The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for June, 2022

Yes, I know I whine all the time about how difficult it is to pick suitable award winners, and I'm sure you're sick of hearing it. This week, I'm saving time, effort, and aggravation, going a different route by presenting a group award.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers,

The Left-Cheek Ass Clown Award for June, 2022 

is presented to

Everyone

Who Knew and Understood

the Threat Posed by Der Furor

to Democracy and the Nation,

Yet Refused to Say Something

Unless Under Oath

or

to Protect a Book Deal

The list is very long, and so I will mention only five of the spineless weasels who have distinguished themselves by their shameless attempts to rewrite history and salvage their reputations:

Former Attorney General William P. Barr

(a five-time previous winner of this award*)

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

Former White House Communications Director Stefanie Grisham

(the Left-Cheek Award winner in January, 2020) 

Reporter Bob Woodward

(who wrote three best-selling books containing information

it would have been nice to know when it mattered)

and,

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton

(the Left-Cheek Award winner in June, 2020)

The list goes on at depressing length. 

Mr Barr whitewashed the report of the Mueller investigation, publicly supported Der Furor at every turn, praised Der Furor in a fawningly obsequious resignation letter, and wrote a self-serving book titled "One Damn Thing After Another" before finally - under oath - testifying to the reality of Der Furor's attempts to overturn our democracy and steal the 2020 election.

Mr Esper stood by and publicly supported Der Furor before publishing his own more truthful tell-all book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Defense Secretary During Extraordinary Times."

Ms Grisham, as White House "Communications Director," held not a single press conference during her tenure and spoke not a word against Der Furor until she finally testified - under oath - to the January 6th committee and published her own book, "I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House."

Mr Woodward published three books, "Fear," "Rage," and "Peril"  - the latter in particular containing devastating details about the actions of Der Furor and his cabal, withholding many of those details in order to boost sales.

Finally, John Bolton publicly supported Der Furor and refused to testify during his impeachment trials, yet profited from what he should have told the nation at the time when he published his own self-serving book, "The Room Where It Happened."

And all five of these individuals have gone on to lucrative careers as media talking heads.

One wishes that the people we think of as "public servants" would have had the moral courage to tell the public the truth when it mattered, rather than when they could profit from it.

Have a good day. More thoughts ... and much-needed laughs ... tomorrow, when Cartoon Saturday returns.

Bilbo

* Right-Cheek, April 2019; Right-Cheek, February 2020; Right-Cheek, September 2020; Left-Cheek, October 2020; and Right-Cheek, July 2021 (shared with Senator Mitch McConnell)