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Get in the Car Mike! [1]

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Date: 2023-07-25

By David Glenn Cox

It is beginning for all the world to look more and more like Watergate. Back in the day before the term Watergate became overused and trite, we all sat glued to our little portable TVs watching the Congressional hearings. Drip by drip, the story began to come out. Yet, it was nearly impossible to fathom the full depths of the criminality.

You could only focus on one aspect of it like plumbers or hush money, but you could never discern the whole picture. Then like now, the central character was a pretty slimy fellow. Nixon had run for office promising to end the Vietnam War. Not only did he not end the war, he started another one secretly. He ordered the bombing of agricultural dams and power stations. “Daddy, what’s a war crime?”

Before Republicans had paranoid fantasies of the Deep State. Nixon’s paranoia led to an enemies list. Journalists, Reporters, publishers or school teachers. And maybe, they’d sic the IRS on you, or your nephew or cousin didn’t get that job at the post office. There were no limits on their pettiness.

But after months of hearing and leaks, it all began to fall apart rather quickly. I remember watching TV that Saturday night and the “Special Announcement.” Back in the ancient times, before 24 hours news networks or the Internet. You would get, “We interrupt our regular programming to bring you this breaking news!” It meant something earth shaking was happening. Either we were at war, or the President had died; it was never trivial.

But this time, “We interrupt our regular programming to bring you this special announcement. President Nixon has fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox (no relation). I was only 17, but I knew right at that moment, Nixon was toast. When you fire the special prosecutor investigating you, it couldn’t mean anything else but “Guilty!”

Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox, but Richardson refused and resigned. Then Nixon ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox, but he also refused and resigned. Then Nixon ordered Leon Jaworski to fire Cox, and he refused and resigned. Then (Wait for it!) Nixon ordered the number three man at the Justice Department, Robert Bork to fire Cox. Bork answered, “Sure! Anything for you Dick!” Bork later claimed he was going to resign too but was talked out of it for the good of the country and the Justice Department.

So how does this figure today? The Orange one was going to appoint Jeffery Clark as Attorney General because Clark was onboard with the Fake Electors scheme. And then appoint Gina Haspel as head of the CIA. Clark could send a letter on Justice Department stationary stating the election results were in doubt. Leaving the door open to seating alternate slates of Electors. Now, factor in the Trump plan to have the military seize voting machines. Now add in Trump’s calls to Georgia and it all begins to come into focus.

With Rudy Giuliani and Lindsey Graham working the phones. If they could get just five states to seat an alternate slate of electors. Joe Biden wouldn’t have the required 270 electors and the election would be thrown into the House of Representatives. And if they couldn’t decide, it would go to the Supreme Court to decide the case. Isn’t that right Ginni Thomas?

As Rachel Maddow recently pointed out, the phony elector’s paperwork is all disturbingly similar in wording, style and font. As if someone had sent out a template to be copied. Trump Attorney John Eastman faces disbarment and Rudy’s law license has been suspended and is facing disbarment. This was an orchestrated plot to overthrow the lawful government of the United States. With a corrupted Justice Department CIA and a military just following orders.

The January 6th insurrectionists were just poltroons and easily manipulated disposable morons to be used and then cast away. And so, it begins to come into focus why the Republicans still defend Trump to this day, despite his damage to the Republican Party. (CYA) If this thing were to explode, it wouldn’t just be fake electors facing charges, but Republican members Congress exposed as knee deep in sedition and treason.

They sat quietly at their desks ready and willing to knowingly accept fake electors to deny Joe Biden his lawful election. Then they rushed to the White House seeking pardons, didn’t they? The chicken livered ones did.

But it all fell to Mike Pence as the lynch pin of the plot. If Mike Pence had gone along and played ball, it might have worked. But Pence and many others in the White House knew this was just Trump craziness and fantasy. Pence sought legal advice and was advised of his legal peril. If Pence had cooperated and it was discovered, he would be doomed as the man who tried to overthrow the Government.

Now factor in the pressure Trump was putting on Pence, and it becomes all the more understandable. “I hope that Mike Pence is going to do the right thing.” Get in the car Mike! As the criminals rampaged through the Capitol building Mike Pence and family were rushed down to the parking garage. The secret service ordered Pence to get in the car, but Mike Pence refused. Get in the car Mike!

We little uninformed ants couldn’t see the whole picture. Mike Pence had four years of experience working around Trump and had seen the Godfather movie before. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli’s.” Pence understood that he was the one man holding up the insurrection. Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence! The mob had been called for the specific purpose of getting to or getting rid of Mike Pence.

Dozens of Republican House members and people at the Justice Department and Senators all depending on Mike Pence to do the wrong thing. And if he didn’t, they might all be flushed down the tubes if the plot were ever to become fully exposed.

Bernie Carrack, disgraced former New York police commissioner pardoned by Trump, doesn’t want to go back to jail. He’s turned over troves of documents tying Trump to Giuliani. The phony electors are about to be prosecuted in Michigan. Half of the phony electors in Georgia have been given immunity deals in exchange for their testimony. And so, the wheels are about to come off as Trump mutters, “you better not or I’ll sic my Zombie army on you!” Trump’s only salvation is re-election and is his only chance to save himself.

“We interrupt our regular programing to bring you this special announcement.”

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