If you are a clinical person, you have already thought of Dilation and Curettage – an Ob-Gyn procedure used to clear the uterus of the residual products of conception after a spontaneous abortion – a miscarriage. Doing so prevents infection and future sterility.
You probably know that up to 30% of pregnancies end in miscarriage during the first trimester. If you are in my age group, you have likely experienced this yourself and perhaps even in the lives of your children. Alas, we are all mortals – from the moment of conception to the moment of our death.
But that isn’t the D&C that I have in mind this evening. No, I am thinking about last Thursday’s Jan 6th televised House of Representatives Select Committee hearing and some of the Republican prebuttals – Kevin McCarthy’s for one. He challenged Democrats to explain how it was that Donald Trump could be a traitor if he was the individual who called upon the National Guard to protect the Capitol and is occupants. His challenge was very direct.
That’s the Deception of the D&C. Trump never called for the National Guard to protect the Capitol; that assertion is a Republican brain fart blown from the mouth of Kevin McCarthy (The Anus of the House of Representatives). It was Mike Pence whose ass, like those of all the Representatives and Senators in the Capitol that day was threatened, who called for the National Guard’s aid. The “C” in my D&C is for Cowardice. Many of the Republican traitors who aided and abetted Trump’s coup attempt ran to him afterwards asking for pardons. They were seeking pardons for crimes not yet charged – evidence of Mens rea (consciousness of guilt). Seeking pardons was the epitome of Cowardice.
D&C – Deceit and Cowardice. In my own life experience, I have seen these two as fellow travelers. It is Cowards who most often Deceive. The liar is rarely the heroic figure in any narrative. I will grant you that there are exceptions, but I’m not talking the legerdemain of Generals here; I’m talking about habitual petty lies of those whose purpose is not to save a country or an empire or a people, but simply to enrich themselves tomorrow or save their pathetic skins today. That’s MTG, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy and the rest of the Republican grifters. Did I forget Donald J Trump himself, his family and sycophantic entourage of rodents like his children Eric and Ivanka, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and grifting hangers on like Jared Kusner? Mea Culpa.
Then there are megalomaniacal figures like Mitch (The Turtle) McConnell, who gleefully manipulate the fate of a nation of hundreds of millions so that they might secure a place in history. Mitch, your place in history is assured, you will be remembered, kindly and celebrated, like Rasputin. Americans will spit when your name is spoken. You should be very proud.
Deceit and Cowardice are fellow travelers. Where you see one, look for the other.
Excellent commentary!