{"id":6573,"date":"2019-03-04T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T01:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2019-03-04T18:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T01:51:47","slug":"the-singing-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6573","title":{"rendered":"The Singing Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big news the past week was the explosive testimony given by Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and &#8216;fixer&#8217; for American CEO\/Dictator and petulant man child, Donald Trump.\u00a0 In a hearing before the House Oversight committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/politics\/a26558985\/republicans-michael-cohen-hearing-disgrace-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the rat Michael Cohen sang like a canary much to the chagrin of the House Republicans like Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows and Paul Gosar, who made absolute asses of themselves during the &#8216;interrogation&#8217;<\/a>. They never questioned him but chose, in typical Republican fashion, only to assassinate his character, which we&#8217;ve all already surmised is abysmal. Even Cohen admitted he was a fool. The GOP logic: &#8220;You can&#8217;t trust a liar&#8221;.\u00a0 The Republicans are also considerably irony impaired considering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/the-rnc-overlooks-michael-cohens-formal-role-the-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohen was the RNC&#8217;s deputy finance chairman up until eight months ago<\/a>. Oh yeah&#8230;and then there&#8217;s the fact that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/politics\/trump-claims-database\/?utm_term=.f4062c36cd82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&#8217;s lie count is over 9,000.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One colossal buffoon was GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/02\/freedom-caucus-republican-jim-jordan-lambasted-for-buffoonish-questioning-during-michael-cohens-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who said Cohen was testifying against Trump only because he had &#8216;sour grapes&#8217; for not getting a White House job<\/a>. Then Jordan pulled another typical Republican prank of trying to twist Cohen&#8217;s words, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/02\/shame-on-you-mr-jordan-michael-cohen-shuts-down-gop-rep-for-twisting-his-words-during-congressional-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which caused Cohen to reply, &#8220;Shame on you, Mr. Jordan.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0This is the same Jim Jordan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/7\/7\/17542878\/jim-jordan-richard-strauss-ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who kept quiet about alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State<\/a>. So, Jordan is certainly not someone who should throw stones.<\/p>\n<p>Another mammoth idiot was Arizona&#8217;s own Paul Gosar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/news\/arizona-rep-paul-gosar-to-michael-cohen-liar-liar-pants-on-fire-11224381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who embarrassingly resorted to playground taunts of &#8220;Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire&#8221; and even had a poster with the same next to him<\/a> at the hearing to which Cohen responded to Gosar, &#8220;Are you referring to me or the President?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2018\/09\/22\/these-six-yes-six-siblings-republican-congressman-just-endorsed-his-opponent\/?utm_term=.06324c30121c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gosar\u00a0 is famous for having six of his siblings take out an ad to vote against their brother in Arizona&#8217;s 4th district election in 2018<\/a>. The fact that Gosar still won speaks more to the conservative loons in the 4th district who put this nutbag back into office. Maybe Gosar and Trump can retire and hang out at a grade school playground where they can ply their bullying tactics and be undisputed &#8216;kings&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s next for Michael Cohen besides much deserved jail time? How about a thrilling crime drama about an everyday goombah for a national criminal organization who turns state evidence against his crooked boss called &#8216;The Singing Rat&#8217;, rated T for Trumptastic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6585\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michaelcohenthesingingrat1.jpg\" alt=\"The Singing Rat: Michael Cohen is just your everyday goombah who also happens to be the fixer for Republican crime boss Donald Trump. When G-Man Robert Mueller catches Cohen covering up an illicit affair with a hooker for Trump, the rat sings like a canary. Rated T for Trumptastic.\" width=\"500\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michaelcohenthesingingrat1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michaelcohenthesingingrat1-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Singing Rat: Michael Cohen is just your everyday goombah who also happens to be the fixer for Republican crime boss Donald Trump. When G-Man Robert Mueller catches Cohen covering up an illicit affair with a hooker for Trump, the rat sings like a canary. 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