NICE LITTLE DEMOCRACY YA GOT THERE….

NICE LITTLE DEMOCRACY YA GOT THERE….

We’ve arrived at the pseudo-mob-tough-guy phase of the federal response to Covid-19. In the past few days Donny “Bone Spurs” Trump has declared that state governors…

·       … “have to treat us well” and “be appreciative;”

·       … while Pence “calls all the governors. And I tell him, I’m a different type of person, and I say, ’Mike, don’t call the governor of Washington. you’re wasting your time with him”

·       … or “Don’t call the woman in Michigan. It doesn’t make any difference what happens”

·       … and, basically, “If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call,”

The Fox response is that governors and states need to grovel more. On the Laura Ingraham show Rudi Giuliani coached us all on proper subservience:

A little advice for the governors and the mayors, [….] Take the blame when you have to. You know, when you play with your boss, sometimes it's better if you don't win the golf game. He's the boss. He's got all the resources. I don't say that he is going to be affected at giving out resources one way or another, but….

MEDIAite: Giuliani Says Governors Should Engage Trump Like 'He's the Boss'

So it’s macho and tough when the most powerful man in the world snivels about how the mean governors hurt his widdle fee-fees by not appreciating him? And liberals are the “snowflakes?” Got it.

But he can hold a grudge with the best of the mob bosses! Even in times of national emergency, Donny Bone Spurs has time for petty revenge for past grievances. Right here in Massachusetts, the Wampanoag tribe suddenly had their reservation status rescinded. Why? Apparently, Trump, with his sad history of failed casinos, can’t stand competition and without the land, the tribe can’t build their casino as planned.

WBUR: Appeals Court Denies Mashpee Wampanoag Request for Casino Land 

When the call came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs last Friday, Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell thought the administration was checking to see if the tribe needed help with the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, “It was like a punch in the nose from a bully.” 

Well, that sounds accurate.