"FETTERMAN RULES" ARE NOT TO BE

 

                                                      BY BILL JUNEAU                            

                               The towering senator from Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, is going to have to abandon his hooded sweatshirt, golf shorties and sneakers if he intends to participate in legislative rhetoric on the senate floor in the capitol building in Washington, D.C.   But he says he will do it to "save democracy." 

                               The order for a formal dress code for the 100 members of the U.S. Senate,  the upper house of Congress, was put into place a few days ago by Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat.  It wiped out Schumer's "Fetterman Dress Code" of  10 days earlier in which he okayed a "come as you are" code of attire, which was grounded on the desire to accommodate the troubled Fetterman and allow him to wear his hoodies and short pants to sessions on the floor and at committee hearings. 

                              The Fetterman-sweet dress code was done to  assist the recovering big guy, who at six-feet, eight inches tall is the giant of the Senate.  He has been troubled with cognitive issues and speaking problems due to a stroke last year followed in 2023 with severe depression.  

                              Schumer's rewriting of a dress code so as to allow Fetterman, who some say is a ringer for "Lurch" who became famous in TV's The Addams Family, to wear his hoodies and lounging clothes, and flip-flops if preferred,  triggered complaints from other senators. To demonstrate his annoyance with the new "Fetterman Rules," Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky showed up  barefoot and wearing a red bathrobe for a session on the floor of the senate. 

                               Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia who often challenges the laws set down by Majority leader Schumer and the Party of the Jackass, let it be known that he planned to introduce a resolution calling for a dress code of suit and tie for men and appropriate attire for the woman members of the senate which is regarded by many as the most elite and exclusive club in the USA. 

                                Faced with the dissent, Schumer rolled back his redo order and put forth a formal dress code in writing which will mandate suit and ties, sports coats and slacks for men, and appropriate business-like attire for the distaff members.   

                               Caught in the halls of the capitol still wearing a dark-hooded sweatshirt, Fetterman told a reporter, "don't you think that we have many more important issues to deal with than a dress code"?  What is important is what is going on inside a person, not what he is wearing,  the somewhat peeved Fetterman told a  newsman.  But yes, he said he would wear a suit so as "to save democracy--but there are conditions." 

                                Another newsman reported that Fetterman said that  Republicans must pass a government funding bill and support Ukraine in order for him to suit up. 

                               "If those jagoffs in the House (meaning Republicans) stop trying to shut our government down," he asserted,  "and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor...."

                                 A  mayor for 16 years at Braddock, Pennsylvania, a community with 1,721 residents; and Lt. Governor of the state for three years, Fetterman was elected in 2022 as a Democratic senator and was sworn into office on Jan. 3, 2023.  The election was close and controversial with arguments and comments concerning  Fetterman's acuity, and his ability to speak sensibly or respond to questions asked him. Fetterman's style is similar in many respects to the stammering, gaffe-filled rhetoric of President Biden who campaigned hard for Fetterman's election.   

                     Fetterman was elected last November with 51 per cent of the votes cast, defeating TV's medical doctor, Mehmet Oz, a Republican, who had gained popularity as a frequent guest and weight adviser to pudgy Oprah Winfrey on her TV show. 

                     Shortly after Fetterman won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania senator in May of 2022, he suffered a debilitating stroke, but opted to remain as a candidate.  His supporters and Democratic leaders downplayed the seriousness of the malady, and kept him out of the spotlight as much as possible.  Fetterman's  wife, Gisele, described the stroke as just a "a little hiccup," and predicted that he would regain his strength; and in November he won the general election.  

                      So, as of now, Fetterman promises to be neat and suited and that he will vote the Democratic menu; and his rhetoric and legislative activity is said to be improving.  The chamber’s Sergeant at Arms office has installed a permanent live-captioning display at Fetterman’s desk that can be raised or lowered, depending on whether the towering pol is standing or sitting.      

                      The senator has said that he endorses abortion as a woman's right to choose right up to those seconds before the baby draws its first breath.  Also, he supports a $15 per hour minimum wage.  He advocates legalizing cannabis, abolishing capital punishment and making health care a right for all Americans. 

                      As a U.S. Senator, Fetterman is paid $174,000 annually, with perks.  According to reports he has a net worth of $2 million. He and his wife Gisele have three children and they have two dogs, Levi and Artie, and both have twitter (X) accounts with 25,000 followers. The Fettermans have lived in Braddock since 2006 in a remodeled Chevrolet dealership building. 

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THE GEORGIA DEBACLE AND FANI WILLIS

 

                                           BY BILL JUNEAU 

                         Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Taifa Willis is doing her part as a loyal Democrat to destroy former President Trump, and prevent him from running for President in 2024.  But her political torpedo has gotten repositioned, and the 54-year-old Willis has herself become the target of an investigation for misconduct by the powerful Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives. 

