Trump has attracted quite a cast of characters in his political life, everything from Neo-Nazis to KKK icons to renegade Democrats. Andrew Stein is one such character. He used to be a Democrat but then he decided to switch parties and began donating to Donald Trump. Stein wrote an op/ed in 2016 explaining how he just couldn’t vote for Hillary. Naturally, he and Trump became besties after that. But that bromance is over now.
Plus, to quote The Intelligencer, “Possibly relevant to Stein’s endorsement of Trump’s tax and regulatory policies, but unmentioned in the op-ed, is Stein’s own conviction for tax evasion as part of a money-laundering scheme. At the time of his conviction, Stein requested leniency for his crime on the grounds that he is a longtime elected official. You can see why a man who used inside connections to steal a huge sum of money and requested favorable treatment because he was an insider could become disgusted that the Democrats were now ‘the party of the elites and moneyed class.’” In other words, Stein saw what a crook Trump was from the get go, and decided that Trump was his kinda guy. But no more, as stated in his new Wall Street Journal article, where he described the 2024 race as between “an old felon and an old fool.”
America needs an alternative, and over the past several months only Ms. Haley has shown any momentum. She cut South Carolina’s taxes while governor and has a strong economic record. On issues of race, she has been a consistent conservative. She appointed the African-American Tim Scott to fill a vacant Senate seat and removed Confederate flags from statehouse grounds. Although she is pro-life, she has pointed out that national bans on abortion are counterproductive and unlikely to pass. She avoided knotty transgender bills, and has been a strong supporter of Israel, signing an anti-BDS bill as governor.
As a former ambassador to the United Nations, Ms. Haley is one of the few candidates with real foreign-policy experience at a time when such experience will be important for the next president. Mr. Scott, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy have no such credentials.
Ms. Haley is likely to have a broader appeal than Mr. Trump for independents and suburbanites, especially women. The Democrats hope he wins the nomination and is convicted of felonies, leading him to lose the presidential election. Republicans need to consolidate around Ms. Haley so they have a credible nominee who can take on any Democrat. […]
Mr. Trump’s poll numbers show him with a clear path to the Republican nomination and rising ahead of Joe Biden. Given his mounting legal troubles, however, today’s polling may prove irrelevant. If Mr. Trump is found guilty of some of the charges against him, voters would have to choose between an old felon and an old fool.
Trumpty didn’t like being called an old felon, and certainly not anybody endorsing Birdbrain over him.
Now we know who dumped whom. What I’m waiting for is Melania to split and Trump to claim that he threw her out. That will be quite the read. Or, it may never come. She may well decide to just wait for him to die, which as obese as he is, with the diet he has, and the stress level, may not be that long from now.
To hell with all Republicans and their wishy-washy ass kissers. Everything they do is to destroy our Constitution and harm the majority of Americans. Of course, though there are plenty of uninformed, lazy and stupid Democrats, most Republicans are stupid and evil. Their manipulators are clever, rich and evil. Time has always been on their side just as it is with a man with a full tank of gas and not one buying $3 worth of gas. I would say Democrats should be in the fire drill mode, but I guess these days it should be the active shooter mode.
What comes to my mind is the old crack about honor among thieves. It’s pretty obvious that the money laundering buddy liked Trump because he was a man after his own heart. Now the buddy is dumping Trump because he got caught, in essence.
These days when I see a story about Mango Mussolini, an old jazz standard “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You” song by Louis Armstrong has played more than once here. I picked it up from Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio, Death and Taxes (which Trump seemed to have ducked the latter up to now).
A quick Google returns timeless lyrics, though I might consider updating rascal to something a bit nastier:
Now I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you, uh-huh
I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you, oh yeah
Well, I let you into my home; you gonna leave my woman alone
I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you
Now I’ll be glad when you die, you rascal, you, uh-huh
I’ll be glad, oh, I’ll be tickled to death when you leave this earth–it’s true, oh yeah
When you’re lyin’ down six feet deep, no more fried chicken will you eat
I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you, oh yeah
Ah, you just ain’t no good, oh, you dog
Now listen here: I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you, uh-huh
I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you, oh yeah
I’ll be standin’ on the corner high when they drag your body by
I’ll be glad when you’re dead; you know I’m gonna be so happy when you’re gone, you dog
I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal, you.
❤️ it!
Says it all.