The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for January, 2023

2022 was a banner year for ass clownery, with the awards dominated by the Republican Party, whose "leadership" and membership abandoned all pretense of rationality and willingness to govern responsibly. Twenty-four awards (out of a total of 27) went to GOP, extreme right-wing, or conservative winners in recognition of their atrocious behavior; indeed, every finalist for the 2022 Ass Clown of the Year was a deeply conservative Republican, and the winner was hard-right Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

The year 2023 promises to be no different, as demonstrated by the growing chaos in the Republican Party, which is increasingly defined by extreme positions unsupported by any rational plan ... indeed, any plan at all ... for implementing them.

As I write this on January 26th, the 168 members of the Republican National Committee (RNC) are set to meet on January 27th - today - to elect the new RNC Chair. And it is the three candidates for this unenviable position that I have chosen to designate as

The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for January, 2023

The Candidates for Chair of the RNC:

Ronna McDaniel

Mike Lindell

and

Harmeet Dhillon

Let's look at the three.

Ronna McDaniel has been the RNC Chair since 2017, when she was the hand-picked candidate of Der Furor for the post, and has been an outspoken advocate for Der Furor and for the hard right wing of the Republican Party. She has recently been under fire from many Republicans who blame her for the party's poor showing in the 2022 midterm elections. Her worship of Der Furor having soured for any number of reasons, she has argued that one of her major qualifications for the chair is that she is the best person to prevent Der Furor from running as a third-party candidate if he fails to win the GOP nomination in 2024.

Mike Lindell, the CEO of "My Pillow," is a dedicated conspiracy theorist who continues to strongly contest the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. He is a strong backer of Der Furor and of the primacy of Evangelical Christian beliefs.

Harmeet Dhillon is one of Der Furor's legion of lawyers. She founded the law firm that represented Der Furor in his defamation lawsuit against adult-film star Stormy Daniels and during the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Der Furor's supporters. According to her website,

"[she] has developed a niche practice in representing clients across California in election and campaign law matters, ranging from general compliance and ethics representation for partisan and non-partisan contenders to ballot description contests and intellectual property matters pertaining to campaign communications."

 Unlike Ms McDaniel, she has pledged to remain neutral in the 2024 GOP primaries if she is elected.

What none of the three offer is any platform for how the Republican Party would address the nation's problems. Whatever you may think of the Democratic Party, they have a clear vision of a government whose economic and social policies benefit average Americans rather than the wealthy and big business.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the tinfoil and toilet paper crown of the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for January, 2023, is presented jointly to Ronna McDaniel, Mike Lindell, and Harmeet Dhillon - the three individuals seeking to lead the increasingly fractious Republican Party ... whatever it stands for.

Have a good day and be sure to come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday ... you know you need it.

More thoughts then.

Bilbo