“You fools! It’s getting away.”
That’s a cartoon from The New Yorker. I am entertained but I am not amused.
Imagine I am a genius. Bear with me. This is fiction. Some of it anyway.
Don’t Mean To Get All Political.
When the Senate got bused en masse – that’s French for ‘like neutered sheep’ – to the White House, seemed like a trial run. Wanted to scream out, what makes you think he’ll let you leave next time?
The House Republicans hold that Spring Break kegger to celebrate taking health insurance from twenty million Americans. A victory without a win.
Now this. Comey was stupid. But apparently he was independently stupid. Which frankly is the best we can hope for these days,
Folks getting riled, comparing this kerfuffle to Watergate. First of all, got a call from Kellyanne, off the record, can’t tell you which Kellyanne, but she says it’s about something Melania said. “Comey is younger and taller and better looking than my husband.” Heavily accented.
You can just imagine.
This is worse than Watergate. I guess, in fairness, we should mention Bill Clinton’s blowjob. Okay.
I was there in 1972. Watergate was eighteen missing minutes of tape recording, this is eighteen days of dillying and dallying about firing a liar.
Possible spy.
Nixon knew the truth when it kicked him in the ass. We didn’t have the internet or twitter or facebook or cable news. Fake news wasn’t a problem.
Nobody’s phone had a camera. Nobody was hacking nothing.
Nixon was not a draftdodger. Tricky Dick did not sexually assault more women than Bill Cosby.
Nixon was not a kleptocrat attempting to Putinize America.
As you can see, very little correlation to Watergate. A constitutional crisis saved by leaks.
