Are You Still Talking About Jeffery Epstein?

"You are? I didn't know that."

       Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the debacle associated with all things Jeffery Epstein has exploded into a fireball.  And President Trump hasn’t helped things.  I fear that the loss of goodwill incurred by a flippant, “Are you still talking about Jeffery Epstein?” is irrevocable.

    The resulting schism in the Republican Party comes at a time when the nation is already polarized.  The split between those who demand justice for young victims and those cultists who just want us to shut up and move on is very real and very chilling.

    The probable result?  Look at my last post about the 1912 and 1992 elections to see how I view that possibility.

    What should be even more unsettling?  The GOP has lost the support of many Independents like myself.  Some indeed voted Orange last year (I did not-and it was crap like this which guided my decision).  However, in a “fool me once, shame on you” kind of way, they don’t want to be fooled twice.

    But, but...Orange Jesus has done so much good, lobotomized drones bleat.  Why let a little thing like the RAPING OF CHILDREN derail all things MAGA?  You must be afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome, Karen.

    I will not debate the good things that Trump has done (Leftists would, but that’s for another time).  However, I learned a very useful saying when I was in the Navy.

No, not "How much, Miss?"

   

    That saying was "One 'aw shit' can erase a ton of 'attaboys.'

    Well, this is an “aw shit” moment if I ever saw one.

    The problem is that this may not even be Trump’s doing.  The whole goat rope started when the grandstanding Attorney General, Pam Bondi, bragged on the “Jesse Waters Show” in February that she had the “Epstein List” on her desk and would be releasing it very soon.  If not the next day.

    Well, wouldn’t you know it, last week she said there was no list.

"And there may not even be a desk."

    Wait.  What?

    Now, either Ms. Bondi is a liar.  Or she is criminally incompetent.  At best, she is a liar of the Walter Mitty variety.

Meaning, she wanted to brag on national TV,
even though she didn't actually have the goods.

    At worst, she’s covering up for some pretty important people, not the least of whom is her boss (for the record, I don’t believe Trump is on the list.  But, hell, I believe we landed on the moon, too).

    Exacerbating things is that the President, in characteristic fashion, stubbornly refused to hold his Attorney General accountable.  He should have immediately asked for her resignation.  But, he didn’t.  

    Rather he defended her for the good job she is doing (and she overall is, but, remember…one ‘aw shit’) and doubled down that the entire affair was a nothing-burger.

    Despite having campaigned on that issue and demanding (among others in his campaign) that the list be released.  If it wasn’t, he promised, his Justice Department would.

    Most ludicrous, he blamed Biden and Obama for making the whole thing up.  Now, I'm a huge critic of Black Slappy and the Demented Delaware Turnip, but that's nuts.  Those two did enough damage.  Just not this. 

    So, here we are.  The mid-term elections are a little over a year away.  I can’t see how the Republican Party erases the "Epstein Stench."  Meaning the party who thinks men belong in women’s sports and pre-teens should receive gender-affirming care without parental notification gets the House back.

    I can’t imagine a significant number of Republicans will vote for a Democrat.  However, I can foresee a significant number of Republicans staying home.  Possibly me among them.

    So, yeah, this isn’t good.

    What’s personal to me is that I live in Virginia.  This November my state will hold elections for, among others, governor (per commonwealth law, a governor can only serve for one four-year term).

    Up for that job is the present Lieutenant-Governor, Earle Winsome-Sears.

    I’m afraid the air will not have cleared sufficiently enough for her to defeat her opponent, Crazy Abigail Spanberger.

"Ya think?  Aw, shit."

    Told ya.

    Since this thing blew up, I’m starting to rethink my opinion of the America Party.  I can’t vote for a Republican anymore (especially considering that today, House Republicans all voted to squelch the release of a "non-existent" list).  There’s no way on this earth can I bring myself to vote for a batshit-crazy Democrat, though.

    So, Elon Musk may be offering what is now a real alternative.  Although, my opinion of third parties remain the same.

    Seriously, though, I don’t know.

    But, you know what I do know? 

There's a whole lotta happy Democrats out there.