Gaetz of Hell

Seeing as U.S, Representative Matt Gaetz  (R-FL) is a pugnacious sort of fellow who walks around with a sense of entitlement and an obvious superiority complex without any obvious superiority, how could he not be guilty of sex trafficking?

I can't comment on the particulars of this case, as it is too sordid and constantly changing, but Gaetz seems like the type would start a sexual relationship with a minor and then pay her to come along with him across state lines.  Certainly William Barr though so, as does the Justice Department under Barr's leadership began the investigation into Gaetz that Attorney General Merrick Garland is now continuing, Gaetz has denied the charges, but the man doth protest too much. Especially when he tried to get Trump to issue a blanket person for himself and other Trump supporters for crimes and offenses that may have been committed before Trump left office.  Even as Gaetz insisted that Trump would get a second term because Biden stole the election.

Barr likely began the investigation to ensure that Trump could easily dissociate himself from Gaetz, but even in his post-"Presidency," Trump doesn't seem to want to do that. He seems to be happy to stick with Gaetz to the bitter end. And that's the sort of end both of them will be facing.  Very soon.

It's hard to believe that Gaetz occupies the same House seat once held by Joe Scarborough.

R.I.P. John Murtha

John Murtha, the Pennsylvania congressman who died at 77 on Sunday, was a true patriot and credible voice in the Democratic party on military and national security issues. The first Vietnam veteran elected to the House of Representatives,. Murtha originally supported the war in Iraq when he was convinced that deposing Saddam Hussein was vital to national security, he changed course in November 2005 when he decided it was time to bring the troops home. A former Marine Corps officer, Murtha had been tested in battle in Vietnam and probably forgot more about war than most people in the Bush administration ever knew. But he didn't forget when it was time to admit a mistake and change course.

Murtha was also a populist on economic issues, receiving strong support from labor unions, and he also supported health care reform. Though a Democrat, he was conservative on social issues, in keeping with the traditional outlook of working class Irish Catholic Pennsylvanians like himself. A true workingman's politician, he was one of the most distinctive and distinguished voices in the House.