Tom Toles for October 03, 2019

It ain’t so much the position. It’s the smell.

Yellow showers again?

Three didn’t quite fly over the septic tank. Well, home sweet home for them.

Will he be singing the same tune when it’s time to hand down prison sentences?

Peas in a Pod – {a rhyme}

These three are peas in a pod,

forming a dubious squad: -

- Each with a potbellied bod,

and similarly flawed

with penchants for fraud.

Our Constitution these perps maraud.

… PS:

In their swamp they slither

first hither then thither,

and deceitfully speak their deceptive blither.

… Coda:

We cringe that they fly together,

these birds of similar feather, -

- and that together they float

in their King’s swampish moat

‘round the White House’s regions nether.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Quicksand? Sewage? Hog waste?

Well, by the time they’re locked up in a rubber room or in solitary, they’ll be so far gone that it really won’t matter. Cяazy Doииie, in particular, will be completely unable to comprehend just where he is. He’s quite unmoored already…

If the log rolls over we’ll drown…

Pompeo graduated top of his class at West Point. What is it about Trumpublicans that turns good smart men into stupid and obvious criminals?

Isn’t someone, like Rudy, left out of the “stew?” Poor Rudy… But then there’s a whole bunch more besides Rudy… A “hot” tub party, maybe… They’re all gonna boil…

Tom, don’t forget about Pence.

Pence is every bit the liar that Trump is. He just gets fewer opportunities.

Looks like that toilet needs a good flushing. It’s all yellow.

Must be quite emboldening to be part of the king’s court. But will they willingly follow the king down the tube?

Hard to believe that the US was admired and imitated with a government this unpopular.

This by far, is worse than Watergate…at least when Tricky Dicky got caught, he had the brains to resign….but this is going to be a scene where the king rat tweets and kicks and screams till he has a stroke…..

Just wait, Pompeo and Barr. Hair Groppenfuhrer will be standing on your heads as the “waters” rise and push you under if he thinks it will save his a**.

“Obstruction of Justice. What a wonderful phrase. / Obstruction of Justice ain’t no passin’ phase. / It’s our trouble free philosophy. / Obstruction of Justice.” With apologies to The Lion King.

Associate with evil and you soon get tarnished with the same slime.

The Barr will, most likely, go lower.

Welcome to the bolgia.

Question: In light of the addled and über barbaric behavior of the Current Occupant & Co., does there remain any children, or their parents, who sincerely aspire to be President?

Talk about your swamp…..

Maybe Hillary could be a featured guest questioner at Pompeo’s Congressional hearing…..

If we zoom out, will we see the toilet bowl?

Twitter removed a video meme President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday after getting a copyright complaint about the video, which contained an altered music clip from the rock band Nickelback.

Trump’s tweet has not been removed, but the video can no longer be played. The edited clip was from the music video for Nickleback’s 2005 song “Photograph” and it targeted former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/twitter-donald-trump-nickelback-tweet-copyright-complaint-trnd/index.html

Trump listens to Nickelback?

Man, I hope they get Putin permission to release evidence!

Trump is looking very strongly to paint Pence with the same brush, but I suspect that Pence actually wants the presidential office so will be trying to keep his nose as clean as possible currently.

The Constitution has the House obligated to investigate and then the Senate obligated to judge if the House advances the impeachment inquiry results to the Senate.

If Trump convinces people that Pence is the same as he is then a conviction by the current Senate becomes much more remote because the Republicans will not want the office to go temporarily to Pelosi until the election is held.

On the other hand, if Pence is telling the truth and Trump is trying to set Pence up and if the Senate hears sufficient evidence on that score, too, then Pence becomes the one who temporarily would replace Trump. That would free up more Republicans to judge Trump unfit for his office due to violations alleged in the finalized impeachment investigation.

(I do NOT know what level of involvement Pence had, just how many lies Trump has told so far, that he has a history of throwing others under the bus, and that I suspect that Pence wants that office so badly that he can taste it so has incentive to avoid illegalities.)

I like the re-use of the “Mao swimming” meme!

they appear to be swamped…

For the sake of the entire world and all living things: The stroke can’t come soon enough.

pompeo and barr are learning “Smart men, stay away from trump”. Apparently, barr and pompeo may be exposed to criminal charges in the Ukraine fiasco. Oh, so sad.

Shouldn’t that stuff that they are neck-deep in be brown? After all, they are in deep $#!†!