The Downfall Begins

He was the real thing — a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. — Hunter S. Thompson, on the occasion of Richard Nixon’s death, in Rolling Stone, June 16, 1994.

It is falling apart. Much quicker than even those of us who have pushed and donated and screamed “Impeach him!!!” since January 21, 2017 have hoped for. Impeachment, whether it happens now or in six weeks, will happen. All that remains is what the collateral damage will be.

The cookie crumbles. The ‘stable genius’ who, in the past 48 hours, might well have orchestrated his own downfall by both releasing the partial transcript of his conversation with the Ukrainian President and the whistleblower complaint and throwing everyone else under the bus in the process, has all but assured a vote on Impeachment.

“I need a favor.” Jesus H. Christ at your door selling Amway, might as well of been “leave the gun, take the Cannoli.” Or, “fuck you, pay me.” (OK, enough with “The Godfather” and “Goodfellas” references, for now)

“ I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Much more than the European countries are doing and they should be helping you more than they are. Germany does almost nothing for you. All they do is talk and I think it’s something that you should really ask them about. When I was speaking to Angela Merkel she talks Ukraine, but she doesn’t do anything. A lot of the European countries are the same…