It wasn’t bad enough that a poll came out last week showing
that 45% of President Trumpf’s supporters would still vote for him even if he (presumably unjustifiably) shot
someone.
Remember his boast during the campaign?
Sadly, another 26% responded that they were “unsure”.
That comes to 71% who blindly follow this president.
Seriously? Mates, your Captain cannot even fathom the depths
of this stupidity.
Meanwhile, on this side of reality, Trumpf is giving
liberals enough fodder to keep their heads in a perpetual spin.
Your Captain briefly thought it was simply motion-sickness.
Turns out I’ve got a bad case of politics.
On July 22, while commissioning the USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78)
– a new aircraft carrier described as “the biggest, baddest, most expensive” supercarrier
ever built – the President not only took credit for this ship which was begun
in 2005, but he interjected into his speech a call for those present to call
their congress persons and encourage them to support his proposed defense
budget… and his healthcare proposal.
Since he is the Commander-in-Chief, this off-the-cuff
comment was viewed by some in uniform as an order.
A very, very inappropriate order.
From there he moved on to the Boy Scout Jamboree. The
President of the United States is the honorary president of Boy Scouts USA. And
each president has been invited to speak to the gathering.
It should be noted that the National President of Boy Scouts
USA is Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, a company which is seeking Congressional
approval for their takeover bid of Time Warner.
So on Monday night, even after promising to not mix politics
into his address to the 40,000 Boy Scouts and parents gathered at the Jamboree,
Trumpf starts out, “Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I’m in front
of the Boy Scouts?”
Well, apparently he “the hell” wanted to.
And he did, throwing in digs at Secretary Clinton and
President Obama, bragging about winning the election, and threatening his
Secretary of Health and Human Services if the Trumpcare vote fails.
To some critics - and there were plenty of them! - it smacked of the Hitler Youth rallies of 1940s Germany.
Captain's Note: Friends, the Captain is not one to easily throw around modern day comparisons to Hitler or the Holocaust. There is very little - if anything - that can compare. Just know that right now, I am very concerned about what I see happening in our country.
And then yesterday, to distract us from what many
most have deemed an “embarrassing”, “mortifying” and “disgusting display” at the Jamboree, the
President unexpectedly tweeted out – can we call it an order? – that
transgender soldiers can no longer serve “in any capacity” in the U.S.
military.
He said it was because their medical costs were prohibitive.
Despite the fact that those medical costs are the annual
equivalent of four of Trumpf’s golf outings to Mar-a-lago.
A mere drop in the bucket compared to what the military
spends on Viagra each year!
Captain's Note: I shit you not! The military reportedly spends in excess of
$70 million on “the little blue pill”!
In a bold move in defiance of the President, Major General
Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded, “There will
be no modification to the current policy until the President’s direction has
been received by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary has issued
implementation guidance.”
Perhaps the next Trumpf appointee to get the ax?
And throughout it all, the President continues to badger his
Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, for (rightfully) recusing himself from the Russia probe.
Yes, that is still going on, despite the fact that 72% of
Trumpf supporters think it is “fake news”.
Sessions, originally opposed by many for his past racist
positions, has now become a sympathetic figure in Washington.
The Captain has long suspected that the President’s asinine tweets
and inappropriate remarks are simply designed to distract the media and public
from other business being conducted behind the scenes.
You of course remember Steve Bannon, the President's chief strategist...
One would suspect such business would be the Senate’s attempt (once
again – YAWN!) to repeal and replace Obamacare. Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) delayed the vote once already because he did not have the
votes he needed.
Then, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was diagnosed with a brain
tumor – which explains a lot!
Don’t get me started on McCain…
But this week, Senator McCain dragged himself from his hospital bed (just kidding!) to Washington for
the big vote. He was given the opportunity to address the Senate, where he
quite appropriately ripped them a new one for all their recent shenanigans, and
excoriated them for the unconscionable healthcare bill that was before them.
And then he joined with his party and voted “Yea”.
Captain's Note: Meanwhile, Senator Maize Hirono (D-HI), who was diagnosed
with stage 4 kidney cancer in May, quietly returned from two recent surgeries
and voted against the Republican bill that would strip 22-30 million Americans
of health care.
So far the Republicans have been unable to get anything of
substance passed. Truth is, there really is no “bill” to vote on, simply the repeal of
Obamacare – which has been their goal for more than seven years now. McConnell’s
latest proposal would repeal Obamacare in two years, which would (hopefully)
give the Republicans time to sort out a real replacement.
SMH!
And they are rushing ahead to make this happen despite
opposition from state governors, every major medical organization, and even the
insurance lobby!
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was one of two brave
Republicans who voted against her party. The President immediately tweeted his
disapproval, and later she and fellow Republican Senator Dan Sullivan received
a call from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke warning that if Senator Murkowski did
not get on board with the party line, Alaskan nominees to critical Interior
department positions would be ignored and several state-specific projects would
not be realized.
Needless to say, the Captain is not very optimistic these
days.
I wonder just how far from all of this The Tiki Hut could take me?
