Tar Baby

Some of you may be of such tender years as to be unfamiliar with the term “Tar Baby.” For those of us who have reached sufficient maturity (i.e. old) and especially from that region of the country south of Richmond, you might remember “Tales of Uncle Remus” or the movie version “Song of the South.” “Song” was Disney’s pean to systemic stereotypical racism, according to modern progressives (yes, I know, redundant.)

The Tar Baby (to remind those of us who are forgetful) was a trap, a dummy, made of tar and turpentine to look like a person. The purpose was to catch Br’er Rabbit. Which it did. The sticky tar captured his paws as he attempted to administer punishment for disrespect. So, the harder he tried to escape, the harder the trap held him.

The legacy of Jeffrey Epstein seems to have become PDJT’s “Tar Baby.” I have hard time believing that Merrick Garland and Chris Wray are smart enough to have done it on purpose, though possible. To me, the more likely result is that they simply allowed all the noise and shouting about Epstein to overwhelm the conservative base until the new administration had to respond. Which they did.

But did AG Bondi and FBI Direct Patel, plus FBIAD Bongino make their declarations before carefully examining the actual evidence? Bongino said he saw the jail video. And agreed that it had to be suicide. Now the released video has been demonstrated to have been edited. Did Dan see the edited video or the original? Who authorized the editing? And did the editing hide the evidence? Is the Deep State still at work within the FBI?

AG Bondi said she had “lists of names.” But what were those names? Simply people whom Epstein had associated with? Which would include Bill “Slick Willy” Clinton, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, and many others, many MAY have had nefarious dealings, many did not. Apparently, Prince Andrew did. Slick Willy is certainly a suspect. There are photos of a young Donald Trump with him. Not good optics.

Epstein was described as a “financier” with no evidence that he had any ability of the sort. So where did he get his substantial wealth? Blackmailing wealthy “associates”? As a cut out between Israel and the CIA?

Epstein was a pedophile; truly a despicable piece of human debris. Obviously, a liar. But to mention people that had been seen with him as being on an “Epstein list” would certainly taint those people with guilt by association. While not criminally liable, civil suits would certainly arise without significant disputation of any associative guilt.

He was quite clever as well as slimy. POTUS promised to reveal all the information that was legally possible, without revealing key investigative details. Now he says just “fuhgeddaboudit.” And the trap is holding.

The base feels abandoned on this promise. Never mind all the promises kept, it just takes one to disrupt the trust. Transparency is required, though with DJT’s pre-presidency reputation as a playboy, transparency may be close to, or simply, impossible.

PDJT is human, after all. He has changed A LOT over the years. And still the best president of the last two centuries.

But he is in a sticky situation.

ciao,

The Snark