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Ken_L's avatar

“The creatures outside looked from Gohmert to Burchett, and from Burchett to Gohmert, and from Gohmert to Burchett again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

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John Vreeland's avatar

I would not be surprised if the Russians had tapes. That was how Putin originally came to power as Yeltsin's #2 - by making sex tapes of the prosecutor to get him off Yeltsin's back. He could have half a dozen Republican congressmen in his pocket right now.

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marcus816's avatar

I believe he got most of that information from the last episode of the documentary series “Reacher”.

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Zap's avatar

"Here’s how it works." lol.

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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

Nobody on the right appears even to consider the possibility that Donald Trump might be high on Epstein's guest list of perverts availing themselves of under aged boys and girls. Even though he's on record as saying, "Known Jeff for years, terrific guy, lots of fun, likes his social life, likes the company of young women ... "

And even though Trump was actually charged, in a civil case, by one of the under aged girls (under aged at the time) with having raped her in tandem with Epstein.

Nothing, not one thing, in Trump's history or character (more than 20 other women have accused him of molesting or raping them) even suggests that this is unlikely.

His standard defence? "The bitch be lyin'."

The whole twenty plus?

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Vic's avatar

Didn't Trump's neighbor, Jeffery Epstein, introduce the lonely, frustrated Tiny Hands to the communist plastic surgery wreck then known as Melanja Knavs?

Go for it, wingnuts!

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JCfromNC's avatar

Say, Dok, I dunno if it's my browser or just the vagaries of Substack, but that "we've cued it up to the good bit" never seems to work. The video always starts at 0:00 for me.

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Darth Trad's avatar

I remember that exact scenario he describes from a Hunter Thompson book. He's a thief as well as a BS artist.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok.

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simpledinosaur's avatar

Well, I don't know about the subtly brilliant part of that "island" reference, but I'm just a little impressed that this silly person sorta-kinda quoted even part of a line from a John Donne sermon: "No man is an island, entire of itself..." These days, ya gotta take yer litter-a-c where ya can find it.

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DemoCat's avatar

Nearly every conservative is compromised, he’s not wrong about that generality. But not usually because there are “tapes,” it’s because they are wholly owned and controlled by the NRA, Christian right groups and special interest PACs that want zero regulation, zero oversight, zero taxes, and wealth from dirty energy. Those groups aren’t really interested in the culture wars, that’s a partnership with right wing media to entertain the rubes so they get enough votes to craft policy around the rich. They don’t actually want to help the poor, so they use fear to mislead them about the gulags, and gay bathrooms and open borders the radicals will force on them if they don’t vote for the republican. If Americans voted for their best interests, a Republican might never hold office again.

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Darrell Leland's avatar

The epitaph for humanity may well be that we could consistently be led by our prejudice and hate to vote against our own self-interests. Even if we were killing ourselves, at least we were owning the libs.

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clairence's avatar

"Next thing you know, you’re in the motel room with them nekkid."

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"What you've just described here is going to be shocking. I mean, I suppose people have watched Hollywood movies, right, where there's blackmail associated with it. But they've never heard it from an elected representative, somebody with such a prestigious elected history as you have."

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There are no IQ requirements for podcasts, clearly.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

Or for serving in Congress, sadly.

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

Maybe Revelations Chapter 5?

Spoiler: Jesus is pissed at humans.

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bluePNWcats's avatar

That sounds suspiciously like a confessional statement, Mr. Burchette. 🤔

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Phried Ω's avatar

Burchette spends every night in motels with his appetites.

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bluePNWcats's avatar

T'would not surprise...

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GiggleSnort's avatar

OT So, I went out shopping, including a trip to Target to pick up a few things. Target was a zoo. I assumed though it would be a bigger zoo on the weekend. On the way back I'm behind a car with two bumper stickers. One said "One party rule is the end of democracy." Seems tautological to me. The other one said, in all caps, "BEWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE LAMB." O .. kay then. What that means and why this person feels the need to broadcast it on the back of their vehicle is a mystery. The wrath of the lamb is way down my list of personal worries.

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Darth Trad's avatar

It could be very baaaaaaad indeed!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

That's what they always say right before the LAMB kicks in your front door.

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DDB9000's avatar

Well, when you consider that LAMB means Law And Military Bastards.....

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simpledinosaur's avatar

Indeed. In Milton's Paradise Lost, Christ is at one point called the "Effectual Might" of the Father, and the middle of the epic is kicked off when he wheels his super-awesome glittering fiery chariot up for a battle against Satan and his rebellious legions. Word has it that Satan lost doubleplus bigly.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

I had lamb chops last night, is that part of this thing?

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Shoot, now I've been Wrath'd....sucks

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simpledinosaur's avatar

But to make up for it, now you know that your every action must somehow be of world-historical, Last-Judgmenty significance. Which is cool! This is something that Donald Trump only THINKS to be true of himself. But his lamb-chop dinners are, in truth, only lamb-chop dinners.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Well I always wanted to date The Great Whore of Babylon...she sounds like a good time girl...

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Joe Christmas's avatar

Talking Wall

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DrBDH's avatar

Mr. Benny is wound a little tight, wouldn't you say?

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Vic's avatar

All that yelling and spitting? Benny: who hurt you?

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