That being said, the P-MAW nominations for this week are:
1. LOVE IS IN THE AIR
On the morning General Flynn retired/was fired/was hung on his own petard on the White House lawn, becoming what may be the earliest known forced resignation from a presidential administration in history, the GOP, who apparently could not find a way to spell "Benghazi" or "e-mail" using the letters in General Flynn's name or his resignation/letter of termination, were conspicuous in their silence. The explanation for the silence, according to Maine GOP congressman Chris Collins, was that it was Valentine's Day, and all the GOP representatives were having a lover's breakfast with their wives. Bakers of the world must have been having a field day, or at least the guys who pipe out the messages on the cakes. After all, it must take a ton of icing and hours of intricate work to pipe "I am a disingenuous, hypocritical bastard" on a breakfast muffin, alongside the obligatory "darling, be my valentine". Perhaps I should take Mr. Collins' word for, and figure I am in deep trouble for allowing my wife to go to work with nothing made for her but coffee before she left. Maybe I should have bought a large bouquet of roses as well.
2. LOVE IS IN THE AIR, PART TWO...
Apparently, there is something in the air, or maybe the water in D.C. After that brilliant homage to the lovelorn from Rep. Curtis, there was a parade of GOP pols claiming they had not commented on the Flynn resignation and what it potentially means for the administration and the country because they were actually were celebrating Valentine's Day with their spouses. As I type this, I am beginning to think that my wife is not going to view my repairing the screen door at the front entrance to the house instead of sweeping her off her feet to that intimate and loving plate of flapjacks at IHOP as being all that romantic especially since my expert repair lasted all of a day and a half.
3. NOTHING TO SEE HERE
In their best impression of a nineteenth century bobby moving the crowd along, congress paraded out, when they weren't wooing their spouses with Valentine's Day sweet nothings, and announced there was no reason to investigate anything related to the Flynn firing/resignation/scapegoat of the month. Apparently, endless inquiries into Benghazi and e-mails, some of which may continue -- remember, Jason Chafetz, the House of Representatives' answer to Sherlock Holmes, told us after the election that he was not going to back down just because Hillary lost the election -- dwarfs the integrity of elections in this country, and the potential that the legitimacy of the government is in question. Rand Paul put the GOP position best, however, when he announced that the GOP should not be investigating the GOP, forever putting rest to that idiotic notion that the congressional majority should be looking out for the best interests of the country as a whole, rather than in protecting themselves.
4. 316 JEWISH ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES -- if it was not for what comes next, this would have been my choice
At the White House press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, he was asked about the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents across the country since the election. In response, he prattled on -- again -- about his electoral college victory, mentioning along the way that his daughter is married to a Jew, and they were both in attendance at the press conference. There was a reference to his running again in 2020. His apparent solution to antisemitism was to note in passing that "there's gonna be a whole lotta love". I can picture Klansmen and Nazis across the country slapping their foreheads and wondering why they did not think of that. All of this was done in front of the Israeli prime minister. There was no condemnation of antisemitism. There is no truth to the rumor that there were one and a half million people at the press conference.
5. PRESSERAITION -- my choice for this week which could very well retire the P-MAWs forever or at least until his staff has another brain fart and allows him to speak contemporaneously in front of the press corps again.
Where to begin? The whole thing was the "hot mess" he claims was left behind for him by the previous administration to clean up. If this is his way of "cleaning up", I would recommend that he not seek a job as a maid at one of his hotels when this gig is up. Let's see... Russia is fake news. On a related note, I have no investments in Russia and owe nobody any money at all there -- pay no attention to the fact that my son has said we have billions of dollars wrapped up in various business projects there. The press is completely dishonest -- unless they fawn all over me like teeny boppers in front of Elvis. The ninth circuit court of appeals gets reversed eighty percent of the time. The obligatory, I got more electoral college votes than anyone since Reagan -- immediately debunked right in front of him. And my personal favorite, when given the chance a second day in a row to decry rising acts of antisemitism, an absolute softball of a question any politician with a brain could have literally knocked out of several ballparks, he angrily claimed he is the least antisemitic, least racist person in the world, and told the questioner to sit down, as the question was insulting. Once again, he did not condemn antisemitism.