                       

                         On August 15, in an indictment of about 100 pages, the former President and 18 allies were accused of endeavoring to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a state in which incumbent Trump lost to Joe Biden by 11,779 votes.  At Willis' direction, Trump's team efforts challenging the honesty of the balloting, were alleged to constitute a "criminal enterprise" punishable under the state's RICO statutes which were enacted to  bring down racketeering and corrupt organizations.  

                                       Subsequently, the ex-President, and his co-defendants were arrested and processed as criminals and their mug shots were distributed to the media and elsewhere as Willis demonstrated her strength and her value to Washington Democrats on the top political rung.                                 

                        Willis has made it her mission to bring down the popular Republican ex-President, and to make him squirm and scream "Uncle" under her growling attack. But it appears that Willis may be squirming too as she copes with congressional discovery demands for documents linked to her alleged misuse of federal funds given to the state and county.                          

                         The ill-tempered Willis, who appears to want the approbation of the Department of Justice and the owly and disingenuous Attorney General, Merrick Garland, through whom all  intended poison for Donald Trump flows, may have crossed lines and improperly made use of federal dollars in her take-down political scheme. The misuse of federal funds by Willis allows the United States House of Representatives to exercise oversight and to force Willis to reveal all details of  her  "investigation" and political collaborations. 

                         Following her unconscionable actions against Trump and other defendants, Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the People's House, sent Willis a letter calling into question her political mission which allegedly made use of federal funds in an unauthorized manner. 

                  The irony of her conduct is rich, observed one attorney.  Is State's Attorney Willis  herself engaged in a conspiracy with Attorney General Garland and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, who President Trump describes as "deranged"; and New York's unethical  District Attorney Alvin Bragg to take down Donald Trump by accusing him of crimes which he did not commit and to block him from  seeking reelection to that office in 2024?  

                  Currently, Trump is leading in all polls as the GOP preferred standard bearer in next year's presidential election. Is Willis responding to directions from the "Party of the Jackass," as the Democratic Party is known historically, said Congressman  Jordan. .   

                           It may not be a RICO conspiracy into which Willis has waded, but it is, no less, a conspiracy.  It makes use of political needs, and a common mandate to accuse Donald Trump of fabricated misdeeds, and to force him to stand trial in four different venues to answer assorted state and federal charges and effectively disable him from campaigning and running for the office of President in 2024. 

                            It is the Democratic mission, Jordan has said, to keep their party in power, and to reinstall the corrupt, manipulable and senile octogenarian, Joe Biden, again in the oval office where he will read scripts written for him and do and say as he is told.            . 

                    The Georgia case has landed on the docket of 34-year-old Judge Scott McAfee who was appointed as a Fulton county Superior court judge last February.  According to his biography, he has a degree in music and earned a law degree in 2013 from the University of Georgia; and has served as Georgia State Inspector General and as a federal and state prosecutor.  

                        In his letter to District Attorney Willis, Rep. Jordan listed demands for documents in the hands of the Georgia prosecutor which must be turned over to the Congressional  committee.                                      The demands were:

                        1. All documents and communications referring or relating to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office’s receipt and use of federal funds;            

                        2. All documents and communications between or among the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and DOJ and its components, including but not limited to the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, referring or relating to your office’s investigation of President Donald Trump or any of the other eighteen individuals against whom charges were brought in the indictment; and; 

                       3. All documents and communications between the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and any federal Executive Branch officials regarding your office’s investigation of President Donald Trump or any of the other eighteen individuals against whom charges were brought in the indictment discussed above. 

                        No trial date has been set by Judge McAfee, but he has said that he is "very sceptical" of Willis' plan to try all 19 defendants together.  To many legal observers, the idea of trying 19  defendants at one time, including a former President of the United States, may not be possible.          

                        Trump also is facing criminal charges in D.C court on grounds that he promoted mob action in the capitol on January 6, 2021.  Also, in a Manhattan state court, he is accused of paying hush money to an adult film star; and in a Florida District court, Trump is accused criminally of retaining classified documents in his home, even though he had declassified them. 

                          The deck has been stacked against Former President Trump, but he asserts that the charges against him are fabricated and that they are a continuance of the democratic attack upon him which began as he campaigned for the Presidency in 2015.  He predicted that the charges against him will be dismissed and that he will 

be the GOP candidate in 2024, and will be re-elected as the nation's 47th President. 

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KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, THE BIDEN PRESS OFFICER

 

       

                                     BY BILL JUNEAU                                           

                                          She was the daughter of Haitian parents from Martinique.  Her dad drove a taxi and her mother styled hair in a New York beauty salon. They wanted their daughter, Karine Jean- Pierre to be a doctor, but Jean-Pierre lacked the brain power to be a physician and correspondingly failed the medical entrance exam.  So Jean-Pierre opted for journalism and public service.

                             At college, she earned a bachelor's degree from New York Institute of Technology, and in 2003, a master's degree in public affairs from Columbia University. 

