Salvation lies within!
“By the time we get to the debate stage in three weeks, he will probably be out on bail in four different jurisdictions.”
— Chris Christie of Donald Trump.
Could Trump face prison? “Theoretically, yes (and practically no).”
— former federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg.
Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution, far as we can tell, requires a President to have attained the age of 35, live in the good old U.S. for at least 14 years, and be “a natural born citizen” of the United States, which we take to mean could not be a clone devised in a Brazilian laboratory.
It does not specify that a President be of good character, pay his taxes, or floss, for that matter.
Which gets the faceless bureaucrats at Blaska Policy Werkes to speculating — with the help of Old Sparky (our Eisenhower-era mainframe computer) — on what a second Trump administration might look like. We concede that Trump is the likely Republican nominee, that he may defeat the walking corpse in the November 2024 rematch, and that he will be convicted of something by somebody by the time of Inauguration Day 2025.
If elected, Trump will argue that he could pardon himself for anything Jack Smith brings, they being federal charges. That’s disputable but it’s an argument. But presidential pardons do not apply to state prosecutions, either for the crimes that District Attorney Fani Willis alleges in Georgia or the New York charges of falsifying business records to cover up an affair with Stormy Daniels. Both are felonies.
Either way, he could end up in the slammer, the big house, the hoosegow.
If elected, will the inauguration ceremony be held in the exercise yard at Shawshank? (Red and Heywood are laying odds.) Should be a good turnout and a friendly audience, thanks to the Proud Boy and Oath Keeper prosecutions. Trump can use that same microphone through which Andy played the Marriage of Figaro to a puzzled inmate population. Opening prayer by Warden Norton.
I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you’ll receive both.
Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me.
If Trump is allowed a pin-up poster, will it be Melania or Liz Cheney? Got to think, win or lose, Inmate Trump gets Secret Service protection. Would they have adjoining cells?
Blaska’s Bottom Line: At least Trump would be safe from The Sisters, if not Captain Hadley. We hear the captain is a Will Hurd guy.
Or would #45 & #47 be consigned to (White) House arrest?
Gold-plated GPS ankle monitor!
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Speaking of jail time, here’s this week’s comedy gold:
https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1687496195885735946
Oh Frabjous Day! Sasha Stone a life long Democrat and proud Leftist has answered David Brooks’ question (as a Never Trumper) “Are we the bad guys?”
Yes, most definitely says Sasha. As an ex NYT writer she also excoriates the so called paper of record as on a level with MSNBC… and proves it.
I won’t spoil her great analyses or writing but its safe to say David Brooks and every TDS sufferer must read her (see Real Clear Politics) or answer why they did not.
And in an amusing juxtaposition, while I wrote the above, there was a Koch Brothers anti Trump ad paying you for what you otherwise write for free.
That’s Bidenesque level incompetence.
Mark, who do you cite as the authority on your election denialism? Sidney Powell? The My Pillow guy?
Me.
I rest my case.