(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The Last Hurrah [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-01 By David Glenn Cox It makes me think of the German battleship Bismarck. A state-of-the-art battleship fast and sleek and looking invulnerable. She was strong and powerful, but she wasn’t better than half of the Royal Navy and was battered to pieces and sunk. Likewise, Donald Trump sometimes appears invulnerable. Slowly though, day by day and hour by hour, Trump slowly corrodes and erodes. Donald Trump is dancing on the defensive now and explaining why he’s not really guilty. I’d tell you more, but I’m under a gag order. But there is a rising tone as the testicular tension raises his voice a full octave. The bass and vibrato is gone, and the sound is thinning and thready. “I’m not guilty! I’m not guilty! I’m NOT guilty! I’m not, I’m really Not! You believe me, don’t you? But he is now guilty, they put it down on a piece of paper, it’s official. It is one thing to fight the charges against you and another to argue against a guilty verdict. Technically, you are presumed innocent and now that argument is gone. Now Donald Trump must prove it was everybody else’s fault. The court, the judge, the prosecutors, everybody! But if Mr. Trump had been declared innocent, he would have championed the verdict without question or hesitation. But instead, Trump was convicted so…. Oh surprise, surprise, Trumper turds are calling for violence and retribution. Riots in the streets! You’ll be sorry! Just you wait! But “those were the days my friends, we thought they’d never end. We’d sing and dance forever and a day! We’d live the life we choose. We’d fight and never lose, for we were young and sure to have our way.” If Trump were a product, this is the point when they put the “new!” and “improved!” sticker on the bottle. Under new management! Elbe! All board! This is Napoleon’s last 100 days. The last hurrah! Trumpers forgetting entirely you can be tracked by your IP address calling for violence. They want their Civil War, but you go first. I don’t want to go to prison. A bunch of keyboard warriors whining and crying. Just you wait! We’ll be back! No, no, you won’t. The party is over. But by their anger and their rage they illustrate to us they too know it’s almost over. There was almost a crowd numbering in the half-dozens outside Mr. Trump’s Mar-A-Lago mausoleum. With their flags flying and their missing teeth noticeable, they still believe in Tinkerbell. Looking back, we can see almost a trail of bodies behind Donald Trump. Nobody who came to Washington with Donald Trump is still there except his wife. (And even that’s sort of iffy)They’ve gone to jail or been disbarred or are in hiding. Their careers are all in a shambles, their fortunes lost and tarred with the Trumper brush. Hi, I’m Rudy Giuliani, maybe you remember me as the mayor of New York! Oh, you don’t remember that? How about the time I confused a luxury hotel with a lawn service? Sure, you remember that. Hi, I’m Mike Lindell, I made myself rich on a very simple idea and I lost my fortune the very same way. Somewhere there is a club house of broken toys. Being a former Trump employee could almost become a recognized disability. Dinesh D’Souza’s stolen election film “2000 Mules” has been pulled from distribution after a defamation suit. Oh yeah, nothing strikes terror in the hearts of Trumpers, quite like a defamation suit. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! Just another sign the party is over and the producers have issued a sincere apology. I wonder why? Why would you apologize if you felt certain you’ve done nothing wrong? Please don’t sue, please don’t sue! I got a wife and a kid in college! Nobody loves you when you’re down and out as it emerges that Donald Trump used the N-word during the taping of “The Apprentice.” Oh, I am shocked! I’m so disappointed. Aren’t you? At this point, who cares? Not that it’s okay, but this is a convicted felon facing ninetysomething Federal charges. Who is now also accused of using bad language. Do we really need new evidence at this point of what Donald Trump is? Trump declares the real verdict comes in November, the last hurrah! Just you wait, I’m coming back! You’ll see! Just you wait! Then I’ll be even bigger than ever! You haven’t seen the last of me! Then I’ll make the bugger’s eyes water! A Republican Party divided, do they accept the will of the jury and the conviction at trial of Donald Trump? Like a game of “Space Invaders” the shields are worn down and there are fewer places to hide from the incoming missiles. Do they throw their lot in with Trump? Now? That could become risky business. One conviction down ninetysomething to go. It appears they aren’t supporting Trump as much as they are condemning the justice system. Which looks sort of bad, real bad. As Trump looks worse, the Republicans begin to look worser. There are no wonder weapons in the pipeline. No big ideas coming to save the day. No revelation to show what a great guy Donald Trump really is. Donald Trump is a convicted felon and that carries real weight with the public. The public knows if you are convicted by a jury, you probably did it. If it was all bullshit like Donald Trump has said, theoretically at least, the jury would have turned him loose. First, you’re brand new and they build you up. Then you become the flavor of the week, and everybody loves you. Then you become mainstream, and they fear speaking against you. Then you become old hat and they begin to get tired of hearing about you. Until they become so tired of Donald Trump and his lame excuses, only the dead-neuron dead-enders still remain. Napoleon’s last 100 days. The last hurrah! “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/1/2244139/-The-Last-Hurrah?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/