I have included the link to Professor Richardson’s blog at the end of this today. I always highly recommend reading her. I actually just got her latest book, How the South Won the Civil War, which will certainly be thought provoking. I need to get busy as my stack of books is growing. Also, in the stack are: HOAX Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of the Truth (Brian Stelter); Disloyal, A Memoir (Michael Cohen); and soon to be Bob Woodward’s newest book when it comes out next week.
I’m sure a lot of people would question the veracity of Michael Cohen’s book since he was convicted of lying to Congress. I would simply state that Michael Cohen has admitted and continues to admit that he lied as opposed to many of those close to Trump who still maintain they don’t lie even though they continue to make statements that are provably false. Further, prosecutors often rely on former mobsters to bring down high level mob figures. No one knows a mobster like an insider. It was after all, Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, who agreed to testify for the prosecution and ultimately brought down John Gotti.
The excerpts that have leaked from Bob Woodward’s book are looking to be particularly damning for Trump. Trump, against the advice of many of those close to him, agreed to let Woodward tape the interviews. I read this morning that it is likely these tapes will be more injurious to Trump than the famous ‘Nixon tapes’ were to Nixon. It’ hard to impugn Bob Woodward’s credentials. Between Mary Trump’s recent book, Michael Cohen’s book and Bob Woodward’s portrait of this president based upon taped conversations plus 200 interviews with those close to Trump, I have no doubt that it will paint a portrait of a man that has no business being in office. But yet there are those that will continue to support him.
Just this morning in the local Bozeman Chronicle there is any article stating that Vice President Mike Pence will be at an event here in Bozeman next week. The event is being hosted by a local couple, Caryn and Michael Borland, who are apparently supporters of the conspiracy theory group QAnon! – wonderful! In addition to Pence, Kimberly Guilfoyle (dating Donald Trump Jr) and a few other top Republican party officials are expected to attend.
Just a reminder, the whole QAnon conspiracy revolves around the ‘belief’ that there is a ‘deep state’ working against Trump and it involved people who are involved in Satanism and child trafficking. It has been completely debunked but has continued to grow and has been labelled as a domestic terror threat by the FBI.
Pence will be here to raise funds and promote Trump’s candidacy but also to stump for the Republicans running for state office in Montana; Greg Gianforte for Governor (famous for body slamming a reporter during his run for his House of Representatives seat); Steve Daines for Senate (currently the incumbent but trying to fight off Steve Bullock, Montana’s current Democratic Governor who is running to unseat him); Matt Rosendale for House of Representatives.
I suspect that there will be few, if any masks, at whatever gatherings occur and there will no doubt be lots of pickup trucks running around town with large ‘Trump’ flags flying. Not to mention a significant show of weaponry. I can’t wait!!
The fact that this administration will allow itself to be linked in any way whatsoever to the QAnon group is extremely distressing. Is QAnon the new future of the Republican Party? Remember of few years ago when the Tea Party emerged and were able to have a major impact on the party? This ultimately led John Boehner, then Republican Speaker of the House, to resign.
Many Trump supporters keep harping on the Democratic move to ‘socialism’ as a huge threat to American democracy. Do they not see that evolution of the Republican Party is an even bigger threat? Republican Party to Tea Party to Trumpism to QAnon???
I’m sure I would normally be receiving an invitation to attend the Pence event but I suspect it’s gotten lost or delayed in the mail due to recent changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. However, I am afraid I would be too busy working on all of my house projects next week to attend the event anyway. I am conspiring to finish my bathroom and kitchen remodels before Jordan and Francine return for Thanksgiving so Mike Pence and QAnon will just have to move along without me.
What the hell is this country coming to??
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