PUTTING THE PR IN PR - When George W. Bush
told his then Director of FEMA, Michael Brown, “Brownie”, that he was doing a
great job in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it was
laughable, but it only lasted about 12 seconds.
When President Trump arrived on the devastated island of Puerto Rico,
reeling from Hurricane Maria, it was clearly for purposes of Public Relations,
and the self-congratulatory love fest that kicked off his visit lasted more
than 12 minutes, and as a result it was that much more painful to witness. With only a passing view of the pain and
suffering of the residents of Puerto Rico, the focus was clearly on the Trump
Brand, as DJT went around the room, teeing up the representatives from the
various government groups to let them expound on their own greatness in their
response to this natural disaster and to dismiss any dialogue to the contrary
as political and fake. It has never been
about Making America Great Again, it's only been about Brand Trump. If something positive also happens to
America, well, that’s just a lucky coincidence.
FROM THE INNER SANCTUM OF TRUMPWORLD- NBC
reported it had multiple sources that confirmed that Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson had threatened to resign in July and that said Tillerson referred to
President Trump as a moron (aligning his perspective with that of 60+% of the
American Public). When asked about the
authenticity of the comment, Tillerson did a typical political pivot common
among lifelong Washingtonians, appeared insulted at the question, failed to
respond directly, and fell back on the “I’m not from Washington” excuse, adding
that “where I come from, we don't deal with petty stuff....Not exactly sure
where Tillerson is from, but clearly DJT has never been there.
HONEST REPUBLICAN OF THE WEEK - As reported in
Fox News Insider, when asked about a reported feud between the President and
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,
Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said “I think Secretary Tillerson,
Secretary [of Defense James] Mattis, and Chief of Staff [John] Kelly are those
people that help separate our country from chaos”. That's c-h-a-o-s, spelled
T-R-U-M-P ……..the White House tried to spin Corker’s response as if it referred
to chaos in the world. Nice try by spin monkeys there, but read the question he
was asked, and their excuse fails miserably.
FROM THE “CAN THEY LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE
MIRROR?” DEPARTMENT - President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Tom Price, as a Georgia congressman railed against the use of private jets by
members of Congress, resigned from his post, for … use of private jets. Republican Congressman Tim Murphy (PA), known
largely for his anti-abortion stance promptly resigned his position, once the
news came out that … he asked his mistress to have an abortion.
WHEN CORPORATIONS EXHIBIT TRUMPLIKE BEHAVIOR -
Facebook, with a mission statement “To give people the power to build community
and bring the world closer together”, refused to re-release the 3,000+ ads
linked to Russian entities and turned over to Congress. You read that correctly, I said “re-release”,
because Facebook was already PAID to release them the first time. Apparently, full transparency and empowering
community are mutually exclusive. Time
to unfriend Mark Zuckerberg.
AMERICANS NO LONGER VOTING WITH THEIR
POCKETBOOKS (Suffolk / USA Today Poll.
9.26 - 10.1) - Despite the stock market being at an all-time high and
unemployment at extremely low levels, 64% of American say the country is on the
wrong track, while only 24% say country is going in the right direction.
Further, 57% want Congress to stand up to
Trump while just 33% want Congress to cooperate with Trump. Imagine, Americans now want help from
Congress. Is this the definition of
“desperation” in the new millennium?
SADNESS OF THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING - DJT
behaved relatively well in dealing with this horrible tragedy, and for that, we
should all be grateful. In moments like
these which shape the psyche of a nation, we want our President to be presidential,
even if we disagree with just about everything about him.
37 weeks down, 171 to go.
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