In keeping with last week’s movie-themed blog, I chose this 1989 flick (actual title is Sex, Lies and Videotape) mainly because it just came into my head while I was reading all the latest 45 drama. Let’s review.
Sex: Apparently there’s a Russian dossier that has attracted much attention from politicos and investigators. The US is reviewing this matter due to the Russian email hacking that occurred prior to the November election. The news media reported that the dossier ‘has not been proven to contain any salacious allegations.’ Salacious allegations?? You may remember that the uber hacking group, Anonymous, threatened to reveal damning information about 45 in the near future, information that allegedly includes inappropriate sexual activities. Yeah I know, the visual of that gets stuck in your throat. It’s also rumored that Putin has this information and could be blackmailing 45.
Lies: Enter General Mike Flynn. Well, that is if he’s sure that’s his name since he reportedly can’t seem to remember if he spoke with Russian Ambassador Kislyak about the new Russian sanctions imposed under the Obama administration; including the possibility that he struck a deal with Russia to reverse the sanctions if 45 was elected. When asked if his pre-election discussion with the ambassador included talking about the possibility of lifting the Obama sanctions if 45 was elected, Mr Flynn said he could not recall if he mentioned the sanctions issue. Whaaaat? Is this the infamous Roger Clemens steroid “I misremembered” defense? How do you not recall whether or not you discussed such a major issue?
Folks, this is starting to sound like a John Grisham novel in the making. Think about the known facts, the timing of the alleged Flynn sanctions discussion, the sudden announcement 11 days prior to the election by FBI Director Comey regarding the Clinton emails, and Putin’s quiet acceptance of the new sanctions. Really, Putin just rolled over. Yeah right. The man who is loosely linked to over 30 poisonings and killings of journalists and political rivals over the last 15 years. And we all know the unfortunate election outcome so this is one of those “things that make you go hmm.” Grisham doesn’t even have a comparable complex plot!
In the second Lies chapter Flynn tells Mike Pence that he never discussed the Russian sanctions with the ambassador, so Pence publicly denied that Flynn had such a discussion. Oops. Mike, perhaps you should have been less eager to assert his innocence, especially now that the House Intelligence Committee has ordered a full investigation of the Russian hacking event and Flynn’s communications with Putin’s posse.
Masking tape: As I write this blog entry 45 is meeting with his posse to create some masking tape in order to fix this newest debacle. All this guy does is repeatedly and shamelessly lie, and he puts masking tape on all of his posses’ faux pas. He’s only been in office 3 weeks and the drama and distractions far outnumber any subtsantive accomplishments. His cronies can’t even speak for themselves without creating drama (reference Conway, Spicer and Flynn). Now let’s have Mike Flynn speak for himself; in front of an investigative panel. That tape should prove very interesting!
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