That’s the whole problem with being a con man. As his father Fred Senior instructed him on his knee, Everybody else is suckers. When you’re done with them, you’re done with them. Unfortunately, like some idiot who, in a fit of pique storms into the boss’s office and says cram this job up your ass! He’s ignoring the fact that some day he may need a referral from that dude.
And so it is with Traitor Tot. Ever since his unceremonious ouster in 2020, His Lowness has spent the last three years in a vicious vendetta against Georgia’s uber popular Governor, Brian Kemp. He has lambasted Kemp for letting election interference and vote stealing go on right under his nose. He went balls-to-the-wall backing a GOP primary challenger in 2022, and when Kemp won by like 30 points, Trump’s fury only grew. Kemp is like a popcorn hull under Trump’s gum.
Which is why El Pendejo ex Presidente was so happy to find partners in arms. After the 2020 debacle, the MAGA laden Georgia legislature, with some members currently under state indictment for their election fraud shenanigans, went to work. They created a new panel named something like, The Election Integrity Board that had sweeping new powers to augment, change, or create new election board rules and requirements. And since the five member panel has three faithful MAGAts on it, it isn’t hard to see where this was going.
The Scruffy Guru was ecstatic. So ecstatic that in a rally a couple of weeks ago, he spent considerable time lauding the pioneering work the panel was doing in order to ensure election integrity. He even called out the three MAGAts by name, including one who was in the audience, and took a bow. Which is problematic, since it calls into question that members fairness and impartiality on the board. But His Lowness is sure that he has his constitutional crisis team in place if he loses Georgia.
But Trump is one of those guys who only reads the headline, he never bothers with the actual article, and there are a couple of potential speed bumps there. For starters, the board was not only created by, but also staffed by legislative appointees. As such, the members are neither elected officials to the board, nor are they actual members of the State Board of Elections. They are what would commonly be referred to as an advisory committee.
Which comes with a couple of caveats. First, while they are free to make new rules, make changes to existing rules, or insert addendums to existing rules, those rules and changes must be consistent with the rules already in place as mandated by the state Board of Elections. Also, they must be consistent with all already existing election laws passed by the state legislature.
Which creates a problem for Trump and the bullsh*t board. Because any person or group with legal standing, like Marc Elias’s election integrity law form, can sue in state court over the implementation of the new rules, and more importantly obtain a judicial temporary injunction against the implementation of the rule change. And the way state courts function, that injunction would prevent the implementation of that new rule until well after the election.
But there’s another, more structural, and deeper problem for the Scruffy Gugu and his minions. By both state law, as well as intent, the job of local, county, and state Boards of election is strictly ministerial. There job is simply to check and recheck to ensure that the vote tally following the election was accurate and fair, examine any glitches or irregularities, and certify the vote. They are neither law enforcement nor investigative agencies. They do not have the right to just stand up and say, F*ck it! We don’t like the result, so there must have been fraud. We’re not certifying sh*t! They can gum up the works, and delay the process, but they can’t refuse to certify the vote without ironclad cause.
Because the ultimate certification of the vote rests in the hands of the state’s two top officials. In Georgia that means secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and topped by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. The Secretary of State, on his own authority can deny the niggly bullsh*t delay tactics and certify the state’s election results. And Governor Brian Kemp can countersign that authorization, making the certification official.
I’m not sure that there’s a pop-up book or cartoon that the Trump campaign could put together that could really make it clear to the Pampers President, but somebody apparently got through. Because all of a sudden, Trump is sniffing around Kemp like a dog around a pork chop bone.
In his last couple of rallies, Il Douche has lavished praise on his most hated enemy, lauding Kemp for his impressive leadership and total integrity in leading the state of Georgia. You’ll notice he’s not even bothering with Raffensperger. Hell, Traitor Tot damn near put out a hit squad on Raffensperger after he taped, and then released that call. Raffensperger had to be assigned an extra security detail for himself and his family. Trump will get cold comfort there. But the Governor already has ample security, so no harm, no foul there, right?
There is Trump to his core, the eternal con man. Everybody else is suckers. But the problem there is that the con man doesn’t go back to the sucker. He’s long over the hills and far away. No. What Trump looks like now is that jerkwad that stormed into the boss’s office and told him to Cram this job up your ass!, and now here he is, sniveling around looking for a referral. Good luck with that, douche bag!
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Thanks for this reassurance, but what do we think about Kemp endorsing tRump? To me that looks like they’ve made a deal behind closed doors. I am worried about this. I can only hope that the Democrats have come up with a plan to countermand this sort of shenanigans.
I read today that the Harris campaign has joined with Georgia Dems in a lawsuit to stop this, and Kemp has consulted his DA about the legality of firing election officials.
At least this time around the thieves have informed the authorities they plan to rob the bank.