                             "KJ,"  as she is frequently called by newspersons, is diminutive in height, and her hair is whirly, curly and moppy and of various colors including red, yellow and black.  Always well coiffed, her sparkly, metallic eyelids shine in the overhead lights of the Brady Press office in the White House.  At 49, she is the first African -American woman  to serve as Press Secretary to a President.  Also, she is a proud lesbian, and for 11 years and until very recently, had been in a relationship with former CNN reporter, Suzanne Malveaux, 56.

                              As partners, "KJ" and Sue had adopted a daughter, Soleil.  The story of their split was revealed in a recent article in Vogue magazine. 

                             Jean-Pierre has embraced all tenets and pronouns set forth by the LGBTQ-plus community, and her beliefs are consistent with those of her boss, Joe Biden, the nation's 46th President. Biden has said that he regards the Woke and Pride-Lifestyle and the men and women involved as the "most courageous and brave persons" that he, at 80 years old, has ever met.

                             First lady Dr. Jill has praised Jean-Pierre for her "grace, integrity and insight" as the "pioneering " first gay and non-white press secretary.

                            Biden told of his high regard for the pride lifestyle following a recent LGBTQ picnic-like party  on the lush Green White House lawn. Bare chested trans-men and trans-women danced to music and the President and First Lady Jill watched and applauded the "courageous" participants.   

                             About 15 months ago, KJ was appointed Biden's press secretary, and she replaced Jen Psaki who had served in the position for some 16 months of the President's scheduled four year term in office. KJ had been a deputy to Psaki in the  communications department, and prior to that, was an adviser to Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris.  Before  the Biden-Harris days, Jean-Pierre was the senior advisor and national spokeswoman for the progressive advocacy group, Move On.org. 

                               There is a significant difference in her style alongside Psaki's.  Psaki was considered brighter, quicker on her feet,  and more able to handle tough inquiries while defending and speaking with a positive spin about the clumsy and slow thinking 46th President of the United States.

                              Jean-Pierre comes off to viewers of her press briefings as intellectually slow, much like her boss.  Some reporters and other observers consider her to be obtuse.  With the President as her role model, she distorts the truth whenever she feels the need.  But like her predecessor in the $180,000 a year position, she is determined to protect the stumbling and gaffe-ridden President against any and all criticism.

                              In response to some queries, Jean-Pierre seems to be reading  prepared answers from her three-holed binder in much the same way as President Biden  reaches for his crib notes to deliver appropriate answers. At press briefings, she has been accused of calling, all too often, on reporters known to praise Biden and to exclude aggressive newspersons who see the President as  inept and corrupt. One newsman, Simon Ateba of Today News Africa,  has formally accused the Press Secretary of  discrimination and of trying to silence him. 

                             After it became known that Biden had confidential documents lying about his oily garage, on the floor and alongside  his cherished 1967 convertible, Jeanne Pierre declined comments on reporters' questions about the how and why of the red-stamped, protected  documents for more than 20 times, advising the press to take their questions to another source for the answers. 

                            When a cellophane packet of cocaine was found in the west wing of the White House, in a spot under the eyes of "everywhere" cameras, Jean-Pierre snapped at reporters who wanted to know if a Biden was responsible. The President's chief spokesperson said that the Bidens were gone from the White House on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the period when the "white gravel" was discovered....period. The secret service is conducting an investigation, she said, adding that she had nothing "else to share" on the matter....and the questions from reporters were "incredibly irresponsible.". 

                             Questions of Biden familiarity with Cocaine are reasonable. Son Hunter is a confirmed cocaine addict who was thrown out the navy for his addiction, and daughter, Ashley Blazer Biden has spent time in a drug rehab facility trying to dump the habit.  Even  daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, widow of Biden's son Beau, has been wrestling with the habit and has been to rehab quarters several times. Hallie's visits to rehab facilities have, according to emails written by her brother-in-law, Hunter, cost around $100,000 and were paid for all or in part by her father-in-law. 

                             Jean Pierre has drawn criticism with her comments on the transporting of migrants from the open southern border alongside Texas to New York, Chicago and the bay area of Massachusetts and other urban centers. 

                             Bussing and flying migrants around the country without coordination by the federal government, is "dangerous and unacceptable," said the press secretary.   "We will continue to be very clear about that. It is dangerous and unacceptable because it is putting people's lives at risk.  Also, you are putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas."

                              What Americans should know, she added, is that the president has done the work to deal with what we're seeing at the border "since day one," she said.  Their criticism amounts to "political stunts." 

                             A Republican researcher who heard Jean-Pierre on television, quipped that "her irony is rich."  It takes a "special kind of stupid to say something that absurd.  Doesn't she know that 6 million illegal migrants jammed into a few states along the border puts pressure and stress on these states and communities?  

                      News analyst Tucker Carlson who is never reluctant to provide his assessment of political figures, summed up his opinion of Karine Jean-Pierre prior to leaving his prime time anchor position at Fox News.  She is "the dumbest, nastiest, most dishonest, and most ridiculous person Biden could possibly find for the very public position of White House press secretary." 

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