2017 is upon us and the party of Trump is a-twitter at the prospects. How often does a reality TV script posing as a political party get full control of the richest country on earth?
Not more than once a century, I think. Since we just got Smartphones in this one, it's hard to be sure. It's not like we have Abe Lincoln's tweets to give us a clue.
But just as Democrats never saw a trainwreck they didn't want to stop and gawk at, Republicans never saw a trainwreck they didn't want to cause. Just look at the Twit in Chief's proposed cabinet, I dare you.
An old band from the dark ages of the last century wrote a song about it. "Drivin that train, high on cocaine..." Casey Jones was a party stalwart but over-qualified to be Trump's Secretary of Transportation.
Speaking of trainwrecks, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The totalitarian crest of that red wave still hammers free shores. Too close to home for many, including the two or three Republicans with a shred of character.
It's good to know John McCain, who was shot down and shot by Russian weapons while fighting for his country, isn't keen to help the President-elect tweet the glories of the Soviets. Unfortunately, most of his DC peers managed to avoid that conflict and any other actual service and could care even less today.
If the soviets will help them beat Hillary, how bad can they be? And why would we listen to the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA when one of the most notorious hackers in the world tells us otherwise.
The Donald actually thought Julian Assange deserved "the death penalty or something" a few years ago, but today not so much. Today he's more reliable than all the US government's intelligence agencies combined.
An amazing thing happened, though, amongst the revelry in the House of Representatives. Not to be bothered by little annoyances like enemy (and yes, Russia is most assuredly our enemy) interference in an election, the Republican majority hit the rails full throttle with the most important issue before our country.
No, not healthcare. Not jobs or tax reform. No, not even the threat of terrorism.
The Republican majority of the House of Representatives voted to gut the independent House Ethics Committee. Most likely because ethics is something few of them have ever experienced. No matter the reason, and I'm sure they'll give you a figure with 4 or 5 zeros on the end reasons for it, they thought it was a good idea at the time.
What they didn't think was that anybody would care about ethics. Given the election, who would? But a few million phone calls to Paul Ryan's office caused the giddy Red team to pump the breaks a bit and give the Ethics committee a last minute reprieve. At least until something happens and not so many people are paying attention.
With the inauguration of the Twit in Chief less than two weeks away, the possibilities are endless. It's like there are locomotives on every track and Gomez Addams is the master conductor.
There's another last century reference for you. Happy new year!