Look, I know that in the grand scheme of things, whether or not he likes Jews may not be the biggest, baddest issue out there. The President, however, is supposed to rise up above the threats to synagogues, the painting of swastikas on Jewish homes and businesses, the big nose caricatures, etc. He's the one who is supposed to be out front condemning all of this on our behalf. He's the one who is supposed to rally the better angels in our nature. Instead, his failure to do one of the easiest things there is to do out there, take a softball question about the rise of hatred, and forcefully denounce that hatred and simply state that he will use the office of the presidency to fight antisemitism, racism, violence against the LGBTQ community, or any other group victimized by hate groups calls into question the character and integrity of the "least antisemitic, least racist person you know". The question was not insulting. The answer was.
Go forth my children and comment if you wish, but be vigilant at all times. The P-MAWs wll be back.
2. LOVE IS IN THE AIR, PART TWO...
Apparently, there is something in the air, or maybe the water in D.C. After that brilliant homage to the lovelorn from Rep. Curtis, there was a parade of GOP pols claiming they had not commented on the Flynn resignation and what it potentially means for the administration and the country because they were actually were celebrating Valentine's Day with their spouses. As I type this, I am beginning to think that my wife is not going to view my repairing the screen door at the front entrance to the house instead of sweeping her off her feet to that intimate and loving plate of flapjacks at IHOP as being all that romantic especially since my expert repair lasted all of a day and a half.
3. NOTHING TO SEE HERE
In their best impression of a nineteenth century bobby moving the crowd along, congress paraded out, when they weren't wooing their spouses with Valentine's Day sweet nothings, and announced there was no reason to investigate anything related to the Flynn firing/resignation/scapegoat of the month. Apparently, endless inquiries into Benghazi and e-mails, some of which may continue -- remember, Jason Chafetz, the House of Representatives' answer to Sherlock Holmes, told us after the election that he was not going to back down just because Hillary lost the election -- dwarfs the integrity of elections in this country, and the potential that the legitimacy of the government is in question. Rand Paul put the GOP position best, however, when he announced that the GOP should not be investigating the GOP, forever putting rest to that idiotic notion that the congressional majority should be looking out for the best interests of the country as a whole, rather than in protecting themselves.
4. 316 JEWISH ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES -- if it was not for what comes next, this would have been my choice
At the White House press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, he was asked about the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents across the country since the election. In response, he prattled on -- again -- about his electoral college victory, mentioning along the way that his daughter is married to a Jew, and they were both in attendance at the press conference. There was a reference to his running again in 2020. His apparent solution to antisemitism was to note in passing that "there's gonna be a whole lotta love". I can picture Klansmen and Nazis across the country slapping their foreheads and wondering why they did not think of that. All of this was done in front of the Israeli prime minister. There was no condemnation of antisemitism. There is no truth to the rumor that there were one and a half million people at the press conference.
5. PRESSERAITION -- my choice for this week which could very well retire the P-MAWs forever or at least until his staff has another brain fart and allows him to speak contemporaneously in front of the press corps again.
Where to begin? The whole thing was the "hot mess" he claims was left behind for him by the previous administration to clean up. If this is his way of "cleaning up", I would recommend that he not seek a job as a maid at one of his hotels when this gig is up. Let's see... Russia is fake news. On a related note, I have no investments in Russia and owe nobody any money at all there -- pay no attention to the fact that my son has said we have billions of dollars wrapped up in various business projects there. The press is completely dishonest -- unless they fawn all over me like teeny boppers in front of Elvis. The ninth circuit court of appeals gets reversed eighty percent of the time. The obligatory, I got more electoral college votes than anyone since Reagan -- immediately debunked right in front of him. And my personal favorite, when given the chance a second day in a row to decry rising acts of antisemitism, an absolute softball of a question any politician with a brain could have literally knocked out of several ballparks, he angrily claimed he is the least antisemitic, least racist person in the world, and told the questioner to sit down, as the question was insulting. Once again, he did not condemn antisemitism.
Look, I know that in the grand scheme of things, whether or not he likes Jews may not be the biggest, baddest issue out there. The President, however, is supposed to rise up above the threats to synagogues, the painting of swastikas on Jewish homes and businesses, the big nose caricatures, etc. He's the one who is supposed to be out front condemning all of this on our behalf. He's the one who is supposed to rally the better angels in our nature. Instead, his failure to do one of the easiest things there is to do out there, take a softball question about the rise of hatred, and forcefully denounce that hatred and simply state that he will use the office of the presidency to fight antisemitism, racism, violence against the LGBTQ community, or any other group victimized by hate groups calls into question the character and integrity of the "least antisemitic, least racist person you know". The question was not insulting. The answer was.
Go forth my children and comment if you wish, but be vigilant at all times. The P-MAWs wll be back.
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