December 12, 2018: Criminal Presidency, Tits and Ass, Ought To Be No Other

“In America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other”

----Thomas Paine “Common Sense”

“It is very possible that the president of the United States is a criminal”, writes Charles Blow in last Monday's New York Times,“And it is very possible that his criminality aided and abetted his assumption of the position. Let that sink in. It is a profound revelation.” (1)

Indeed it is.

But the essay lead off with the charge that Disgustus paid off a porn star in order to keep his affair secret; the secrecy necessary to promote his election. Under the rules this qualifies as a campaign contribution, unreported and in violation of federal campaign finance laws. Conspiring to hide the contribution is a further violation. These are felonies, but they carry no great punishments—normally a fine and a slap on the wrist, perhaps in egregious circumstance a short stay in the stir.

It is unfortunate that right out of the box Blow would list this as the first sin among sins. In doing so he reveals and further embeds our individual and collective preoccupation with sex. We cannot afford to be mesmerized by tits and ass, for the high crimes and misdemeanors that are Donald J. Trump demand to be taken more seriously.

Blow quite rightly points next to the much more serious matter of our Disgustus negotiating to build a tRUMP tower in Moscow until election day, not mentioning, incidentally, the more damning report that went beyond mere lies to the American People, but involved offering Putin a free penthouse apartment atop the structure should he approve the construction. This charge, if true—and we can hardly doubt that it is—not only involves bribery, and therefore a violation of racketeering laws, but puts the entire relationship between Putin and Disgustus in an entirely different lite.

Then there is the obstruction of justice, his campaign ties with Russia—including over three-score contacts between campaign operatives and Russian principles and agents, and his public behaviors and lying about these contacts all of which Blow duly notes.

As noted in a previous post (2) the sins of Disgustus run deep. The New York Times published an extensive expose detailing the crimes of the tRUMPs revealing a multi-generational crime family. Tax evasion, bank fraud, dealings with organized crime, violations of equal housing provisions...

And this doesn't even begin to plumb the depths of financial chicanery embodied in his business dealings in central Asia (3), Panama and elsewhere.

All of these, pardon the pun, trump the sleazy tabloid sex scandal that he tried to desperately to conceal.

What emerges is a kind-hell criminal who has hijacked the Republican Party and parlayed the legitimacy it conferred upon him into the White House.

But, as Blow, quoting Thomas Paine, rightly points out: “In America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other”. (4)

Therein lies the challenge. As the supporters of Disgustus hold that the president cannot obstruct justice since he is the arbiter of justice, as they hold that, therefore, he cannot be indicted or put on trial, much less be impeached, the republic stands on the precipice looking into the abyss. With justice itself become subjective rather than objective the rule of law degenerates from statutory imperative to the capricious and arbitrary whims of an increasingly deranged madman.

“An Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh

Impeach and Imprison.

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1. Blow, Charles M. “Surviving a Criminal Presidency” The New York Times. Monday, December 10, 2018. Page A27
2. See. October 10, 2018: Fraud and Sham, Richly Documented Expose, Blood-sucking Vampires.
3. See essay on tRUMP's efforts to build a tower in Baku: “August 10, 2017: Marooned in Baku,
   Giant Red Flag, Little Due Diligence” which deals with his corrupt contacts and practices.
4. Op. Cit. Blow is here quoting Thomas Paine's “Common Sense”, a pamphlet that did much to justify the American Revolution.