If more Republicans paid more attention to Rick Wilson’s iconic title to his takedown book on Traitor Tot, their lies may not end up in shambles. But as Trump Vader likes to say, The Farce is strong in this one.
When it comes to the current crop of mental retreads that Il Douche is proposing to oversee the final destruction of the federal government, with the exception of the now not-so-dearly-departed Matt Gaetz, they all share three things in common. None of the major nominees are GOP incumbents in the House or Senate. They are all brainless MAGA cult sycophants. And they all have big mouths that they have been spouting off with for far too long.
Never underestimate the potential importance of the power of incumbency when it comes to a cabinet nomination. Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State, and Jeff Sessions for Attorney General come immediately to mind. Current or former Senators have an automatic leg-up because they are or were members of the Club of 100, and have built in goodwill. Even House incumbents have the leg-up of not only party affiliation, but also the cloak of incumbency. They’re part of the system.
But most importantly, because of their political experience and incumbency, they long ago learned the political secret of keeping their big mouths shut! They know how to temper their statements and positions, and most of all, when to just shut up when the sharks are circling.
And while none of the nominees from Traitor Tot’s workbench of misfit toys, they have combined my last two lack of qualifications, Trump loyalist sycophants, and shooting off their mouths about stupid sh*t, to make it almost impossible to confirm them.
And as a result, these misfit delinquents, by their own enthusiastic public statements over the last 4-8 years have basically made it almost impossible for even moderate GOP Senators to approve them, or spend all their time at home explaining why they don’t need a mental capacity test before they return to Washington or run again. Let’s just look at them briefly one at a time, and why Rick Wilson’s words are so prophetic.
Matt Gaetz –Rest-In-Hell preppy pond scum. Bratty Matty was a natural pick for Traitor Tot. His longest and loudest congressional loyalist, Gaetz literally blew up the House in his vendetta against Kevin McCarty, the then House Speaker. Emperor Numbus Nuttus rewarded Gaetz with the Attorney General nod, which was heaven sent for Gaetz for two reasons.
First, Gaetz was one of the few MAGA sycophants that El Pendejo ex Presidente seemed to show actual loyalty to. Trumpenstein actually appeared ready to go-to-the-mattresses for Gaetz’s nomination, and in fact burned up the phones to get him GOP Senate support. And second, the appointment would be a godsend since Gaetz was sweating out the potential release of a House Ethics Committee report that could conceivably lead to a call for his expulsion from the House. This appointment would make that moot if not make it disappear completely.
It all came a cropper. Within days of Gaetz’s nomination, the media reported that there were 7-10 rock solid NO votes for Gaetz in the GOP Senate caucus. Trump burned up the phone lines to no avail. Now Gaetz is out of the House, isn’t going to be AG, and there is still some question as to whether or not the House Ethics Committee will release their report, possibly as a buffer to prevent him from running for Florida Governor in 2026. Trump victim one.
Tulsi Gabbard – Let’s be honest, the nomination of Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence is a joke in bad taste. Gabbard, a turncoat Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii is a proud Q-Anon wingnut and walking Putin talking-points machine. Trump likes her because she if Putin’s lap poodle, and tried to bloody Biden up during a faux run for the Democratic nomination in 2020. But there is no way that even moderate GOP Senators is going to let her supervise what goes into the Presidential Daily Brief. Gabbard’s nomination is a joke, and she’ll come out of it as a laughingstock. Trump victim two.
Pete Hegseth – This one is my favorite mainly because it just might work out to be a twofer. The ink wasn’t even dry on the Hegseth nomination for Secretary of Defense when the clarions calls started ringing out about Hegseth’s rampant alcohol abuse and sexual harassment started blowing up the front pages and A-Blocks of every cable news broadcast.
