“Tell
me that you've got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me
You don't get me”
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me
You don't get me”
----The Beatles “And
your Bird Can Sing”
Future jailbird Michael Cohen once again took the stand
to testify before Congress. His earlier appearances have led to
federal felony convictions for, among other things, lying to Congress
in a failed effort to defend our Caesar Disgustus.
In over seven hours of testimony, Mr Cohen began the
long and twisted journey that will reveal the depths of depravity now
in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There were many topics
that he could not discuss because they border ongoing investigations
still underway by the Special Council's office and the Southern
District of New York, where the serial iniquities of the tRUMP
financial empire are under close scrutiny. Nevertheless, this marks
the first public testimony of this criminal organization and the
first public airing of matters tRUMP since James Comey made his
appearance before the House Intelligence Committee nearly two years
ago. After the nation sat riveted to Comey's presentation, the
ReSCUMlickans quickly decided that there would be no further public
airing of our intrepid Caesar's private laundry.
All that changed with the election of 2016 as the
Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives and with
it control of the House Committees. Now we have real investigation,
not the disgustingly sham performances of Congressman Nunes and his
ilk.
Accordingly, tRUMP's former personal attorney and fixer
Michael Cohen appeared before the House Oversight Committee telling
Congress and the nation that after 10 years of working with tRUMP,
the man now occupying the oval office is a racist, a con man and a
cheat.
Not a single ReSCUMlickan rushed to defend the honor of
their glorious leader, contenting themselves with attacking the
reputation and veracity of the witness. About his veracity there is
no dispute. Cohen has admitted his lies. But they were, as
Democrats were quick to point out, lies intended as cover for the
misdeeds of Disgustus.
Cohen's first, and most concrete, evidence were
photocopies of checks written by Disgustus and is larvae, Donny jr.,
to reimburse Cohen for hush money he had paid to keep two women
silent about illicit affairs Disgustus had in order to keep the
stories from the public. Cohen had paid the money in order to buy
their silence leading up to the election, the revelations of such
conduct, coming on the heels of the “Hollywood” tapes, would
almost certainly have cost tRUMP the election. As constituted, these
payments are illegal campaign contributions. Cohen told the
committee that he had been instructed by tRUMP to make these payments
and to devise means of covering the transaction so that he could
maintain deniability. Cohen has since been convicted of criminal
conspiracy and told the committee that 'individual one' named in his
indictment as the other party is in fact the president of the United
States.
But, again, it is well and good that Cohen and his
fellow conspirators be held accountable, but the fixation with former
porn star 'Stormy Daniels” and the former Playboy model while
titillating, distracts from the other high crimes and misdemeanors.
We must focus here, we must keep our eye on the prize and not be
distracted by tits and ass.
The country doesn't give a damn about tRUMP porking a
porn star. The country doesn't give a damn that he paid more than a
quarter million dollars to keep these women silent. Hell, most men
would have done the same, and more than a small percentage of most
married women would prefer the old man do the same thing under
similar circumstance. I mean who, really, wants to air the dirty
laundry?
No the real issues involve sedition, bank fraud, tax
evasion, and money laundering—all of which, however obliquely, are
included in Cohen's testimony. Cohen talked about and produced
documents revealing tRUMP inflating the value of his wealth in order
to seek a bank loan from Deutchebank to buy the Buffalo Bills. He
told the committee that he deflates the value of his holdings in
order to avoid taxes, behavior that his biographer David Kay Johnston
has long revealed.
But the elephant in the room is the ReSCUMlickan Party.
They know Donald J. tRUMP. They know from whence he came. They know
who he is. Disgustus is a known quantity as he, in the firm belief
that he is impervious to consequence and above the law, goes about
committing crimes in broad daylight; crimes for all with those with
eyes to see. The ReSCUMlickans, however, aren't blind. They are
complicit; for Russian influence has made its way to the highest
echelons of the ReSCUMlickan party as well as it's highest elected
officials. Indeed, Cohen was Deputy Finance Chairman of the
Republican National Committee well into 2017 before his exposure
forced resignation.
It is more than a bit ironic that the only response from
the political pachyderms was to repeat ad nauseaum their
attack on the credibility of the witness, citing repeated lies; a
strategy in defense of the most prolific liar ever to occupy public
office with the Washington Post cataloging over 8,000 lies in
two years. Obviously, blinded by the fevers of partisan zeal, they
overlooked the obvious: that in a choice between the veracity of
someone like Michael Cohen and that of the president, Cohen wins
hands down.
At one point in the proceedings the ReSCUMlickans
complained that it was a disgrace to bring before the committee: a
known liar and convicted felon, contending with a straight face that
Cohen's appearance debased the august assembly now in session. By
this criteria, congressional oversight would be prevented from
calling any witnesses.
For let there be no mistake about it. Cohen, Roger
Stone, Paul Manafort, and company are mere flies—mere annoyances to
Disgustus; mere insects that our would-be Caesar brushes aside with
the back of his hand. That they are. But they were drawn to
Disgustus by greed, by the stench that shrouds this turd now fouling
the public forum. Each hoped to feed on the 'host'. To mix
metaphors our Pepe Lepew, our prize narcissist, doesn't know
how badly he stinks and cannot understand why he attracts only
flies—but emerging from the sewers of Gotham he has known nothing
else.
They were drawn to him and they are paying the price.
Cohen, calling himself a fool for his blind support of tRUMP, warned
the Republicans on the panel of the price all those pay who are drawn
into his orbit. It was a stark warning, in effect telling
Republicans “Look at me...I am what you will soon enough be”.
It remains for this committee and the Congress to follow
up on Cohen's testimony, call further witnesses and conduct thorough
investigations. But, Cohen warned in his closing remarks, Donald
will not go quietly, even if the likely event he loses the next
election. The cloud of this stinking turd hangs over the republic as
it desperately looks for some way to bury it. In the meantime the
flies still swarm.
“An Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh”
Impeach and Imprison.
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