Posted by
Rude One
Oh, it would be a shit show of open sewer proportions, for sure. It
would be a scuzzy circus on top of a cheap zoo covered with crazy sauce.
But House Democrats should call the bluff of the increasingly
divorced-from-reality Republicans and hold hearings on all the fuckery
they claim has been going on. Like fuckin' all of it. Like let's attempt
to blow this shit up once and for all.
Just tell Republicans at different committees,
"You wanna go? Let's go,
motherfuckers. Call your witnesses. But everyone has to go under oath.
Every fucking witness."
Start with one bullshit conspiracy and then move on to the next. You
wanna prove that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, Republicans?
Fine. Look at one of Devin Nunes's repetitive mad
rants during the impeachment hearings and see who they might want to testify. Alexandra
Chalupa?
Groovy. How about all the Ukrainians that Republicans claim know shit
about Hunter Biden or the 2016 election? Awesome. Bring 'em all in,
Valeriy Chaly, Viktor Shokin (that'll make you shit blood, eh, Devin?),
and more. And, sure, why not, let's get Hunter Biden. Do it up.
However, Democrats get to invite witnesses, too. Lev
Parnas and Serhiy Leshchenko, perhaps. Hell, bring in Joe Biden.
Let's get it all out there. "Black book" and "Steele dossier" are still
involved in this madness. So call back in Glenn Simpson, along with
Peter Fritsch, two of the
founders of Fusion GPS, who can explain one more
goddamn time about the Republican origins of the Steele dossier and about how they have no connection to Ukraine and how deeply,
deeply Trump is in with Russia.
You wanna see how divorced from reality things are now? Check out this
moment from their New York Times editorial this past Sunday, when
Simpson found himself on a plane with Rudy Giuliani.
"'I understand you think I spent a lot of time in Ukraine?' Mr. Simpson inquired.
"'You did spend some time in Ukraine,' Mr. Giuliani replied.
"'Did I?' Mr. Simpson asked as he waved his phone in front of Mr.
Giuliani, signaling that he was recording the encounter. 'What if I told
you I have never been to Ukraine in my life?'
"'Well,' Mr. Giuliani replied with equanimity, 'O.K. I will find out if that’s true or not.'"
Essentially, the GOP has become a machine to back up whatever insanity
is coursing through Donald Trump's shrinking brain or whatever lie has
been concocted to cover up the latest crimes. It's like if you're a
Republican member of Congress, you must wake up and get a text message
from your leadership that says something like, "Okay, we no longer trust
the entire intelligence apparatus of the United States. We have to say
no one knows anything about who might have the DNC server," and you
might want to text back that there really isn't a "DNC server" that can
be sent around and hidden like Napoleon's penis. But you know better
because Trump has gotten in his head that some acid-washed black box is
sitting in a room in Kyiv, and that's the GOP's belief now, even if it's
bugnuts
insane.
Why do this? Why give them the freak show that they so claim they want?
It won't change many minds. People who don't live in reality tend not to
give a flaming monkey fuck if you show them facts. So screw them. But
so many elections these days, especially on the state and national
level, are a matter of a percentage point or two. And if hearings can
nudge that one or two percent by demonstrating that Republicans are full
of shit, Democrats have to hold their noses and do it.
And it'll also solidify the narrative that so many of us know is true.
That Donald Trump was the beneficiary of election interference from
Russia, almost certainly knowingly, and that he openly sought election
interference from Ukraine, warping U.S. foreign policy in order to
assure his reelection. It's not that complicated. It's all about greed
and power and madness.
We can't go on like this, as a country where there are two completely
different versions of reality, one based in facts and one based in
fantasy, especially when the fantasy side has built up a web of doubt
against facts. If we had a functional news media (and no Fox "news"), it
could do the job. But we don't, and we now have the party that controls
the executive branch, most of the judiciary, and half the legislative
branch actively seeking to replace facts with fantasy.
The kick in the
ass is that most of them know it's a fantasy and don't give a shit as
long as they maintain power.
It's an odious fucking task for Democrats. But while they have the
ability to tear at that web through hearings, they need to do it until
the goddamn thing snaps enough to make a difference. Or we're all gonna
get trapped in it.
