What can I say about Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Wow — that came out sounding like a eulogy. Maybe it was a Freudian slip. Because actually, I wish we could say a final farewell . . . to her so-called career as a U.S. Congresswoman, and her bully pulpit . . . before she drags too many people with her on the downslide into the soul-sucking sludge of her ranting, raving, Putin-loving anti-Americanism.

Now ask me what I really think of her.

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Most people today aren’t old enough to remember “Tokyo Rose.” She was not a single individual, but a group of English-speaking Japanese women broadcasting anti-American propaganda during World War II for the purpose of demoralizing American and allied troops and their families. Happily, it didn’t work. But those were the days before the internet and social media. And, in comparison to the quantity and quality of the trash to which we are subjected today, those 1940s broadcasts were simplistic and amateurish.

But where Greene is concerned, I am not laughing. Although the New York Post — hardly a worthy example of exemplary journalism on a normal day — did provide me with the best guffaw I’ve had in a while when they cobbled together this image:

But a lot of people, including her own Republican colleagues in Congress, are seriously worried about her sanity. She has threatened to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) due to his amazing work in the passage of a bill that provides desperately-needed aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia. (The Speaker finally does something really right, and this is what he gets for it — proving once again that no good deed goes unpunished.) She spouts falsehoods about so-called Nazism in Ukraine — echoing the official Kremlin excuse for their “special military operation” — and continually passes along false “information” on subjects ranging from U.S. border issues to aid for Israel. She is fueled by anger and hatred, and refuses to let the truth stand in the way of her daily screeds.

She is the female Donald Trump.

And Vladimir Putin simply adores her. Well, why shouldn’t he? She’s out there proselytizing for him, free of charge. Former Representative Ken Buck (R-Colo), referring to her by her new moniker, recently said, “Moscow Marjorie is focused now on this Ukraine issue, getting her talking points from the Kremlin and making sure that she is popular and gets a lot of coverage.” [Lee Moran, Huffpost, April 22, 2024.]

And Moscow’s media mouthpieces couldn’t agree more. In an expected tirade against the House of Representatives’ passage of the bill authorizing further aid to Ukraine, the man known as “Russia’s No. 1 propagandist,” Vladimir Solovyov, took to the airwaves to declare that “a war with NATO is unavoidable.” He went on to castigate Joe Biden for “destroying” Trump, and Speaker Johnson for “betraying” the Republican party. “This is all you need to know about American politics. They’re traitors!” [Julia Davis, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), April 22, 2024.]

Following Solovyov’s rant, Margarita Simonyan, head of Kremlin-controlled news outlet RT and a frequent guest on Solovyov’s program, had her turn. She spoke about Greene in what she considered to be the most glowing terms: “Greene is a real beauty. She is a blond who wears white coats with a fur collar. She’s demonstrably heterosexual.” [Fact-checked by Snopes.] She also referred to her as one of the few “normal people” in America.

Well, there you go! The gospel according to one of Putin’s Puppets, whose expertise in all things American seems to have been gained while once having worked as a waitress in Maine. [CEPA, id.]

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I make light of this, but at the same time I’m seriously worried . . . worried that this is the best we can come up with when electing our country’s legislators. Not to mention the likely slate for the upcoming presidential election. We are in serious trouble, people.

Now I’m waiting to hear what my favorite Russian funnyman, Dmitry Peskov, has to say about us next. That should cheer me up . . . he always does.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
4/24/24