Ramble On

If you had to choose between Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin for Majority Leader..?

Which would you choose?

And why?

Revolution 1 (The White Album)

I think Joe Biden may have found a way to resolve this crisis.

TFDEX-P

Donald Trump wasted little time in claiming executive privilege to keep his sucky sycophants from testifying before the Select Committee.

Joe Biden wasted even less time in telling him that, due to the circumstances of our Capitol being attacked, he could not offer "executive privilege" to Mr Trump.

This must have come as a surprise to those cult supporters that thought Joe Biden was working for Donald Trump? Trump was the "real" President, they were told.

So Trump wants to take it to the Courts. He has been litigating in the courts for fifty years. He is very comfortable there.

This is how Joe Biden resolves the crisis. Encourage TFDEX-P to take it all the way to the Supreme Court. Get it out of the hands of a divided Congress.

Let the Supreme Court decide who has the authority to offer "executive privilege"? The present person in the Oval Office or "the former disgraced ex-president"?

The drama of this decision would capture the cult-mind and force them to take notice. Who won the last election? That is, in effect, what the Court would be ruling if they ruled on the "executive privilege". The Court would simply say who had the authority, the present occupant or the former occupant?

I would agree this would be a good decision if Biden can force it to the Supreme Court, on the "executive privilege" question. It would ease the tensions and if the Court ruled correctly, it could quell the revolutionary fervor of many on the right.

This would take much of the politics out of the present debate. But, when the Supreme Court makes a decision, it is a decision we must all accept, if we are to be true to our Constitution. The Supreme Court is the final word.

So long as the investigation continues and the debate is inflamed in the Congress, the nation will continue to be divided and at risk. The Court should decide this question about "executive privilege" as soon as possible, in my opinion.

Yes, but?

What about the right-wingers on the Court? They out-number the liberals 6 to 3. Wouldn't it be a huge gamble to ask the Court to decide the issue? Perhaps so, but it would be better than the direction we are headed. This issue cannot be resolved by the Executive or Legislative Branches. The Judiciary must resolve this crisis through the Courts.

This is the perfect issue to begin to calm the waters.

Did anyone see Jeremy Bash on Nicolle Wallace's show today?

He mentioned something about DeutscheBank being controlled by the Russians.

I have seen no comments linking the $170 million dollar loan to Trump by DeutscheBank to Russia?

Now, it is being reported that DeutscheBank in 2018 delayed principal payments on their loan to Trump until 2024.

Is there any doubt as to why Trump never criticized Vladimir Putin?

His entire business seemed to be controlled by DeutscheBank's willingness to loan him money.

And they still are complaining about the Russia "hoax"?

My little "conspiracy" theory

About Mitch McConnell's ill-advised effort to stop a vote on raising the debt limit.

I think he may have been acting at the request of Donald Trump.

With the subpoenas coming up and the trail getting hotter, Trump needed something big to distract and replace what was happening with the Select Committee and the subpoenas served on his closest allies.

What better way than to threaten to shut down the entire government. Don't pay the debt. Force the country into bankruptcy to save Donald Trump.

Eventually, it was more than Mitch McConnell and a few semi-sane Republicans could endure. They voted to extend the debt limit for a few weeks.

It just seems like something Trump would do.

Is this what awaits Steve Bannon?

Does Speaker Pelosi consult with the Select Committee members she nominated?

I suspect that she does.

And no one has more patience than Nancy Pelosi.

I have heard her say more than once that "“Public sentiment is everything... With it, you can accomplish almost anything. Without it, you can accomplish virtually nothing.”

In my opinion, this is one of her guiding principles. She knows that Trump is guilty and should be arrested but she also understands that the "public sentiment" is not yet there.

They will get to Trump in due time. As of now, they must hold those accountable that aided and abetted him in his attempt to overthrow an election and to keep himself in power.

I think those are the bounds that Speaker Pelosi is working within.

The Clutches of the Cult.

The hold on their believers is very strong.

What will they need to see to shake themselves loose from the clutches?

At the moment, there is no evidence or facts that will shake them from their celestial journey.

It makes them feel good. It satisfies their desires to dance with their darker angels. They get pleasure when their Leader attacks the other side.

Onward, they march.

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