Can he drive a stick shift?
Damn, those Deep State guys are good! Somehow, they managed to rewire Blaska’s brain like Hugo Chavez jiggered those voting machines. They’ve transmogrified your genial bloggeuer from someone who brought lawsuit against the City of Madison for imposing racial quotas and against the Madison school board for not obeying Act 10 into a Woke progressive, cop-bashing, socialist baby killer! Worse: a Biden supporter!
The Deep State must have did it whilst the Head Groundskeeper was sleeping. Like Marty McFly brain melded his teenage dad with the Walkman. (Cue Van Halen.)
What would Reagan say?
The Werkes is getting too old to wait for factual evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. When you pin your hopes on the My Pillow Guy, drunk Rudy, and Mike Gableman you know it’s Last Call. Maricopa County fizzled. 2000 Mules proved ballot harvesting but we already knew that was legal, however unfortunate. Never made the case that the ballots thereby collected weren’t real.
Instead, evidence mounts that — after a splendid presidency highlighted by three excellent Supreme Court picks — #45 encouraged, abetted, and may have masterminded an insurrection that led his supporters to chant “Hang Mike Pence” and bludgeon Capitol police.
Some Dane County Republicans say Blaska should be purged for not kowtowing to Trump uber alles. They believe pressuring the vice president to go all John Eastman upholds the Constitution. They oppose political violence in Kenosha but blame Nancy Pelosi for storming the nation’s Capitol.
March to the Capitol to do … what?
Former prosecutor Andrew McCarthy in National Review:
The significance is not whether Trump skirmished with the agents in the SUV. It is that Trump was furious that the agents would not take him to the Capitol, where he was planning to join in the protest by what — according to [Cassidy] Hutchinson — the former president knew was an armed mob, one he had just implored to “fight” for him (his lip-service caveats about “peaceful” protest notwithstanding).
Tellingly, the anonymous sources … are not claiming Hutchinson is wrong about Trump’s anger and determination to march on the Capitol with the mob.
Trump brought it up repeatedly with key advisers in the Oval Office … The President told others he wanted a dramatic, made-for-TV moment that could pressure Republican lawmakers to support his demand to throw out the electoral college results showing that Joe Biden had defeated him. …
When Trump took the stage, he told the rally, “We’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you.” … It wasn’t clear exactly what Trump would do when he got there. [Blaska has his theories.]
Blaska’s Bottom Line: How deep must be one’s throat to swallow that Ms. Hutchinson, aide to Sen. Ted Cruz, House GOP whip Steve Scalise, and chief of staff Mark Meadows — is yet another MAGA hat mysteriously flipped against Dear Leader?! All because Mr. Orange wouldn’t hire her to wear a bunny suit at Mar-a-Lago? First Mike Pence, then Bill Barr and almost the entire Justice Department. Counsel Eric Herschmann, the Republican speaker of the Texas assembly, Georgia’s Republican governor and secretary of state — even Ivanka Trump. Or, for that matter, 61 judges and justices, many of them his own appointees! The Republican legislatures in six states!
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
You already believe Trump hijacked the minds of the political panty raiders. You’ll believe anything and anyone that fits your narrative. Even Joyless Behar was self aware enough to say “We believe anything because we hate Trump so much.”
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Joy Behar was born hating Trump. The evidence wrestled me to the ground. How much longer can you ignore it?
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Just look around.
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McFly could have just taken off the headphones.
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Great article Dave. I too am tired of years of trumpy BS from these fools. You being “purged” puts you in good company. Take a look at the video of Cheney at the gop debate in Wyoming. One reasonable voice surrounded by idiots who can’t put a sentence together. They want her out while Guilliani is selling My Pillow sandals and being hailed a hero. You stand in the company of McCain, Romney, Cheney, et al and should be proud. If the only way to be approved by the gop is to put on a set of horns and scream “hang Mike Pence” it’s time to tear up your membership card. For the one’s saying that the Jan 6 witnesses are lying it’s time to put their hands on a bible and tell their story. But; they won’t. Cowards to the man. Just remember; use promo code Rudy to get your discount.
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So the Secret Setvice will testify Huchinson’s testimony is crap. The show trial has provided nothing new. 2000 Mules shows way more than harvesting (oh thats right, you never saw it). The real question: is TDS treatable?
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You haven’t watched the committee hearings. Did you even read this blog? For your sake, I hope Trump Derangement Syndrome IS treatable.
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I have watched the hearings. I do read your blog. I dont think TDS is treatable.
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Don’t give up hope; I’m certain someone can help you.
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Huchinson’s testimony was what she was told by Oranto the WH deputy chief of staff. Bob Ingle was in the car and said the same thing. I’m waiting for all these bigmouths to step up, put a hand on the bible and talk. My bet they will all pull a Flyn; fifth fifth fifth etc etc.
