Trumpists Lie Again

        In what must be one of either the most blind or simply most venal "e-mails"  I've ever received, the hard right has run completely over the edge into lunacy. I say "e-mails" because I sometimes get sent these thing by  well meaning people who are simply forwarding political screeds with absolutely no filter along the lines of "does this make sense?" or "is this possibly slanted?" or  specifically in the case of the most recent bloviation, "So friggin' what?"    

        The supposed  "concern" (actually political sniping masked in a microscopically thin veneer of semi objectivity)  of the originator of the document is that the Obamas are apparently going to stay in DC for the moment. I know, I know, the kids, school, and all that. The complainant moans about the Obamas spending on   a vacation home in Hawaii as well as a house in Washington, even sniping at the DC home purchase as "environmentally irresponsible," although they know essentially nothing about it except that it's air conditioned. Who knew having a climate controlled house was a bad as a pipeline spill? This disconnect was, of course, completely ignored by the writer and the forwarder.

        Along the way, the writer refers to Barack Obama as the "golfer in chief." Really? have you noticed the ruts in the sky between Andrews AFB and Mar a Lago in Jupiter, Fl? Obama took a car to the course, Trump has logged $11 million in air fees alone in under two months! This is just $1 million less than the yearly average for the Obama's travel. To this, one might add the $19.5 million and counting that we are spending for Melania Trump's separate maintenance in NYC, an estimated $500,000 daily!

       This is, of course, simply a continuation of the bashing that began with Obama's election with absolutely zero provocation from  the man himself. These are the same folks minimizing the train wreck that has been the initial weeks of the Bannon administration's front man, the Cheetoh in Chief.

       Remember facts? Well, here are some. Trump was worth, according to Forbes, $3.7 billion when elected, and yet, over the past 25 years, the most generous estimate of his actual charitable donations is between $5 and 6 million.  That works out to a measly average of about $225,000 annually, and that doesn't account for the fact that the vast bulk of the Trump foundation's giving is actually other peoples' money. Along the way, he was paid over a million dollars each for speeches at "seminars" etc.

        On the other hand, the Obamas came to the White House relatively well off and definitely upper middle class, but far, far from the Trump realm of wealth. However, the Obamas' book deals have earned about $12 million. So why the furor over a house, paid for with legitimate earned income?  Oh, and  yeah, the Obamas donated $1.6 million of those earnings to charity - 8% of their income annually,  I said their money, not donations by others to a fake trust and paid from that trust.    

       Missing from all this, of course,  is any mention of any Republican of note. No mention of the $22 million "W" is worth, even though his book was essentially entirely ghost written (you know, like Bill O'Reilly's are?) This also excludes any mention of the $15 million he was paid over four years for speeches. Yes, someone paid the semi-literate schmoe to speak.        

       There is likewise no mention of the upscale neighborhood  home of the Reagans.  A group of friends bought the house for the Reagans in 1986 for $2.5 million;  it was worth $5 mil at move in three years later. No mention of the over a million dollars worth of  designer size 4 dresses Nancy Reagan  "borrowed" forever. Six years after the IRS first told the Reagans they were taxable if she kept them, she had neither  returned them or declared them. But it 's OK, they're not Democrats. In one last broad swipe, the originator of this verbal vomit blasts all former high level persons who make speeches and get paid well for it. Again, a disclaimer, not really all of them, just mainly the Democrats.

        Some day, somehow, I hope a light will shine in the recesses of the minds of those who perpetuate such scurrilous and defamatory garbage. I would like to be there when the light goes on and suddenly one figures: , "Hey, if it sounds like bullshit and it looks like bullshit, it's almost certainly bullshit." and then simply pushes  the "delete" button. Not holding my breath, sadly because, with the great and powerful Cheetoh in place, supporters  will continue desperately slandering those undeserving of such treatment in an effort  to deflect attention from his nudity by maligning  those who don't deserve it.