{"id":18297,"date":"2018-11-14T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=18297"},"modified":"2018-11-14T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:28:51","slug":"searching-for-a-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/11\/14\/searching-for-a-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching For A Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AP<\/strong><\/em> finds out more<\/a> about the hapless qualities of Acting Attorney General Whitaker:<\/p>\n

While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems, public records show.<\/p>\n

The city of Des Moines ultimately yanked an affordable housing loan that Whitaker\u2019s company had been awarded, and another lender began foreclosure proceedings after Whitaker defaulted on a separate loan for nearly $700,000. Several contractors complained they were not paid, and a process server for one could not even find Whitaker or his company to serve him with a lawsuit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve Benen contributes<\/a> to the fun:<\/p>\n

Vox published\u00a0a piece<\/a>\u00a0 yesterday summarizing Whitaker\u2019s many controversies, and I was struck, not just by the seriousness of the allegations, but by the length of the piece itself. Ordinarily, before anyone could put together a lengthy list of controversies surrounding a Trump cabinet official, he or she would have to be in office for at least a couple of months.<\/p>\n

Matt Whitaker is currently in his seventh day \u2013 and two of those days were a weekend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What struck me is how this factual narrative is congruent with the generic story of a con-man, leaving wreckage in his wake as he climbs the ladder of ambition.<\/p>\n

And then I recalled Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross<\/a>, who appears to have conned many, many people into thinking he’s some uber-billionaire<\/em>, yet appears to have acquired much of his wealth – whatever there may be – through less than ethical means.<\/p>\n

And then there’s former White House advisor Steve Bannon, who conned many a person into thinking he was some right-wing oracle, forecasting the fall of the left and the dominance of the right wing extremists.<\/p>\n

And, skipping over some other possible con-critters, there’s the Conman-in-Chief, President Trump, who has visibly and painfully conned quite a few people with his claims of business success, intelligence, experience, oh so many things.<\/p>\n

Someday, someone’s going to make a game out of this Administration, and one of the areas should be Tawdry Themes Of The Trump Administration. The Big Con<\/em> could be the question, with many, many answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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