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Meanwhile the biggest vote getter in the history of the republic is now the least popular president in recent history. He’s been in almost a year and a half. He’s had his honeymoon and ain’t gonna get more competent. Then there’s Kamala…
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Yes yes yes, we all agree Uncle Joe and Kamala are disasters. Their ineptitude does not excuse #45’s villainy.
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You sound exactly like my bleeding heart feminist friend in “Interview with a Democrat Part II” blog. She has distanced herself from Joe and Kammie and wants to replace them with someone like Newsom. Also saying “at least he’s better than Trump, the big meanie.” I think I’d rather have “a meanie” running the country than a corrupt disaster. How’s Hunter doing?
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Hunter’s doing pretty bad, although he may be in rehab. Which is more than #45 can say. Wish I could expand your horizons. Is it really a choice between Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom? Don’t we have a pretty deep bench? Desantis, Pence, Pompeo, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Kristi Noem, Tom Cotton, Glenn Youngkin. Are we condemned to drag Trump’s baggage like the chains Scrooge forged in life just to complete his revenge tour? Why make Trump the issue when we an make Democrats the issue?
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You brought up 45 not me. Newsom is the Dem’s replacement for Joe. Yes there are lots of choices for the GOP candidate but some are too young. I like Cotton. I don’t see the baggage that the left has forced upon 45 like you do. Most of it is bogus. But if they say it often enough, people start to believe it.
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Yeah, the January 6 Whatever You Want To Call it was a case of spontaneous combustion. Only a coincidence that Trump told them the election was stolen, they had to fight like hell (* CYA: “Go peacefully and patriotically”), and I’m going to march down there with you. (To do what? Give another speech?) Those who have been arrested and convicted thought that Trump wanted them to stop the transfer of power. Wherever could they have gotten that idea?
Some hope for you for saying “most of it is bogus.” So tell us, what of it is NOT bogus?
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Russia collusion baggage, Ukraine phone call baggage, Big Lie baggage, stopping the transfer of power nonsense. His big mistake as president IMO was not firing Fauci after he threw Trump under the bus on CNN early on, not sending the national guard into cities getting overun by BLM riots, leaving covid decisions like lockdown up to the governors, and stepping into a trap on J6 planned by Nancy and the FBI. Big mistake. He should have been onto them by then. He was always too trusting.
But if you were watching the electoral votes state by state it was going in Trump’s favor as a few states wanted a recount then suddenly after the capitol police allowed visitors into the capitol and shot one of them, they shut down the whole process. It was Nancy that wanted to stop the proceedings, not Trump. All part of their plan to make Trump look like he incited an insurrection. Lastly, they buried all Biden’s baggage like his dealings with Hunter overseas. Happy 4th!
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The election was November 3, 2020. The insurrection was January 6, 2021 — two months later. The lawsuits had failed for lack of evidence. The states counted the live votes and then the absentee ballots … Oh, never mind.
Happy hunting in Never Never Land. Have you heard from JFK Jr. yet?
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Hahaha Thanks for those dates. Was not aware. Bottom line: “Don’t believe anything you read and only half of what you witness.” I suppose you fell for the Jussie Smollett hoax too. Enjoy your day.
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Actually, saw right through the Jussie Smollett, Althea Bernstein, Russian Collusion, Ukrainian phone call, Stolen Election, and “March peacefully and patriotically” hoaxes. I’m 6 for 6! You?
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David, you’ve lost a big fan. Granted, I’ve never commented on any of your blogs but have enjoyed the comments from the likes of the Gotch, Steve Witherspoon, Gary Kriewald and even the inane Dickster who can’t quite figure out the difference between your (a possessive) vs you’re (a contraction of you are). I will miss the intelligent back & forth but have to say that I now know why the lovely Miss Vicki no longer welcomes you to her daily show. I am no Trump fan but have voted for his POLICIES (not the man-child) twice. I pray that Ron Desantis is the Republican nominee in 2024 but will again vote for the cry-baby if he is the nominee. You don’t know me, what I stand for, my background but I think that your obsession with the plethora of Trump’s deficiencies will turn (and in my case, has turned) people away from what would otherwise be a welcome alternative (conservative) viewpoint in the Emerald City where I lived for 35+ years. Bye. Linda Alexander
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Good bye.
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“These My Pillow sandals” are made for walkin’ and that’s just what I’ll do. One of these days these sandals will walk all over you.” tra de la la.
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Aw c’mon Linda, reconsider; everyone is entitled to one obsession. The squire’s take here is like the mom who sees her son marching and says “Every one in the platoon is out of step except my Georgie.”
