Monday, March 18, 2024

"Hey, We Forgot the Whipped Cream!"

Remember that old episode of "The Brady Bunch" where Bobby enters an ice cream-eating contest on a local children's TV show and he and the other kids are about to start - but then the kiddie-show host stops everything to take away their spoons because spoons would make it too easy?  And then they're about to start again but the host stops them and has them put their hands behind their backs not only to make it harder to eat the ice cream but make it messier?  And then they're about to start again but the host stops them because . . . he forgot the whipped cream?  And he takes his time adding whipped cream to the ice cream bowls?  And then they finally start and there's a big mess?

The Trump criminal indictments are pretty much going the same way.

The January 6 trial has been indefinitely postponed so the Supreme Court can hear an argument about presidential immunity that they hadn't wanted to hear when Jack Smith first brought it to them, and that doesn't happen until April 25 . . . and who knows when the decision will be handed down.   The documents case, which would be the easier case for Smith to win because the evidence is so overwhelming, is in neutral because Trump's lawyers have been stonewalling the prosecution repeatedly with a judge that seem to sympathize with the defense.   

Meanwhile, Fani Willis has been allowed to continue with the election interference case in Georgia in spite of her dalliance with fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade, and Wade has stepped down.  Hower, Judge Scott McAfee has chastened Willis for the "odor of mendacity" with regard to her relationship with Wade,  and that's a smell worse than Tea Rose perfume.  Willis might have to give up the case and hand it over someone else to appease those who doubt her own integrity.  And just when you thought that at least - at least - the hush money case in New York City would start on time, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, in light of the surfacing of documents from the Southern District of New York, has asked for a delay for a few weeks for the opportunity to go through those documents - documents that could have been made available earlier.  And when there's a hearing on March 25 - the day the trial was supposed to start - it could uncover a complication that could derail, not delay, the trial.  

It has become apparent that the judicial system in These States cannot handle in a timely matter a criminally indicted former President vying for a comeback.  Trump has taken advantage of the kinks in the justice system that affords so many rights to the defendant to delay the start of his trials, while all the prosecutors can do is grin and bear it while doing what they can to speed things up.  And even in the unlikely event that Trump is convicted before the election, he'll appeal his conviction(s) and delay things even further.

On the other hand, if he's President again, he ensure a speedy trial for Hillary Clinton when his Justice Department indicts Hillary Clinton for her e-mails.  He'll have her found guilty, then he can lock her up.  And he'll ensure a speedy trial for Joe Biden for the treasonous act of stealing the 2020 election. He'll have him found guilty, then he can . . . string him up.

In which case, Biden's last meal will include ice cream. 

With whipped cream on top.

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