.
*they’re all Randy, of course.
I wouldn’t acknowledge this dipshit at all, ever. That look of penetrating intelligence suggests that the orange doesn’t fall far from the tree. Ditto for Donny Jr.
Wow, could he look any more like he was attending a Nuremburg rally - nice set of swastika armbands would totally complete the look - I can just see him in the gaurd tower at Auschwitz
Wow, could he look any more like he was attending a Nuremburg rally -
I’m looking forward to him joining his family at a Nuremburg trial.
What a guy.
The interesting things is that the Republican establishment knew this was a possibility. No less than Lindsey Graham predicted it (albeit in a political race). If they had had something like the Democratic “super delegate” they might have been able to avoid it.
I wrote this last night for my Facebook page and I’d like to share it. If you want to share it further, feel feel to copy and repost.
I feel like I’m watching the darkest and funniest show ever in a theatre that might collapse on my head at any minute. I’m terrified, but since I can’t leave the theatre, I might as well laugh.
I must say, the writers of the Trump show outdid themselves with their season finale. As always, I thought that last story arc - comic sidekick Rudy’s laugh out loud fumbles as he lays the groundwork for sedition were wildly imaginative and outright hysterical. The episode where Rudy gets confused and has a rally in a lawnmower garage located next to a porn store and across from a crematorium instead of a luxury convention center became an instant classic.
They introduced wacky new sidekicks in every episode - we got the lawyer that had evidence that the all the voting machines had secret communist codes from Venezuela developed by a commie that hated Making America Great so much he wanted to rob Trump of victory! Even though he died over 10 years ago.
Remember the drunk lady that knew everything about voting machines because she cleaned one once and pinky swore that there were no such thing as votes? Remember when she said she’d seen the secret Constitution that would make Trump President for Life but she couldn’t remember where, then yelled at the judge and told him he had to believe her because she pinky swore an affidavit and he didn’t ?
How about that running bit where judges kept chasing them out of courthouses? And Rudy - there was always Rudy, his runny hair, his sweaty face, his COVID. They even had an episode about Rudy farting, and it was hysterical!
In the series finale - titled You and What Army? Rudy convinces Trump that there’s a double secret Constitution that says that Mike Pence possesses the power to make him President for life. Trump orders Mike Pence to wield his magic powers at 1PM on January 6th. Mike Pence then took his tongue out of Trump’s ass for the very first time since the show began and we finally saw his face! He told Trump he’d do anything for his Majesty but he had no magic powers and there was no double secret Constitution.
Trump then switched to plan B, which involved mustering an army to attack Congress and lynch Mike Pence. He told the crowd he was going to lead the charge but instead he got some Big Macs and went home and tweeted encouragement to the mob, reminding them not to forget to lynch Mike Pence after they finished taking selfies with Nancy Pelosi’s spare shoes.
Then Rudy came over and they got to work! They realized that since Congress had escaped from the mob they sent to depose them and were cowering in a bunker somewhere, they still might be persuaded to vote for Trump! So they hit the phones.
The lawmakers in their bunker kept trying to tell Rudy that they loved Trump more than God and really wanted to vote for him for President today except the election happened eight weeks ago and they didn’t have a time machine in the bunker, but Rudy would not be dissuaded.
He asked them to pretend to vote so Trump would have something to upbeat to watch, because he was a little down about not getting to see Mike Pence on the gallows. So the Republican congressmen made everyone stay up all night to put on a little play for Trump where they pretended to vote for him, even though they were really tired from trying not to get killed all day.
Which was part of Rudy’s secret plan! He needed just a little more time to find the double secret Constitution that would make Trump President for life. So they just needed to stall until Rudy remembered where he put it. He told everyone that as soon he found it he’ll run it over to Congress and they’ll make Trump President for Life and Trump will stop trying to kill them, happy endings all around. Everyone got all excited because Trump is going to be President for life and - speaking of happy endings ! …Don Jr’s girlfriend gave everyone lap dances.
But Rudy couldn’t find the double secret Constitution , and when he went to a judge with his pinky swear affidavit the judge wouldn’t make Trump President for Life and we had another one of those funny scenes where the judge chases Rudy out of the courthouse. Then, in a typical Rudy plot twist, he found out that instead of calling his favorite congressmen and telling them about the double secret Constitution and his evil scheme, he had called the Washington Post and left all the details on their answering machine!
