Some of us may remember a TV
political satire in the early 60s called “That Was the Week That Was.” That
title would fit last week perfectly, as it certainly was a week to remember.
The big news was the murder of 17
people in a Florida school shooting, followed by finger-pointing at the FBI for
not acting on clear warnings that the massacre was about to happen. FBI
Director Christopher Wray admitted his agency’s failings amid calls for his
head. Adding to his obtuseness, Wray testified on another matter before
Congress that there was no bias in the FBI, when anti-Trump bias was evident in
the agency’s use of a discredited dossier in obtaining a FISA court’s warrant
for spying on Trump during and after his presidential campaign—even as FBI
agents connected to the scandal were being fired, demoted, or forced to retire.
In other news, the President was
accused of yet another infidelity, this one with a Playboy model, not long
after his marriage to Melania. His Veteran’s Affairs chief stepped down after
getting caught falsifying an email to cover up using taxpayer funds to take his
wife on a European jaunt. All this while Trump claimed vindication when
Assistant AG Rod Rosenstein announced that the Special Counsel’s probe into
Trump collusion with Russia (which he ordered!) produced indictments of 13
Russians but no connection with Trump or anyone in his entourage.
Meanwhile, Congress spent countless
hours trying to resolve the DACA issue, resulting in four Senate plans and one
from the House, every one of which was defeated by a large margin, proving once
again that it is nearly impossible for an ideologically divided Congress to
agree on anything.
Except on spending taxpayer money,
that is. Let’s not forget that Congress just passed, and the President signed
into law, a two-year spending bill that will add trillions to a national debt
that is already out of control. Our representatives could very well have been
overheard saying, “Here’s a nice pile of cash for you, and a nice pile of cash
for us—to hell with the national debt.”
Where is the TWTWTW political satire
when we need it?
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