An Open Letter to John Cornyn
Dear John,
I’m writing this open letter to you today because you’re the only mature adult in the US Senate representing my home state of Texas. I’m not writing to Ted Cruz, our other senator, because he is exclusively a self serving, narcissistic shitbag whose only goal in life is to continuously run for president, because, well, he’s Ted Cruz, and he is all that matters – to Ted Cruz.
That out of the way, let’s get to the point – When are you going to get up off your fat partisan ass and do your goddam job? Today, the President of the United States denied colluding with Vladimir Putin while colluding with Vladimir Putin on television in front of the entire world. This spray painted, hair-weaved star of cheesy reality television actually took the side of Russia against every single US intelligence agency and even your own Senate intelligence report about their interference with our elections. Our elections. While lavishing praise upon this murderer, Trump actually called the United States foolish and took RUSSIA’S side, idiotically harping on his election victory over a year and a half ago, babbling incoherently about why the FBI didn’t get “the server”, and insulting everyone from Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Party to the Justice Department. I was personally humiliated and actually fought off the urge to vomit as I endured, along with millions of other Americans, the spectacle of a US President making a complete ass of himself in front of the entire world while siding against the American people.
I’m over 60, so am old enough to have witnessed the catastrophes of the Viet Nam War that tore the country apart, Watergate that eventually destroyed the Nixon presidency, Iran Contra that damaged the Reagan presidency, the sex scandals that nearly took down the Clinton presidency, and the invasion of Iraq based on trumped up (no pun intended) evidence that crippled the Bush II presidency. However, those disgraceful scandals pale in comparison to the slow motion train wreck of this administration. Donald Trump governs the US government as if it’s a reality television show. He actually spews silly nonsense on an hourly basis on Twitter insulting everyone from television personalities to allies to political foes. He continuously repeats demonstrably false statements that damage our reputation among friend and foe alike. His conduct has degraded our political discourse to the point where his followers feel it’s open season on everyone not like them.
And the real tragedy? The invertebrates in Congress, including YOU, have enabled this shameful chapter of our history. Up until today, you and others have dismissed his shameful behavior, apparently afraid to attract his Twitter wrath or the anger of your mouth-breathing base which keeps returning you to Do Nothingville, DC to actually do nothing. Enough is enough. Trump has gone from embarrassing, to dangerous, to now treasonous. Get off your ass. Impeach this son of a bitch before he burns down the planet.
Sincerely,
An Old Texan Sick of Your Bullshit
Can I use this?
1I called my congresscritter’s office and Cruz’s and the staff told me they “had no position” on defending the Constitution and the electoral process. I called Cornyn’s offices in DC and TX and nobody was answering the phones. Surprise, surprise, surprise, as Gomer would have said.
El Jefe:
2Considering what the Golgothan did (now) yesterday morning, you were remarkably polite and reserved.
Cornyn may be the adult in the room compared to Cruz, but I’ll be glad when we can all send him a more traditional Dear John letter.
Glossed over is a likely kompromat program based on the information hacked from the RNC. Too damn many repubs of otherwise “good character” are blindly following The Donald down the road to ruin to be explained any other way.
3Charles R Phillips:
4Interesting point given that the Weaselheaded F*cknugget went out of his way to point out that the RNC was never hacked because of superior defensive protections.
Vlad the Donnie Impaler could not have come up with a better narrative.
So he didn’t.
Dear Jefe,
5Beautiful letter, but you could have saved your effort. John Cornyn is just as self interested as Ted Cruz only he knows how to hide his teeth. I’ve written him several times and I get a lovely form letter in response. I sure hope a bunch of semi conscious Americans have been “woke” by November.
Сделать Америку великой снова!
Заприте его!
(Make America Great Again!
6Lock Him Up!)
I hope no one is holding their breath expecting Sen. Cornhole to do the right thing.
7@Msb Yes.
8Республиканцы да!
Демократы нет!
да!
9Сделать Америку великой снова!
Заприте его!
Давно живой царь Трамп!
(Long Live Tsar Trump!)
10This is the letter I sent to GA congressman and senators:
11I want to go on record in condemning Trump for not supporting the findings of the US intelligence services in public and for not holding Putin accountable for Russia’s continuing attack on our democracy. I expect to see a definite rebuke of his behavior coming from Republicans and Congress in general.
In my opinion his display at Helsinki can be considered an act of treason. He needs to be rebuked and resign.
Давно живой царь Трамп!
12Долгая жизнь Верховного лидера Владимира Путина!
