SHYSTER

Trump's trusted lawyer, Marc Kasowitz

Shyster | Definition of Shyster by Merriam-Webster

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Definition of shyster. : a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger.

A LOYAL LAMEBRAIN.

Sometimes it takes years to get the measure of a man. Signs of their true character appear slowly, often disguised by their own created self image. Other times a man can, in a single sentence, reveal his true character. I have never liked Senator John Cornyn. Like most Texas Republicans he often evidences that he is far more loyal to his party than his country. Unlike most Texas politicans, he often has an insipid almost retarded expression on his face as he stands stolidy by while others are in the limelight. But today he was quoted on MSNBC having said something that proves to me once and for all how incredibly stupid, partisan, and incompetent this boob is. What did he say? That Trump is a man of integrity.

PIG

Chris Christie is a pig. Not because he's wildly overweight. Not because he's gluttonous. Not because he's greedy. But because he wallows in hypocrisy and lies. Today he was on MSNBC defending Trump in a manner that suggested kissing Donald's ass more than defending his presidential rights. Who are all these pols, like Christie, who defend someone as immoral and incompetent as Donald Trump? What reward are they expecting when they come groveling to Trump and repeating their defense of him with each kowtow?

INTERESTING THOUGHT.

If James Comey's interview tomorrow (June 8, 2017) leads—happily—to Trump's impeachment, resignation, or removal, Comey will go down in history as a person whose actions resulted in the loss of two presidencies. Unfortunately one was the administration of our first woman president, who I am sure, would have been a brilliant leader. The second, of course, would be that of an incompetent clown.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. TODAY'S SENATE HEARING.

THE PEACOCK IS MOLTING.

It's getting harder and harder to tell some MSNBC programming from Fox News. I feel strongly that MSNBC greatly helped Trump get elected by fully covering every speech, every rally, every lie while giving short shrift to Hillary's campaign or constantly repeating unproven accusations. And they're still doing his bidding. At this moment they're covering his speech in Cincinnati, meaning, of course, his reading of someone else's speech about infrastructure: one full of empty promises, false statistics and total lies. Judging from the enthusiastic crowd applause, Trump's toadies managed to round up enough of his delusional fans to make him seem popular as he slides toward impeachment or removal. Filled with deceit, like all his other lying speeches, this one promises to rebuild America with zillions of jobs using nothing but proud America workers and only materials made in the USA. (Like the pipeline he said would use American steel, which turned out to be Russian steel.) Such covered speeches and rallies feature the kind of flattering, uncritical coverage once featured only by such sycophants as Fox and Friends, Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren and other Fox propagandists. Let us hope that  MSNBC, in need or ratings, isn't selling out, not when we so depend on such nightly warriors as Chris Mathews, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell, our strongest bulwarks against the tsunami of Trump bullshit.

WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER.

This week PBS is running a documentary called The Lost Inaugural Gala, an entertainment event set in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 1961, the night before John F. Kennedy's inauguration. The entire event was organized and made possible by Frank Sinatra, an ardent fan of JFK. What Frank didn't count on was a major snowstorm making arrivals difficult and  rehearsal times impossible. Despite that, the program was a huge success, boasting the biggest names in entertainment at the time: Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, and too many others to list. If you haven't seen the program, try to catch it on repeats.  But I warn you, it is as depressing as it is fantastic. Why? Because you're sure to contrast the Camelot couple of the time,  the young, handsome, and brilliant JFK and his gorgeous and accomplished wife Jackie with today's vulgar parvenu president and his tenuous trophy wife. You're sure to covet a time of great confidence and achievement with today's constant sense of insecurity and conflict. Kennedy would surround himself with the best and the brightest. Trump surrounds himself with the most amoral and malleable. How is it possible that we have lost so much grace and style and purpose and integrity and morality and respect in less than 60 years?