Archives for March 2017

Just when you thought America couldn’t sink any lower, Kelly Anne Conway decided to sit on a couch and use her phone, while officials from historic black universities met in the oval office. Was she Facebooking ex-boyfriends from college? Maybe! Was she trying to find a hot senator on Tinder? Quite possibly! Was she ordering Trump’s afternoon cheeseburger on Uber Eats? I wouldn’t doubt it! The only thing we do know, is that the Liberal media quickly reported this “atrocity.” Yes, innocent families are dying from aerial strikes in Syria. Of course, Jeff Sessions neglected to mention his meetings with a Russian diplomat during his confirmation hearings. Yeah, there were 55 Major Human Rights violations reported within the first week of the Geneva Talks. But none of that matters, people. Kelly Anne’s feet being on the couch is a top priority that we should all focus on. Are you kidding me?

As a Democrat, I think we need to come back down to earth. Growing up, I was always told to pick my battles. By doing that, I could focus on more important issues and disregard minor B.S.. Instead of talking about actual problems, we’re harping on Kelly Anne’s feet being on the sofa? That’s like being pissed off at your buddy, Dave, for always putting his damn feet on the coffee table, and that problem becoming a story on a nationally televised news network. But hey, maybe I don’t want your bunions anywhere near the trail mix, David (#getdavesfeetofthetable2017). I think we can all acknowledge that it wasn’t the best move on her part, but she was just trying to snap a photo. Not to quote Trump, but now there were even some “So-called” journalists trying to somehow create a racial issue out of it. Sorry, but your credentials as a journalist should be revoked when you stop reporting the news and start squabbling over household etiquette.

If journalists want to earn their credibility back, then they need to stop reporting things that aren’t news. If you want to call out the Trump administration for lying to the American people, that’s fine. If you want to criticize Trump for his policies, go ahead. If you want to hold him accountable for what he says as our president, then do it.   But quit succumbing to the pissing contest that the Trump administration started. Based on some “alleged tapes” involving our beloved president and some Russian prostitutes, we can’t win that fight literally or figuratively.

When it comes to Kelly Anne herself, give the lady a break.  She may as well be featured on Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe for having to answer for Trump’s actions 24/7.

One of the pitfalls of selecting cabinet members who have a history of accomplishment during their careers is that nominees may have often found themselves performing two or more inapposite jobs at the same time.  This can be problematic when those roles required differing rules of conduct.

During the contentious confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions, who was selected to be (and now is) the Attorney General, Democrats asked the Senator if he had been involved with contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials. The Senator, under oath, replied “no.” It has been revealed that he actually did speak to the Russian Ambassador last year, during the campaign, when he was a senator serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The issue is whether or not Sessions was acting as a senator in his official capacity, or as a campaign adviser for Trump, when he spoke with the Russian. Sessions said this morning that while he twice met with Russia’s ambassador during the presidential campaign season, he was speaking with him in his capacity as a senator, not as a campaign adviser to Donald Trump. It is a crucial distinction, the proof of which may determine the career of Mr. Sessions. The White House is vigorously defending the AG.

Predictably, Democrats are accusing Sessions of committing perjury, and are calling for him to either resign, or to be summarily executed in the public square.

This mess could probably have been avoided, or at least defused, if Session would have simply answered “Yes, I did speak with the Ambassador, but in my capacity as a senator.” But of course, he didn’t say that. It is admittedly eyebrow-raising that he seemed to have given a Clintonesque “it depends on what ‘is’, is” answer, rather than being more forthright. Further inquiry is appropriate.

The White House should support getting someone neutral (if that’s possible) to get to the bottom of this. If there is nothing there, then move on. But if there is any subterfuge, Sessions has to go.

Republicans need to wise up and figure out that the Democrats will turn over the tiniest of pebbles looking for dirt, and if there is any dirt to find, they will find it. This recurrent Russian-connection thing may be just smoke, but until Mr. Trump can prove that there isn’t a fire behind it, he can’t move forward.