“In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of
words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver;
from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic
rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one
another until we stop shouting at one another, until we speak quietly
enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.”
―
Richard M. Nixon
It cost 10 cents for a copy of the New York Daily News, in 1973! Today I think it costs around $3! It was a lot cheaper to watch Nixon fall, which makes sense because the fall of Donald J. Trump cost him, his co-conspirators, and the rest of America so much more the the time we all wasted in the early 70's watching Nixon deteriorate. And so it goes, on Monday, August 14th, Trump was indicted yet again, but this time it was in the state of Georgia, it was on charges of trying to steal the 2020 election, and again he has 19 co-conspirators, including Rudy Guiliani. RICO charges for everybody! Yep, that's right...Trump and his band of halfwits, are just like John Gotti, without the brain, intelligence or sense of patriotism.
The newest case against Trump will be a lot different than the previous three, because if nothing else, there are so many conspirators that can turn against him. I think its a strong possibility Guiliani will turn, if for no other reason, then because Trump has stiffed him for work done while Giuliani was assisting Trump in his attempts to overturn the election. Guiliani should have known better. He was a former prosecutor who put away some of the biggest crime bosses of the Mafia. He expanded RICO definitions, so he can't claim ignorance of his own actions.
The irony that it was Richard Nixon signed into law the RICO act, on October 15th, 1970, and Trump loves dropping his name, and showing off a picture of the two of them, and sharing a letter, in the most basic of sense, that Nixon once wrote him. What would Tricky Dick think of Donald Trump today? It's fascinating that Nixon and his cohorts were not charged on RICO violations. It seems like the set criteria was present. Lots of folks went to jail for the conspiracy, yet they weren't charged that way. I will have to do more reading about that. I have a deep curiosity about Watergate, always have, so that will be time well spent. Perhaps it had to do with the prosecution of the co-conspirators without Nixon being named directly as the head of the criminal enterprise.
That is certainly not the case here. Trump was named all the way at the top, with his toadies bringing up the rear. We will see what unfolds for everyone over the coming days, months and GOD HELP ME, years! He has until Friday the 25th, at noon, to turn himself in for processing at the Rice jail in Atlanta. Between now and the he has scheduled a big press conference for Monday, that he says will bring irrefutable evidence of his innocence. He, so far, hasn't mentioned if it will exonerate his co-conspirators. As of this morning, his currently lawyers were frowning on the idea. Also next week is the first republican debate. Chris Christie will be there, will Trump? And as I said, he has until noon next Friday to turn himself in.
Next week will not be dull! Will Trump give his speech on Monday? My guess is no. Will Trump show up to the republican debate? My guess is yes. Will Trump show up for processing at the Rice jail in Atlanta, my guess yes, but if he pulled an O.J. and ran around the streets of Atlanta with his head on fire, that would be highly entertaining also. Decisions, decisions. But can't you just see him in the back of a big, black SUV, starring out the back window pitifully, with Walt Nauta driving? Oh sure you can!
Well, that was quick. While I was composing this post, he changed his mind about his big fancy news conference. Sigh. Seems his lawyers "prefer" he not admit to even more crimes! Doh!
Doggone IT! I was going to get cannoli to enjoy while watching.
