We’ve known all along that he was a desperate despot. Even those delusional souls who held fast to their belief that despite against all odds and 62 court decisions that went against him had to know that former guy was not going to be “reinstated” to the presidency.
Except for the Qanon devotees, of course. They still believe a furniture company is selling babies to a pizza parlor in Washington, D.C. so they can start forest fires in peach tree dishes with Jewish lasers.
They had to know deep down that when his own appointed judges and other Repugnantcan jurists continued to throw his cases out of court on five dozen occasions that the election was not going to be overturned.
Yet, it wasn’t until yesterday during testimony before the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that we learned to just what nadir of desperation Pvt. Bonespurs had descended as he cast about for someone to serve as front man in his quixotic bid to remain at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
It seems that Don of Orange wanted Jeff Landry as his special counsel to investigate election fraud.
Now that’s really grasping at straws.
That little bombshell was dropped during testimony by former UA Attorney General Steven Engel.
Ouch. The Lone DeRanger, the walking tanning bed warning label, the Great Orange Hairball of Fear, actually desired the services – the investigative services yet – of one Jeff Landry, the man who couldn’t even investigate a jailhouse rape in Union Parish. A man who was reduced to hiring a political crony as some kind of “special investigator” even though he possessed no qualifications for the position. A man who hired a woman convicted of felony fraud to head up the AG’s fraud section.
Okay, okay, I admit it, I have a case of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) I’ve never denied that the man left me more than a little deranged and totally perplexed that anyone could support such a narcissistic, dishonest person when there are legitimately honest persons who are willing to put the interests of the nation above their own selfish considerations.
And lest anyone get the wrong impression, let me be clear: I have no tolerance for anyone who would use public service to advance personal advantages or enrichment, be they of either political stripe.
But Der Groepenfuehrer, aka the Tangerine Orangutan, holds a special place in the annals of duplicity and grifting.
Still, if ever there was a perfect match for the Fraud of Fifth Avenue, it would be Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a man who has managed to carry on the great tradition of Louisiana’s unique brand of political chicanery. Rather than list all his transgressions again, I would suggest you read my post of July 14, 2021 by clicking HERE.
Engel testified yesterday that Forrest Trump was “vocal” about the need to appoint a special counsel to investigate election fraud and that former US Attorney General William Barr (Trumpty Dumpty had quite a number of AGs in those final days) sought his (Engel’s) advice.
“The request was whether the attorney general could appoint as a special counsel a state attorney general to conduct an investigation,” Engel testified.
Though Engel never mentioned Landry by name, he did note that “state law, the state was Louisiana, that the state law precluded the Louisiana attorney general from accepting any official position on behalf of the United States government.”
It’s not like Landry didn’t try to help the White Pride Piper. NBC News obtained a copy of a recording that went out as a robocall from the Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), the fundraising arm of the Repugnantcan Attorneys General Association (RAGA) that said in part, “At 1 p.m., we will march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal.” (Just for the record, the date of that planned “march to the Capitol” was Jan. 6, 2021.)
Landry was the RAGA chairman for 2020, and on Nov. 10, he announced that the organization was filing an amicus brief endorsing a challenge to a Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ruling allowing up to three days post-election for the counting of absentee ballots.
Also, Landry was listed as a co-director of RLDF, according to 2018 tax documents filed by the organization.
To read details of that RLDF effort on behalf of Tiny Hands Twitter Spitter, click HERE.
Louisiana Voice 
I have long held that many of 45’s supporters are, or very much want to be, the kind of person he is. Further, as the hearings have shown, those who continued to work in his administration had to either be that way, or were so dependent on their incomes they were unable to leave. There also exists the distinct possibility some of them were simply afraid to cross him. Landry has to be in at least one of those categories.
Pure ambition is the only thing that drives Landry, IMHO.
The thought of Landry becoming our next governor keeps me awake at night. Hopefully, Louisiana learned from Jindal, but in politics, memories are short living. I think that Landry’s legal chops are tenuous at best, in spite of his JD degree. Get ready for Hurricane Jeff.
Indeed. But keep in mind right around half the state are not only registered Democrats but have managed to elect one for governor the last two elections as well as right before Jindal. Unfortunately the Republicans have managed to gerrymander the hell out of state and federal legislative districts and though at best barely in the majority here have become more and more reactionary since Obama. But remember they don’t dominate the population of our state like they do our government! Democrats might get a good candidate, and it’s not hard to be more likable than Landry… at all.
Well, I’ll admit this page and it’s owner had me fooled to the point that I was recommending it to friends.
“We are neither Republican nor Democrat. We are not Tea Partyers, nor do we defend wasteful spending. We do not parrot the Rush Limbaughs, Glenn Becks, or Sean Hannitys of the world, and we do not subscribe to the spin doctors on the opposite end of the political spectrum; we prefer to think for ourselves.”
I suppose I should have known better but when it comes to the news media, birds of a feather tend to flock together. You can’t help yourselves.
Regardless, best of luck. You don’t need my lone voice nor I yours.
Not sure what you mean but…whatever.
…just another one of those drama queens who HAS to make a flamboyant exit.