2017 Mar 3^rd

Today the excrement continues to drip into in the Trump administration’s fan blades. Much of this drip is due to Trump himself. Attorney General Sessions, in an attempt to look independent, has recused himself from any concern with investigations prior to the election; later investigations will be decided later. This attempt to appear independent was squelched by Trump himself who agreed with a Russian news agency in calling it a witch hunt. Gee, our president agreeing with the label given by a Russian news agency calling  an investigation by a senate committee a witch hunt.

Trump just has an affinity for churning up the stuff that eventually hits the fan. Now he tweets that there should be an investigation of Senator Schumer because Schumer had, fourteen years ago, met with Putin. Trump tweets that Schumer is a “hypocrite” but Schumer’s meeting was in public and in front of the press. Where were the Trump folks’ meetings? There is an old expression, “Hoist by his own petard” and that’s just happened to our Donald. (A petard was a powder keg on ancient warships.)

 When last seen Trump was in Marine One en route to Air Force One and what I am sure he feels is a well deserved three day weekend in Florida. First he will be at a school choice listening session, then to Palm Beach to dine with wealthy Republican donors and then on to Mar-a-Lago away from the hoi-polloi.

Trump has complained over and over about the slow pace of senate confirmations but what action has he taken to speed it up? There are an enormous number of unfilled sub-cabinet positions but Trump seems addicted to a four-day workweek. Much easier to fly off to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend and complain about the lazy senate not confirming his choices. In many instances, the required paperwork for the senate committees to vette his choices are not completed. It is apparent that Trump is not a believer in hard work

 Senator Rand Paul has been interviewed on several shows lately. The senator was asked about Sessions failing memory, or as others have claimed, his lies while testifying under oath. Senator Paul claimed that he didn’t know of any laws that had been broken. He is big proponent of deleting “Obamacare” because a number of alternatives are in the works and ready to go once this awful, awful Obamacare is out of the way. So far he isn’t very forthcoming on just how his plan, or the other plans would work. He is sure, however that this business of Russia’s meddling in our election and the issue of which Trump supporter spoke to which Russian about what is a witch hunt. I am inclined to think of Senator Rand Paul’s position as much preferring a white wash. He is uninterested in pursuing anything that doesn’t immediately advance his own agenda.