Tsar Trump May live long, just so he’s living in a Federal prison with no VIP status. No way should this turncoat be able to appoint another SCOTUS judge. Call and write as many Congress critters as possible.
13I haven’t heard one single republican lawmaker suggest that there is any penalty for Trump’s surrender. Nothing has changed except the cause of our outrage. There will be no impeachment, there will be no price to pay. As Trump said, he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any support. This proves that he was right.
14Ralph Wiggam, one of those Noo Yawk publications just featured the perfect cover cartoon about that. Traitor Trump holding macho Putin’s hand with his right hand, and with his left hand shooting Uncle Sam in the head on Fifth Ave (like that famous Vietnam street execution photo):
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/16/1781133/-The-New-York-Daily-News-Cover
We’ve far outrun all satire and parody, not even The Onion can keep ahead of this surreality.
Сделать Америку великой снова!
15Заприте его!
@Maryelle:
Instead of federal prison, may they all be sent to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Forever.
16There is only one word to describe Trump, the Republicans who continue to suck up, look the other way, and make excuses for him and his cult-like followers who support him no matter what he does. That word is TRAITOR.
Anyone who actually expects the Republican-controlled Congress to do a damn thing is in La-La land. Sure, a bunch of them will express dismay and disappointment and maybe there will be a bit of hand-wringing for a few days but that’s it. Soon they will be right back to their usual MO of making excuses, explaining “what he really meant,” and trying to change the subject — again.
If there is no gigantic Blue Tsunami in November, we are all in very deep doo-doo. Vote the traitors out!
17Papa, you know that Diego Garcia is one of the more ‘threatened by sea level rising’ island groups in the world, right?
18That would be such a ‘cruel and unusual punishment’. Luv it…Yeehaa, Do It!
Stake them all to beachside hovels and wait for the syzygy-driven spring tides to inch up mm by mm.
Jefe, and all the other patrons the world’s most dangerous beauty salon, all of the Hill critters have someone on their staff read their e-mails. Maybe, just maybe, Jefe, yours will get through to him. But don’t quit. Keep on keeping on. The sheer volume (defined anyway you want) will simply have to catch up with Cornyn. Cannot wait for every newspaper in this country to come out full blast with a headline that reads something like “Trump the Traitor”, even the stuff owned by Sinclair. Hey! I grandmother can wish, can’t she!
19@ EJ
20Thanks!
TO: DNC
SUBJECT: COWARDICE
Over the past 24 hours, we’ve seen the President act in a truly disgraceful manner, effectively handing our nation’s biggest security threat free reign to tamper in our elections and destabilize our country. The action has drawn some name brand, nationally known Republicans to go on the air – both TV and radio – to denounce his behavior. On the other hand, Democratic leadership has remarkably responded with near silence.
Can you picture what would have happened had the situation been reversed? The media would have been filled wall to wall with Republicans of every stripe and level openly denouncing the actions, the person, and the party. They would have gone on and on and bout the implications to the country and the risks we’d face with such a dangerous individual in power.
Yet nationally known Dems offered, at best, some relatively mild comments.
So while the next Democratic nominee will almost certainly get my vote, I will also remember to look and see if that person stepped forward on this issue. Did they go on the air? Did they talk about the threat to our nation? Did they do so in a strong, forceful manner? If not, they’ll have my vote – but nothing else. Don’t dare ask me for a cent in support — that’s reserved for leaders.
21Don’t forget about Kevin Brady… he;s guilty as hell of supporting a traitor.
22Okay, guys, enough!
No more postings in Cyrillic script without the translations.
Also, Trump is a rank, overflowing adult diaper full of festering fecal matter. He should be removed and sent to the landfill.
23like john would say: “every letter i git is a dear john”
24@
Maybe if you sent this version you might get a more personal response from Senator Corny’s staff, to wit:
Дорогой Джон,
Я пишу это открытое письмо вам сегодня, потому что вы единственный взрослый взрослый в сенате США, представляющий мое родное государство Техас. Я не пишу Теду Крусу, нашему другому сенатору, потому что он исключительно самообслуживающий, нарциссический дерьмо, чья единственная цель в жизни – постоянно баллотироваться на пост президента, потому что, ну, он Тед Крус, и все это имеет значение – Теду Крус.
