Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #58

Sometimes life gets in the way of Overlord L'Orange, but I'm attempting to keep up.

Kailani Koenig writes for NBC News: "Top Intel Democrat: 'circumstantial evidence of collusion' between Overlord L'Orange and Russia." And: "Two weeks ago on 'Meet The Press,' James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, denied that any evidence of such collusion existed while he oversaw the work of U.S. intelligence agencies. The L'Orange administration has also reiterated those denials."

"But this Sunday on 'Meet The Press,' Schiff, D-Calif., told host Chuck Todd, 'I was surprised to see Director Clapper say that because I don't think you can make that claim categorically as he did. I would characterize it this way at the outset of the investigation: There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. There is direct evidence, I think, of deception and that's where we begin the investigation.'

"'There is certainly enough for us to conduct an investigation,' he added. 'The American people have a right to know and in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether the circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more.'"

John Cassidy writes for The New Yorker: "Overlord L'Orange finally pays a price for his false and reckless words." And: "As a Presidential candidate, Overlord L'Orange led a charmed existence. Whatever he said, no matter how outrageous, it didn’t seem to hurt him. He could insult his Republican opponents, make misogynistic comments about female journalists, call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, describe Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers, trot out blatant falsehoods by the dozen, encourage the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s e-mail account—none of it proved damaging to his candidacy. As he famously remarked, it was as if he could go out and shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue 'and I wouldn’t lose voters.'”

"Now things have changed. He might never admit it, but L'Orange has belatedly discovered a basic principle of politics: words matter. They matter so much, in fact, that they can make or break a Presidency. That’s why every one of his predecessors—during the modern era, at least—has chosen his words carefully. It took a few weeks for it to become clear that President L'Orange, as opposed to candidate L'Orange, would be subject to this principle. But, at this stage, there can be no doubt about it. Virtually every day brings a fresh example of his own loose words coming back to hurt him."

A post going around Facebook (not sure of the author's name): "'Why should coal miners pay for PBS?' This was an actual question asked by the L'Orange administration yesterday. Obviously a blatantly stupid question. We have questions too. Why should a poor black family in Detroit pay for the President to go golfing? Why should a single mother of 3 who's working 2 jobs in Louisiana be denied health-care so that the CEO of Etna can get a tax-break? Why is the guy washing dishes in Baton Rouge paying for the President's wife's secret service protection so she can live comfortably in NYC? We could do this all day. But here's the real question the L'Orange administration and the Republicans who empower him need to answer: ***Do you have a heart? Did no one teach you to care about your neighbors? Do you know what 'empathy' means? Did no one ever teach you to 'share' when you were in kindergarten? Have you never heard the phrase 'do unto others?'*** I can't think of a group of people who need to watch Sesame Street MORE than the Republican party. Perhaps they would learn some common decency." (Please share if you'd like.)

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