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The Gotch is with ml here, LL.
‘Sides, anyone supplying such an accurate depiction of the Blogge Idiot displays inherent value nonpareil!
The Gotch
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awwww; your saying I’m as sweet as a disc of chocolate covered in sugar? You fast talker you.
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No, the point is: how does the current president get the most votes–ever; but also is the least endorsed president– ever?
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“Least endorsed”? Explain, if you please.
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73% of Real Clear Polls say the country is going the wrong way.
That is fatal to incumbents…
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O.K., but that’s not “endorsed.” Kooter is trying to talk about approval ratings, not endorsements. Q. How does the current president get the most votes ever? A. Because he was running against Trump. Q. Why is the current president’s approval ratings at historic lows? A. Because he’s doing a lousy job.
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Yes, Democrats are toast this fall if we Republicans don’t screw it up. As for 2024, Biden has already proved he can beat one candidate if that candidate is flawed enough.
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So, did Trump grab the steering wheel? Inquiring minds want to know.
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While we’re at it: what did Trump throw against the wall? If it’s kale and tofu, we gotta cut him some slack. If it’s a pile of pasta smothered in marinara, mushrooms, italian sausage, and asiago cheese — he’s more of a MONSTER than we thought! Can Liz subpoena the White House cook? Or was it DiGiorno?
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Initial forensics indicate a substance no one in DC can identify. My guess is testosterone.
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Mark Lemberger votes for onanism. Anyone else?
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My guess would be ketchup along with a serving of hubris.
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Old joke: Why did Dorothy Parker name her canary “Onan”? Because it scattered its seed upon the ground.
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It was blood from the fight between cruz and Elmo.
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Kale, especially the varieties tended in the Gotchberg Organic Gardens And Lefty Conversion Therapy Emporium ( Darkibor, Green Giant [Lacinato], Prizm, & Red Russkie) is an indispensable ingredient for all manner of tomato-based sauces (and the recipes they complete) compiled by the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch.
Give it try sometime.
The Gotch
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Well; tickle my Elmo aren’t you the little Gordon Ramsey.
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The Blogge Idiot has less than nothing to say, yet slobbers incoherently
unintelligible gibberish anyway?
#PitiablyPathetic!
Glass half full?
Proof positive that insufferably bespawling addlepates in the possession of Hopeless Changey phones with generous tax-payer funded data plans ought still be factory-equipped with breathalyzers!
The Gotch
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If it’s ketchup that got stuck on the wall it was probably a couple of quarter pounders and fries.🍟🍔
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This is part of the terrible thing which is our 2 party system. We desperately need electoral reform to get more diversity in our political representation and reduce the power of the political duopoly.
If anyone agrees with 30 million other people all the time they are not an independent critical thinker. That’s just groupthink, and that’s what the Democratic and Republican Parties cultivate. One side says 2+2=5 while the other says 2+2=3. There’s nowhere for an independent thinker to go.
We’ve been building towards this for so long. It looks like a good time to re-read 1984. Lots of people read it and ascribe it to “them” (as in, Orwell was only talking about socialism and the USSR, not “us”). But it applies to all human societies. We’re living it – the intense thought policing, party demands, cult thinking, power consolidation, relationships between inner party to outer party to the proletariat, othering foreigners, constant war, ignorance is freedom, all of it. The futility of escaping or fighting it. It may be futile, but trying is better than not.
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Squire at 1:04. Sperm does not contain testosterone. Not surprised a Republican can’t identify it.
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“Why make Trump the issue when we can make Democrats the issue?”
1. WE are not making Trump the issue. YOU are.
2. The RINO motto is here on display: “We only have to suck less than Democrats.”
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Mark! What happened to the clear thinker you used to be? Rumors are that Trump is going to announce for President before the Fall elections. You don’t think Democrats will make Trump’s insurrection and election lies the issue? Never mind the Democrats — they won’t vote for him. But a lot of Republicans won’t either. The list grows longer every day. Even Brit Hume on Fox says most Republicans wish he’d just go away.
You gave away the game with your second point: for Always Trumpers like yourself, anyone who would rather look elsewhere is a RINO! Take the number of Wisconsin Republicans who left the presidential ballot blank last time around — Sen. Ron Johnson puts the number at 51,000. (Trump lost the state by 22,000.) Multiply that by a positive integer, and we lose Wisconsin. Again.
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I do not require THE Trump but I damn well need A Trump and the Washington Party is incapable of producing one.
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I too wish Trump would go away. I believe he should have been impeached and found guilty for Jan. 6 (unlike the other idiotic impeachment efforts). Moreover, I do not plan on giving up the pleasure of Dave Blaska’s column. However, I think he is wrong in the way he approaches this. I apologize for taking up all this space, but I think it’s necessary.