And now brass knuckled journalist Jane Mayer has just published a report that traces Hegseth’s alcoholism and sexual harassment all the way back to his running of two veterans non-profits as far back as 2013. Hegseth was already in deep kimchi, and according to Mayer on Rachel Maddow’s show tonight, she’s been flooded with calls from other women wanting to spill the beans on Hegseth. This sh*t show is just starting.
And here’s where this could turn out to be a twofer. As we speak, Hegseth is the host of a moderately popular weekend show on FUX News. If he goes down in flames due to his alcohol and sexual harassment claims, how long does he survive at FUX News? They’ve already had to sh*tcan their most popular host, Bill O’Reilly for his sexual predation, as well as their literal creator, Roger Ailes, for being such a randy lad. How long does FUX News keep Hegseth around, waiting for the roof to fall in? Trump victim three.
Kash Patel –Â This one will be quick. Patel is one of those typical Traitor Tot sycophants with absolutely no qualifications for the job he’s been nominated for. But he does have a long career of flapping his big, fat mouth with brainless MAGA twaddle.
All you know about this mental midget as the FBI Director is that in his latest incomprehensible screed posted a 60-name hit list of Trump enemies he would move to investigate as the FBI Director. Unbelievably, this one is actually a toss-up for confirmation, simply because even GOP moderates may have to draw the line somewhere as to how much they want to publicly humiliate The Trumpster Fire on these nominations. But either way, Patel comes out of his Senate confirmation hearing looking like a world class schmuck and *sshole. Possible Trump victim four.
Pam Bondi – This nomination is different for one simple reason. Pam Bondi will almost certainly be confirmed as the next Attorney General simply because she has the qualifications. But she is still going to be Trump victim five, for a damn good reason.
Pam Bondi has spent the last four years steadfastly denying the results of the 2020 election, and bragging about how the Justice Department will be reformed under a second Trump presidency to hunt down and punish Trump’s opponents and enemies. They never know when to shut up!
Bondi will be confirmed, likely along a straight party vote, but her Senate confirmation hearing is going to be a personal reputation snuff flick. The Democratic Senators will flail her alive over her denialism and full-throated endorsement of turning the DOJ into Traitor Tot’s personal vendettas. She is going to have to dance on the head of a pin to reform herself, and by denying those previous statements, she is going to find herself on The Cheeto Prophets watch list for loyalty.
These Senate nominations are going to be fascinating to watch for two reasons. First, you have potentially vulnerable GOP Senate incumbents who have to walk a tightrope between Trump loyalty as well as popular opinion. 2026 figures to be an even bigger blowout than 2018, and vulnerable incumbents are going to have to try to dance between raindrops.
Second, you have another bloc of moderate GOP Senators who don’t have to run again until 2028, when Traitor Tot will no longer be a national factor. They can stand on principals in these 2025 hearings, and then actually run on those votes in 2028, knowing that Trumpism will be on the wane. This party’s just getting started.
I thank you for the privilege of your time.
Even his extensive and well funded media machine won’t be able to cover up the numerous f#*k-ups he’s going to commit on a daily basis.
Or will it matter? It’s what he did last time, keep making headline making scandals one after the other, so many, and so often, that by the time the third one came up, we’d already forgotten the first. And he’d just keep doing it. By Saturday we’ll have forgotten the preceding Monday.
Or will he finally do something so horrible that it out- horribles everything else?
In a few weeks we’ll find out.
“…These Senate nominations are going to be fascinating to watch …”
Unless the trumpies cancel C-Span. If it isn’t “on” how can we watch? And we know a tad less than half of the voters don’t care ‘cuz if it ain’t on TicTok it didn’t ever happen. Gee, reading is such old school…
MSNBC and CNN will carry them…
I certainly would not want to be one of those school principals that you say near the end moderate GOP senators will be standing on in the 2025 hearings. I just hope that they will still have some principles left.
Thank you for your analysis, Murfster.
You beat me to it, Mr.Kelly. But what I still want to say is, just remember that the principal is your PAL, why would you want to stand on him?