Yes, yes, I know that Trump's cult followers won't care about how blatantly he's obvious lying.. But a) that's never at issue, it's a given, and b) that's also not the topic at hand. You've entered the wrong classroom.
Today's lesson is otherwise, something else entirely. As the title in the class syllabus says, this a seminar on -- "How to Lie Badly." Trump says in the video, "Hey, you now have a president that doesn't have to use a TelePrompter." And his adoring cult crowd cheers. There are two TelePrompters in clear view in front of him.
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This video of Trump the other day has gotten some attention, but not nearly the attention it deserves. After all, it's the U.S. president taking gleeful pleasure in a member of the press getting SHOT.
That it was a high profile member of the press makes the statement louder, but any member of the press would be just as reprehensible. And it's not just that Ali Velshi of MSNBC was...SHOT. Or that Trump lied about what he was shot with -- that it wasn't just "a cannister," but actually a rubber bullet -- since getting SHOT with anything is critical. Or that this was a member of the press exercising his rights according to the First Amendment to inform the public. Or that he described it as "a beautiful sight. No, it's ALL THAT along with -- perhaps most of all -- Trump trying to claim this as "law and order." All the rest is despicable enough on its own. But it's the trying to position this as "law and order" that explains clearly the foundation of Trump's fascism. Actually, this is doubly fascist -- supporting violence and supporting an attack against a major power base like the press. But, since Ali Velshi is from Canada and a Muslim, for all I know, based on his past actions, Trump was giving even more xenophobic support to it, making this a trifecta in fascism. And that's the bottom line: This from Trump was so utterly horrible -- not because of how thoughtless and cruel it was, but for how much it demonstrates clearly his fascist beliefs. And it must be repeated, as always -- this is not about Trump, we know who he is. This is about the elected members of the Republican Party who enable him, are silent in all this, show their support and are complicit. And 204,118 Americans dead, so far.
On this week’s episode of 3rd and Fairfax, the official podcast of the Writers Guild of America, the guest is
Emmy-nominated Ramy Youssef who talks about his journey from stand-up comic to co-creator, star and writer of his semi-autobiographical Hulu streaming series, as it goes into its second season.
On this week’s Al Franken podcast, Al talks with David Axelrod, the political consultant who consulted Barack Obama all the way to the White House. They discuss the election (Franken adds a “Spoiler Alert: He’s for Biden.”) and focus on “how we get Biden there.”
Today is a double holiday -- Saturday is not only the first day of Rosh Hashanah and the start of the High Holy Days, but also Talk Like a Pirate Day. And as always, Talk Like a Pirate Day gets me to think about the quite-wonderful video I've posted here before, Ahaarrrr. This is one of my favorite videos that I've ever tracked down. As I've written here in the past, it's a little British film, 13-minutes long, which I came across back in 2010 and have been passing it around since -- mostly to friends of my who do voice-over work, on either side of the microphone. Oh, boy howdy, do they ever empathize with it... And now I post it on this site every year. I don't know very much about its history or the wonderful creative mind behind it, Jonathan Kydd, who wrote and stars in the short film (impressively, as both the voiceover artist and the director! I didn't even realize that the first half-dozen times I watched it). But it did win the (Mid Ulster) Critics choice at the DIY Festival LA. As it happens, I also know very little about that festival -- other than that sentence I just typed. I do see on the iMDB that Mr. Kydd deservedly has had a long career with a great many acting credits -- not shockingly, most over the past 20 years in voiceover work, notably eight Harry Potter video games, as well as the Toy Story That Time Forgot video. And for the animated series, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, he provided the voice of Paddington. But yes, mixed in among that and especially before getting involved with voiceover acting, he has also done a good deal of live-action, on-camera TV work. As the description below says, this is indeed the voice over session from hell. Okay, so Lindsey Graham -- not totally shockingly (though a touch surprisingly for the risk it puts to his election and any last remnant of honor) -- is going back on his pledge of two years ago to not let a nomination go forward. He is saying the situations are different from with Merrick Garland. Though of course, that's beside the point, since what he said between the Garland debacle and now is that the if there is an opening in Trump's last year and if Graham becomes chairman of the Judiciary Committee -- which he is now -- there would be no confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration. And then to make the point stronger, he tells everyone that they can use the video of him saying that against him.
I have every confidence that everyone will be using the video of him saying that against him. And it's my hope that Mike Bloomberg takes him up on on that pledge and buys ad time to relentlessly play the ad on TV in South Carolina and on social media. I also suspect it's a hypocritical lie that could back to haunt him big time since the most recent Quinnipiac Poll has him tied with Jaime Harrison, 48-48%. And any undecided voters there aren't undecided because they wonder if he's loyal enough to Trump -- but rather too much a sycophant lap dog who's given up his spine...and honor, like going back on his pledge that he says to use against him. |
AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
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