It was brilliant in the little touches- the freedom fighter that tased himself in the balls and had a fatal heart attack, the woman wearing the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag that died by getting tread on.
They even treated us to a little cartoon at the end where cartoon Twitter spent an evening chasing cartoon Trump around their platform like a greased pig because they tried to ban him. And we got a teaser for the next episode! A real surprise because this was supposed to be the finale, but it turns out this is the show that never ends.
ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT TRIAL! They don’t usually recycle plots but It turns out the Democrats are going to make a big stink about Trump attacking Congress and trying to lynch Pence. The Republicans said he felt bad and wouldn’t do it again, then they graciously thanked Trump for forcing them to exercise as they fled the lynch mob. Then they said the secret Constitution that Rudy would find soon says it’s OK for a Republican to overthrow democracy.
Then we found out Rudy was going to be Trump impeachment lawyer.(this is real, BTW)
I hope you had a laugh. Too bad it wasn’t fiction. It was a documentary.
Now think about this.
Everyone involved in that insurrection REALLY believes that Donald J Trump had a legitimate presidency stolen from him.
All this stuff we were just laughing about…the secret language in the Constitution, the voting machines rigged in Venezuela, the “widespread fraud”.
Millions of people really believe it. As deeply as you believe Joe Biden won. Doctors, lawyers, schoolteachers, cops.
Stupid is underrated. Stupid is way more dangerous than evil. A stupid army is still an army. It turns out that if you get enough people to repeat something stupid often and forcefully enough, other people believe them.
We have a problem bigger than Trump.
We have a problem bigger than Trump.
I am in awe.
You can’t see it but I’m giving you a standing ovation. That made me laugh because it was so good, and it made me cry because it was also true.
Ken Burns called, he said he wants your help writing the script for his documentary of the last few weeks.
Stupid is underrated. Stupid is way more dangerous than evil. A stupid army is still an army. It turns out that if you get enough people to repeat something stupid often and forcefully enough, other people believe them.
I am so stealing this, not that the rest isn’t pure gold.
Ann Hedonia’s posts on threads related to this whole clusterfuck endgame are absolute masterpieces (and filled with a disturbing amount of truth…)
Stolen.
Ann Hedonia, have you submitted that for publication to the New York Times opinion page yet?
Ann Hedonia, that was beautiful and currently proliferating in my social media.
Ann Hedonia , have you submitted that for publication to the New York Times opinion page yet?
If she did, they’d immediately offer her a permanent position and a huge salary. Not sure she’s up for the lifestyle change…maybe she’s better here with us.
maybe she’s better here with us. -
We’re better that she’s here with us.
this response is one of the better ones. Mulvaney tells Chris Wallace “I’ve seen (Individual-ONE) act presidential. Something is different.” Which elicits a comment, “I wish he had taken video of Bigfoot fucking the Loch Ness Monster so we could all see.”
It was brilliant in the little touches- the freedom fighter that tased himself in the balls and had a fatal heart attack, the woman wearing the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag that died by getting tread on.
No I haven’t but I think I will, thanks for the suggestion
After I wrote, I thought it was really good, I laughed until it hurt as I was writing it - but it’s hard to judge your own work.
Thanks everyone
I retired last year. Before I moved, my friends would ask me what I was going to do. Because I felt I needed a better answer than “lounge around all day watching TV and playing with my iPad”, I told them I might write a book.
A lot of my friends have written books in retirement…mysteries, romances. And, thanks to Kindle, anyone can be a published author. Each book had a protagonist that was obviously their alter-ego, and reading the inner monologue of those characters was weird and a little bit cringeworthy.
I had a few different story lines in mind, and at that point I knew I had to pick one that didn’t have any characters that were remotely like me. So I picked a story line involving cults and right wing extremists in the American west.
Now I don’t know if I’ll ever write the book but it’s given me an excuse to research. I’ve always been fascinated by cults and extremists, and I’ve been reading lots of books on the subject. But, more significantly- I’ve been trying to view the world through their eyes so I can write them. Its been interesting and I think it’s really helped my perspective on this situation.