WaPo's Plum Line: Trump's most ardent defenders are a bunch of clowns

[highplainsdem]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/07/26/trumps-most-ardent-defenders-are-a-bunch-of-clowns/

President Bill Clinton, it was often said, was unendingly fortunate in his enemies. Whatever his mistakes and transgressions, his salvation would come in the form of Republicans consumed by loathing, eager to believe any ludicrous conspiracy theory, possessed of dreadful political judgment and unable to tamp down their worst instincts. Over and over, the American public looked at the controversies of his presidency and said: “I don’t approve of what he supposedly did; but my God do those Republicans need to put a sock in it already.”

President Trump’s panoply of sins make Clinton look like a living saint by comparison. And his most ardent defenders in Congress are such a bunch of extremist buffoons that they make even the Republicans who impeached Clinton over an extramarital affair look smart and reasonable. It would be hard enough to advocate for Donald Trump if you were highly skilled and had a keen political sense; with this group of nincompoops behind him, Trump is worse than alone.

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If I were Trump, I’d be looking for more helpful friends. The problem seems to be that no one with any sense wants to make themselves into a Trump defender, not only because it’s so hard to argue that an unprecedented attack on American democracy shouldn’t be investigated, but also because once you start defending Trump, who knows what you’ll wind up having to humiliate yourself by publicly justifying.

I’m not saying you have to be an idiot to defend Trump. In fact, mounting such a defense with any degree of effectiveness would require an extraordinary nimble mind (in addition to flexible morals). But maybe it isn’t a coincidence that some of the biggest clowns in Washington are the ones most eager to stick up for him.

This includes a scathing, hilarious analysis of the harebrained articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein.

[RainCaster]

1. All together now...

DUH!

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all this BS from the GOP, and the whole world seems to be ignoring it? N still the MSM grow a spine? How about an IQ above 40? Discernment has gone out the window in favor of ratings.

Do what do you do? Tell you your local newspaper that you are stopping your subscription until they grow up and give you real truth. For me, I'm done with the Seattle Times. Damn phony left wing wanna be. My money has gone to the Failing NYT, WaPo, and Guardian.