Somebody Give This Guy a Straitjacket and a Butterfly Net
Remember Michael Grimm, the Bronx Republican congressman who just got released from prison with a conviction of 20 counts of fraud, tax evasion, and perjury? Plus, he threatened to push a reporter off a balcony, but didn’t even get in trouble for that?
Well, he’s back.
Bless his heart, he didn’t even get chance to wipe the prison mud off his freshly shined shoes before he announced that he’s running for congress again.
He doesn’t have Sarah Palin’s or Chris Christie’s endorsement this time. But, he’s got this … Steve Bannon. In an interview this month, Grimm made it clear who is mentoring him.
Bannon, he added, thought he was a populist — and surely if anyone would know, it’d be him. “He basically said that he wants to support me, he likes that I’m straightforward. I think that he said I’m a fire-breathing populist or something like that.” And it doesn’t help that his understanding of his own policy positions is, at best, shaky.
To their credit, his Republican colleagues aren’t real happy about him running again, or the possibility of him returning to congress. They say he’s “a loud-mouthed punk.” I guess he’s kinda like a wise guy version of Ted Cruz.
To show you how serious he is about running on Trump’s coattails, he was willing to admit that he’s lost all depth perception and sense of reality. Describing his first meeting with Trump, Grimm relates …
“I remember saying to myself, I never realized what a large man — I mean stature-wise, he’s a big man, with massive hands. I don’t have small hands, but when I shook hands with him, the first time I shook hands with him, I realized he was a big man.”
With a big butt and Grimm’s got his nose stuck up it.
Just from those quotations, he does not sound like anyone I would want making decisions about running the country… or the township.
1When one person succumbs to mental illness, it’s a tragedy. When 35% of a (once great) nation succumbs to derangement, it’s a “political movement”.
2I am so confused. Please, someone, explain why in some states you cannot vote with a prison record – but in others, you can be elected to Congress. Huh?
3Cheryl, had Kafka lived to observe the Dotard45 maladministration, he would have burned his own books. Seriously. In these up is down Orwellian times, fake billionaire Donnie and former Goldman-Sachs critter Bannon are called “populists” by the pundit class.
4Grimm is rather unforgettable. He threatened to throw a reporter over the railing of a mezzanine in one of the House office buildings which means the reporter would land head first on a marble floor. This guy is a total goon. Ordinarily he would be working for somebody breaking knuckles to collect overdue debts. There has to be some sort of regulation somewhere that will prevent him from getting anywhere near Congress again. Who the bleep would finance him? The few that I could think of are actually not that crazy!
5Is this what we’ve come to?
The ultimate compliment for a sitting president isn’t, great speech sir or wonderful proposal Mr. President, but “massive hands.”
Maybe his Mom taught him if you can’t say anything nice… and that was all he could think of.
6Massive hands come from two sources, genetics and hard work. Neither applies to Trump.
7“populist”, Is that what we’re calling Nazi’s these days?
8There have always been candidates in the US with less than sterling mental qualities, poor understanding of reality, and horrible morals. I don’t know if there has ever been a time when so damn many have been elected (and appointed) and are the rulers of the rest of us. When a large part of a nation loses its collective minds, judgment completely gone to pot, look at what we get.
9The district he is running for includes Staten Island, home to many of New York’s “Finest” as well as many members of the 5 Families. It is a quiet district. The most common crime is the FBI breaking and entering to plant bugs and cameras.
10“big man, with massive hands”
11Such blatant ass kissing is rarely so public. It’s really funny. Consider this: The most effective way Grimm could think of to suck up to Orange Whore is praise his hand size. Now I’m left in a quandary. Who’s nuttier — Orange Whore or Brother Grimm? I lean toward OW because he has a much longer record of true insanity, plus creeping dementia. (BTW, I think the dementia thing is rapidly picking up speed.)
Picture Bannon without the Mercer money – a fat paunchy guy with a big mouth.
12For me, the worst thing about Grimm remains that he used to be an FBI agent. And not that recently, but back when they were supposed to be a skilled, nonpartisan organization, with integrity. That this corrupt, dimwitted thug achieved their psychological and competence standards really troubles me.
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