What do Ferdinand Marcos, Jonas Savimbi, Victor Janukovych, and Mobuto Sese Seko have in common? They’re all bloodthirsty fascist kleptomaniac dictators who died in exile and disgrace not long after hiring Paul Manafort as a consultant.
You’d think that sort of thing would stand out on a resume, or at least raise a flag or two during the hiring process, but apparently in today’s GOP close ties with failed dictators is considered a feature, not a bug. Now Donald Trump has an excuse - he’s an idiot who couldn’t think his way out of a paper bag - but to the rest of the GOP, you’re the so-called “adults in the room” and you’re supposed to watch out for these sorts of things. Even if they had survived their relationship with the walking Kiss of Death that is Paul Manafort, Marcos, Savimbi, Sese Seko and that Janukovych fellow (who may actually still be alive...) were all murdering, thieving, cowardly bastards, or as we call them, the “bad guys.” Maybe y’all didn’t get the memo, but here America we’re supposed to support the “good guys.” You might want to google some of these terms for later, because when this clownshow’s finally over we’re going to need to have a bit of a chat. Provided of course y’all still have a party. My theory is that the day someone registers “Jesus Cowboy NASCAR” as an official political party, all that’ll be left of the GOP is a stack of unpaid bills, some letterhead and a footnote in the Reagan Library.
Meanwhile, the Mighty Freewayblogger Nation, my vast but reluctant Army, continues to grow. There are three of us now: myself, @thorbites in Los Angeles, and this new fellow in Indianapolis:
Another fun fact: Manafort introduced Pence to Trump by lying about a malfunction with Trump’s plane.
Twitter informs me that this sign, placed by Thorbites and her 88 year old mother, is still there 21 days later. Given this overpass is in the heart of some of LA’s densest traffic and passed under by 100,000 cars per day, it’s safe to say it’s been seen well over a million times. Since the panels were slid in between rails and fencing, she didn’t even have to use bungee cords, thus making her overall material expenditure about two cents.
Remember what I’m asking you to do here. Physically speaking, all I’m asking is for you to place sheets of cardboard within sight of traffic, preferably in places that are difficult to get to from the roadway. Forget “signs,” Donald Trump, the first amendment, founding fathers… forget all that stuff and concentrate on what I’m physically asking you to do: put cardboard by freeways. Seriously, it’s not that hard: I’ve done it 7,318 times since 2000.