Это, кстати, давайте перейдем к делу. Когда ты собираешься встать с своей толстой партизанской задницы и сделать свою проклятую работу? Сегодня президент Соединенных Штатов отказал в сговоре с Владимиром Путиным во время сговора с Владимиром Путиным на телевидении перед всем миром. Эта раскрашенная аэрозоль звезда с дрянной реалистичной реалистичностью фактически встала на сторону России против каждого разведывательного агентства США и даже вашего собственного разведывательного отчета Сената об их вмешательстве в наши выборы. Наши выборы. В то время как щедрая похвала этого убийцы, Drumpf фактически назвал Соединенные Штаты глупыми и взял сторону RUSSIA, идиотски вмешиваясь в свою победу на выборах полтора года назад, бормоча непоследовательно о том, почему ФБР не получило «сервер» и оскорбительно все от Хиллари Клинтон до Демократической партии в Департамент юстиции. Я лично был унижен и фактически отбивался от желания рвать, поскольку я терпел, вместе с миллионами других американцев, зрелище президента США, делающего полную задницу себя перед всем миром, выступая против американского народа.
Мне больше 60 лет, поэтому я достаточно взрослый, чтобы засвидетельствовать катастрофы Вьетнамской войны, которые разорвали страну отдельно, Уотергейт, который в конечном итоге уничтожил президентство Никсона, Иран Контра, который повредил президентство Рейгана, сексуальные скандалы, которые почти уничтожили Президентство Клинтона и вторжение в Ирак, основанное на сфабрикованном (не предназначенном для каламбура) доказательстве, которое искалечило президентство Буша II. Тем не менее, эти позорные скандалы бледнеют по сравнению с крушением поезда с медленным движением этой администрации. Дональд Дрампф управляет правительством США, как будто это реалити-шоу. Он на самом деле выводит глупые глупости на почасовой основе в Twitter, оскорбляя всех от телевизионных личностей союзникам политическим противникам. Он постоянно повторяет очевидные ложные заявления, которые наносят ущерб нашей репутации среди друга и врага. Его поведение деградировало наш политический дискурс до такой степени, что его последователи чувствуют, что это открытый сезон для всех, не похожих на них.
И настоящая трагедия? Беспозвоночные в Конгрессе, включая ВАС, позволили этой постыдной главе нашей истории. До сегодняшнего дня вы и другие уволили его постыдное поведение, явно опасаясь привлечь свой гнев Твита или гнев вашей аппетитной базы, которая возвращает вас в Do Nothingville, DC, чтобы на самом деле ничего не делать. Хватит значит хватит. Drumpf пошел от смущающего, опасного, теперь предательского. Отойди от своей задницы. Импич этот сукин сын, прежде чем он сгорит на планете.
С уважением,
Старая техасская больная от твоей толпы
25Micr, Bwahahaha. You’re going to give poor Lunargent a TIA, CVE, or stroke with all that Russki chit.
AlanInAustin, Exactly, mostly the usual muted mewlings from the top D’s.
We need tigers, lions, and sharks, and we get hamsters, gerbils, and hardhead catfish (extra points for anybody that gets the multiple meanings of that particular catfish ;] ).
Сделать Америку великой снова!
Заприте его!
(Make America Great Again!
Lock Him Up!)
Давно живой царь Трамп!
26Долгая жизнь Верховного лидера Владимира Путина!
(Long Live Trump!
Long Live Supreme Leader Vladimir Putin!)
I’m certain that trump’s principal concerns over the last week were the TV ratings for his Mad Tea Party “press conference” and the chance to promote his Scottish golf course. He simply does not share a reality with the rest of us. The authors of the 25th Amendment must have anticipated a Cabinet of intelligent adults who gave a damn about their country, as opposed to the gang of idiots and grifters we have. That is 25’s fatal flaw — presidents appoint people who are just like them and Senators (usually) let them.
27Sandridge:
Damn straight – GGGRRRRRRR!!
Not only do I not know what you’re saying, I’m also kinda jealous. I don’t even know how to make my iPad do a French accent mark, or a Spanish tilde.
28Lunargent, there are (universal) translation webpages that work pretty well (link below), I usually use Bing search pages as I try to avoid anything ‘Google’ if possible (evil spying basterds, as bad/worse as Faceborg).
For various fonts, scripts, and marks, Windows has an applet called “Character Map”, found under “Windows Accessories” (there is even a ‘private character editor’ applet to customize fonts, etc). You just find the character that you want and copy and paste it.
There are other libraries out there too, even Wikipedia has many pages of ‘characters’, where you find the code or just c&p.
Apple surely has something similar.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=translator
29Sandridge –
Uhh, yeah. I don’t know how to cut & paste on it, either.
So embarrassing. I can do all the regular functions on my laptop, and should probably just use that instead when I’m posting. But I’m pretty much welded to the iPad.
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