(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Occam’s Razor [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-02-08 By David Glenn Cox They call it buyers’ remorse. Suddenly, house Republicans lament their ill treatment of Kevin McCarthy. “Gee, I sure miss Kevin. He was a dick, but he knew how to get things done.” Also known as “This guy sucks!” But rather than just coming right out and saying, “you suck,” they say, “whatever happened to Kevin? I sort of liked him.” The failed impeachment of the Homeland Security Secretary and the defeat of a bipartisan border bill. Two failures. Back-to-back Republican failures. Large failures. John F Kennedy once said, “Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.” But with failure, they will hunt down the daddy responsible. This was Mike, Penal euphemism’s big chance to strut his stuff. Here’s the wind up and the pitch. A swing and a miss, strike one! A swing and a miss, strike two! O and 2 with no one on base. Mike’s choice was simple. Either to please Donald Trump or accomplish something. Donald Trump wanted the border bill scuttled. Trump wants to use the border issue as his personal campaign issue. Requiring House Republicans to abandon what they saw as their signature legislation for the session. And so, goose stepping in lock step, house Republicans abandoned what was to be their own salvation. Fingers point and tempers flare. “Does anyone still have Kevin’s phone number?” Because House Republicans spun on their heels to spurn their own love child. The issue becomes so jaundiced and perhaps too jaundiced and tinny for Trump to use in the fall. But with Donald Trump no ties to reality are actually necessary. And from the files of the saddest man on planet earth. Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump owes him two million dollars. Sure, sure he does. Rudy kept submitting those invoices when the times were good. After ninety to 120 days, it began to grow clear the invoices weren’t going to be paid. The way Trump saw it, he was doing Rudy a solid just by letting him hang around. Look at all Rudy could grift just by having access to Trump. Isn’t that payment enough? That and Free liquor? Rudy was Trump’s lead point man pushing the big election lie. And now because of it, Rudy is financially ruined and has lost his ability to earn a living. Disbarred, humbled, shamed and owing millions upon millions of dollars. Rudy revisits his old invoices, hoping to pick up a few pennies. It’s always amazing to me how these people are always so shocked that Donald Trump would stiff them. They had to get a new bus! A New Bus! The old bus was worn out from Trump throwing people under it. “How could he do this to me? We were friends once.” For the benefit of the slow learners in the class, Trump has no friends. Never had any friends and never will. Trump is willing to use the entire Republican Party as his human shield to dodge prosecution. Cutting the legs out from under his own cult. Who responded attentively with, “Thank you sir! May I have another?” Winning Republican primaries in a stroll the Trump cult becomes excited. We won! But nearly 40% of the voters said they would vote for Biden before Trump. But the cult can see only what is inside the cult to see. “Trump won!” Dying media personality Trucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin because? Because Rudy is too pissed off about delinquent invoices and Lev Parness has turned state’s evidence. So, Trump asks himself. “who can I get to call on and talk to Vladimir Putin for me now? Anyone who believes this trip was about journalism. Wanna buy a bridge in Brooklyn? The world is just dying to know Vladimir Putin’s views and swap favorite recipes. Tucker claimed, no one, no one in the entire world was willing to interview ole Vladimir. Even the Russians shot down that tall tale, countering that lots of journalists would like to interview Vlad, but only Tucker was “special” enough. Tucker was treated to the VIP tour seeing all the famous landmarks in fabulous Moscow in fabulous February. Free charging stations for your phone at the train station. Huh, huh? Pretty great country huh? How about Borscht & Bread to go? Pretty great huh? What? You don’t like borscht? Geez, I hope you like bread then. Carlson was taken to the world-famous Bolshoi ballet because there was no way he could get out of it, and he was trying to be polite. On the list of “must see” Moscow itinerary. Oh boy, we’re kicking it in the head now! Any hot chess matches in town? Can we tour some dusty old churches? Tucker is performing for the camera as the serious journalist when nothing could be further from the truth. Putin grants few interviews because he has little to say. Saying exactly what you would expect a third world dictator would say. “We are so picked on. Nothing is our fault. We are on the side of the angels fighting evil.” But the facts speak for themselves. Carlson interviews a man who threatens the world with nuclear annihilation. (If he doesn’t get his way.) Putin is in too deep, and the war goes badly for him on all fronts and Putin needs help. Trump is also in too deep. Trump’s war goes badly on all fronts too and Trump needs help. Don’t be naive. It’s just barely hidden beneath the surface. And as a sign of good faith, Trump orders the house Republicans to delay vital military aid to Ukraine. Just like last time. “If you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.” – Occam’s Razor [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/8/2222195/-Occam-s-Razor?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/