First, a minor point, why should anyone care what Trump did in the car? It seems utterly trivial to me. We already know he’s lost it since the election, or we should know that. But my focus is on two other matters — the nature of this committee, and the issue of the 2020 election. On the first, what are we to think of a committee chosen in the outrageous and unprecedented way this one was by Pelosi (Andy McCarthy, by the way David, has been very clear on the delegitimizing aspect of this act by Pelosi); a committee that includes only Trump’s critics and allows no real cross-examination by anyone willing to conduct such an examination? What are we to make of the insanity of calling as a witness someone only able to deliver hearsay about something so scandalous it achieves the “bombshell” “hair on fire” status on the networks instantly? So I ask, are you so sure the purpose of this committee is to end Trump’s career, or might it be to keep him in the limelight and ensure a beatable opponent in 2024 — because he is beatable whereas almost no other Republican will be?
As to the second matter, the election of 2020. I see you making a lot of snide remarks about the absurdity of the way Trump’s people went about challenging it. Yet even then you do feel a need to acknowledge some of the election’s flaws — the ballot harvesting which you say is “legal” but “unfortunate.” Given the massive numbers of odd things — the drop boxes, the ballot harvesting, the Zuckerbucks, the extensions and delays that went against state election rules, etc., it seems to me there is plenty to complain about regarding the election. Mollie Hemmingway has been looking into this, and I do not think she can be as easily dismissed as you do the “drunk Rudy,” or the My Pillow Guy. Had Trump conceded, by the way, he would have been perfectly positioned to call for the thorough investigation and airing of all this that the Jan. 6 Committee appears intent on dismissing as nothing but a rant and a conspiracy theory. I don’t think you should be so dismissive of the issue itself simply because of the outrageous way Trump’s people mishandled it. And in dismissing it as the Committee does, it, too, will live on and on, like Trump. But I do not think Trump can be elected. Like Nixon conceding without a fight in 1960, had Trump done so hr could then have been able to come back and fight another day. I don’t think he can now, I hope not. He served a purpose, and he could have carried through with all he started had he not been the ludicrous narcissist he is. A Greek tragedy. All the way around.
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Point one; McCarthy was asked to put some gop members on the panel. He declined. Even trump knew it was a mistake and he’s an idiot.
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Not sure if this is directed at me, as it says nothing much about my main points. As to the appointments to the committee, this is my understanding: Pelosi rejected two of McCarthy’s picks, an act that even she acknowledged was unprecedented, after which McCarthy refused to go along with a kangaroo court and pulled the other picks. I can’t say whether his move was a smart one, but in my view it is understandable.
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Agree.
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Well said Jon, thank you for your exposition. That, as you note, hearsay was allowed in the proceedings only emphasizes its lack of legitimacy.
I think the Babylon Bee should do a re-enactment of how Trump, from the limo seat, could lunge forward, reach through the glass partition, take out a couple of secret service agents and grab a hold of the wheel.
David, your argument is running on fumes of fumes.
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The J6 House Committee is NOT a criminal trial; it is a legislative investigative hearing. In any event, Cassidy Hutchinson expressly testified this is what she was told, not what she saw. The pushback so far says only that it didn’t happen, not that Ms. H. wasn’t told. In any event, this up and coming star would wreck her career by perjuring herself before a national audience solely out of spite that she wasn’t hired to do … what? … at Mar-a-Lago. Assuming that she even applied.
As for grabbing the steering wheel, Trump was not being carried in the stretch limousine but a Chevy Suburban S.U.V. The exact one that took him out of Walter Reed hospital after Covid.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/01/politics/secret-service-lunging-incident/index.html
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Oui monsieur it is not a criminal trial, which is why I referred to it as a proceeding. Cheney is an attorney. As such, she would be well aware that hearsay doesn’t count for shl**. Her introduction of it here reveals desperation, and in the spirit of this thread – throwing anything at the wall to see if it sticks.
Thank you for the pic. I stand corrected.
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Wouldn’t you be happy if the “grab the steering wheel” was all there was to the hearings! Do some research and you wouldn’t make so many mistakes.
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Hah!
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Linda Loo: great post. I agree except that you imply you are leaving.
Mark L: agree, we need A Trump, but Blaska keeps making The Trump the point– obviously, terminal TDS.
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If you need a trump may i suggest Mary.
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Blaska is not so deranged by Trump that he believes the insurrectionists cared more about the stolen election than Kevin McCarthy.
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What about Dr. Christine Balsey Ford set up and the high school kid (forgot his name) that got accused of taunting a Native American then sued CNN for slander for millions?
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