POKING AROUND ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

It being Memorial Day weekend, it is time to step back, breathe deep, and take a Mental Health Weekend to recharge for the many battles to come. I sure do wish I was in Oregon today to celebrate the weekend going to the Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan concert with She Who Is the Best Ever, who’s going to it with her sister, her BFF/niece and her daughter, but there’s always next year. And all the years to come.

Onward...

This doesn’t look good for the DC Press Corpse: Jake Tapper’s Biden book - which has already faded from the news cycle - has been examined by Politico, where it has been revealed this morning that some of the claims are not as the authors described them. Politico obtained ads that Tapper and Thompson claim the Biden campaign couldn’t use because the then president’s performance was so poor, and reported: “Three versions of test ads obtained exclusively by Politico tell a slightly more complicated story. While all three are highly edited and feature jump cuts of Biden’s remarks, the footage also shows the candidate engaging with members of the audience. Politico viewed dated documents related to the town hall’s planning and a painting in the gym to confirm the date and location. A Biden spokesperson tells Politico that the campaign tested the ads with focus groups but did not deploy them before the president dropped out of the race following his disastrous June 2024 debate. There is also a claim that the ads were not able to be used because the footage contained lighting and technical issues, which is something that happens regularly when shooting campaign ads. There is also the issue of the fact-checking that Tapper and Thompson claim to have paid for. It turns out that the fact checking was limited as related to the book. Biden aides are also claiming that no one ever reached out to the subject of the book, Biden and his team, to fact check it with them. Tapper and Thompson never talked to the book's subject to verify any of their information, and neither did their fact-checkers.” With this news, the book looks exactly like the sensationalistic cash grab it is. Yes, the over-educated, under-intelligent, otherwise-unemployable white boys from the shallow end of the upper-middle-class white male gene pool will never be our friends. Unprofessional work by the DC Press Corpse?? Quelle surprise.

Leslie Rousseau’s PuddyTat

And then, on Saturday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, Donnie the cowardly draft dodger, who got off from serving his country by having a doctor who owed his father a favor write a letter saying he had nonexistent “bone spurs,” now masquerading as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces he refused to serve in with people he has called “suckers” and “losers” in public displays of his disdain for the military he allegedly commands, went to West Point to deliver the Commencement Address to the graduating Class of 2025. As with all things Donnie, he had to make it all about himself and his Absolute Greatness, telling the assembled cadets “... you will become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known. And I know, because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military. And we rebuilt it like nobody has ever rebuilt it before in my first term.” EVERY FUCKING WORD OF WHICH IS A LIE including “and” and “the.” There are insufficient kilobytes on Substack for me to adequately describe my disgust at this - on top of every other disgusting thing this Piece Of Totally Useless Shit (POTUS) has done in his worthless life.

If you have any doubts of the absolute imbecilic stupidity of every single MAGAt alive, this story about Sore Loser Riley Gaines - jumped up from poor loser in a swimming competition she lost to a trans competitor to Public Bimbo Dumbfuck on Faux Snooze - should be the convincer. Last Thursday, Kermit The Frog gave the commencment address at his creator Jim Henson’s alma mater, the University of Maryland. In his 15 minute address, Kermit said, “As you prepare to take this big leap into real life, here’s a little advice—if you’re willing to listen to a frog. Rather than jumping over someone to get what you want, consider reaching out your hand and taking the leap side by side, because life is better when we leap together.” Gaines jumped on this with high dudgeon, appearing on Human Fire Plug and Dumbest Mick Ever Sean Hannity’s Friday night show, where she raged at stand-in host Jason Chaffetz: “It’s unserious, it’s out of touch, and frankly, it’s insulting! Instead of honoring entrepreneurs or veterans or innovators, they picked Kermit the Frog.” She went on: “Imagine being a 22-year-old student, who’s graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering, and a frog from The Muppets is telling you to stay connected with your people. We have students who are drowning in debt, who are struggling to find jobs, and universities are handing the mic to puppets.” Of course, “woke” had to come up: “I see this as the same institutions who have been pushing political agendas and cancel culture now want to use a puppet to inspire students.” By all accounts of those who were there, Kermit’s appearance was well-received by students graduating from a school that considers Jim Henson a major source of inspiration due to his achievements with the Muppets. Gaines has never forgiven the world for robbing her of her assured position as a sports hero. Like all the other professional white victims of Duh Lib’ruls, Riley Gaines is irredeemable.

I have to say right up front that this news makes me rethink 50 years of political belief: Political Genius/Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s choice for The Man Who Can Unite The Party In 2028 And Lead Us To Victory is.... drumroll... wait for it... RAHM EMANUEL!!! Rahm Emanuel, who was personally responsible for the failure of the Obama Administration when Obama made the worst political decision of his career and chose this worthless piece of political shit as his Chief of Staff after winning the 2008 election. Rahm Emanuel, who fired Howard Dean, author of the 50-state strategy that had given the Democrats the majority in the House that allowed Pelosi to pass the Affordable Care Act and also gave Democrats the 62-seat majority in the Senate that killed the planned Republican filibuster. Rahm Emmaneul, who then decommissioned Obama For America, the most successful grassroots political campaign organization I ever saw, right when the enemy was organizing the astroturf Tea Party. Rahm Emmanuel, the man who got rid of the winning strategy of running candidates in all races in favor of concentrating only on “winnable races.” Rahm Emmanuel, the man responsible for the Republican victory in 2010 when he advised Obama not to actively campaign, thus losing the decennial reapportionment of Congress, putting the party in the political hole is has been in ever since. This Rahm Emmanuel, the Worst Democrat Apparatchik Ever, this is who the Speaker Emerita, publicly renowned for her political savvy, is so out of touch with reality now that she thinks this fucking asswipe is the Future of the Party. Madam Speaker Emerita, you were there! You saw his shitheadedness firsthand! How can you be so out of touch with reality? Please, take your profits from all those years of congressional insider trading you would never do anything about since you were part of it, and go retire to San Francisco while you still have your reputation intact. God, crap like this is why I only dislike Republicans more than I hate every damned out-of-touch member of the DC Democrat Establishment.

On that note, please have a Happy Merry Memorial Day - don’t choke on all the barbecue and keep track of how much Old Overcoat you have imbibed before thinking of driving home. Since I am celebrating the holiday alone for the last time ever, I’m going to go finish this model that has been giving me the stinkeye this past month.

Leslie Rouseau’s Rave and Tonka

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