Meanwhile, amid all the flak over the Helsinki debacle,
the Rescumlicans continue to enable Disgustus. The New York Times
reported last Friday that Senate Rescumlicans killed two
nonbinding measures in support of conclusions reached by our
intelligence agencies that the Russians had interfered in the 2016
election, pressing on the administration to fully enforce sanctions
imposed upon Russia for the interference, and calling for increased
oversight “including any notes taken by Americans”.
As an afterthought, only “after the White House
press secretary said that Mr. Trump was not considering a Putin
proposal to make a former American ambassador available to the
Russian authorities for questioning” did the Senate vote “98
to 0 in favor of a third nonbinding resolution expressing opposition
to the Russian leader's suggestion.
But it was left to Democratic the Senator from Hawaii to
express the intent of the body. “With this vote, the Senate has
sent a message that is free from all ambiguity: Americans will not be
handed over to Putin on our watch...Those who serve our nation do not
answer to the Russian president, and they have the support of a
thankful nation”, said Senator Brian Schatz. (1)
Perhaps, but not a thankful “president”, eager to
throw anyone under the bus if it will divert attention from the
crimes under investigation, diplomatic immunity be damned.
“Nonbinding” resolutions, sound and fury signifying
nothing. All this after the Republican-led Senate Intelligence
Committee has concluded that there was Russian interference, and
after Special Counsel Mueller has indicted over two score Russian
nationals and companies to date, the spineless Rescumlican majority
ignores the evidence and votes down two resolutions condemning the
Russians; passing a third on diplomatic protocol only after the White
House had backed off Putin's proposal. Meanwhile, Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo, desperate to please his boss by trying to quickly change
the subject shifts his Russian focus to Religious “freedom”. (2)
There is nothing guaranteed to distract the Rescumlican political
base from objective reality faster than throwing red meat to the
Christians or the gun nuts; that is, casting false pearls before real
swine.
In any case, the best that 'responsible' Rescumlicans
could muster were 'nonbinding' resolutions. Sound and not-so-much
furry signifying nothing.
It is now clear that in Helsinki Putin administered a
good shearing, for Caesar Disgustus and his Rescumlican Party are, in
the words of Winston Churchill, sheep in sheep's clothing.
“'An
Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh”
Impeach
and Imprison.
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- Fandos, Nicholas and Sheryl Gay Strolberg “Republicans Block Anti-Putin Resolutions, Then Let One Fly.” The New York Times. Friday, July 20, 2018. Page A15
- Dias, Elizabeth. “Pompeo Shifts Russia Focus to Freedom of Religion” The New York Times
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