Dan Crenshaw Behaving Badly?

Congressman Dan Crenshaw RINO-Texas

Good evening fellow freedom fighters! There has been a lot of digs at Trump’s enablers, or as we call them the “Judas Iscariot’s of the GOP”. And here’s another broadside against the Cult of Trump.

Veteran and Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas. Who once showed promise but has since become a total Trump enabling pussy. If some activity on his Twitter account is any indication, Crenshaw might be into some bizarre activities. The Twitter verse has discovered that the Congressman follows Olivia May, a high priced escort on Twitter:

The Congressman responded by saying that neither him or anyone on his staff “purposely followed” Olivia May’s account:

Grow up people, no one on my staff, nor I, purposefully followed this account. Thanks for flagging. Passwords changed.

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) December 17, 2020

Needless to say we find the Congressmen’s response over this to be unusual. He seems to take this more personally than he should be. Personally who he chooses to follow on Twitter or do on his own time we believe is his own business. But given his being a lapdog for Donald Trump he should have expect people to question his judgement. We would be curious to see what if anything Olivia May had to say about the Congressman. If they turn out to know each other that will make for some interesting gossip out of D.C.!

A Quick Word About the 2020 Election

We meant to write more sooner, but Thanksgiving was a hectic time for all of us here at the blog. It appears our prediction that Joe Biden would defeat Donald Trump was accurate, we were wrong in thinking Biden would take North Carolina and all of Maine’s electoral votes but otherwise our prediction for the Presidential race was spot on. Unfortunately we were correct in predicting Eric Holcomb’s re-election as Governor. Despite our predictions the Democrats lost ground in the House of Representatives but have picked up seats in the Senate and might gain control of the Senate after next month’s runoff elections in Georgia. 

In the state legislature republicans gained 4 seats to increase their numbers to 71-29, they lost one state senate seat and are down to 39-11 in the senate. So overall the Republicans did better than we thought they would although they still lost the Presidency. From what we can gather there obviously were many voters who wanted Trump tossed out (The IR Gang can be counted among them). But at the same time didn’t want to give the Democrats free reign over everything. As for the Senate races in Georgia although we would like to keep the Congress divided to keep more extreme Democrats in check. Given Senators Perdue and Loeffler’s insane pandering to Trump we won’t be too upset if they lose. There are already indications that Trump may have spread the idea that the election was rigged in Georgia so well that many Trump supporters are thinking of boycotting the Georgia Senate runoff election. Which if that does happen and the Democrats win both seats that would be quite a rebuke to the Orange Pussy Grabber-In-Chief. 

You will be hearing more from us in the near future on state, local and national politics. Until then you have been tuned into IR on your FM dial and we wish you all well and God Bless.

INDY REPUBLICAN’S 2020 Election Prediction’s and Some thoughts on the Future

Tomorrow is Election Day and we hope all of you have cast your votes. We have decided to give our election predictions for the Presidential, Congressional and State races on the ballot tomorrow. We also thought we would share our thoughts on what the future holds for all of us. But first here are our predictions:

President:

Although we were wrong in predicting the 2016 Presidential race, we have decided to take another crack at it this time. We predict that Donald Trump will win Indiana again. This time he will win by 7 to 15 points instead of the 20 he won last time. At the national level we predict with 90% certainty that Joe Biden will beat Donald Trump and be elected our next president. We base this on several factors: First, unlike Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden is not anywhere near as disliked as she was. Second, the Trump campaigns attempts to portray Biden as demented and senile failed miserably. If only because many people who dislike Biden are never going to believe that he is more unhinged than Trump. Trump’s non stop tirades on Twitter, at his rallies and his interviews, have worked Bigly towards making Trump look nuts, and by comparison making Biden look sane. There are several other reasons but they can be summed up by saying that Biden is winning independent, suburban and senior voters by YUGE margins! Where as in 2016 Trump won all three groups. Here is our final election prediction map:

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We are giving one of Nebraska's electoral votes and all of Maine’s to Biden. We predict that Biden will win back the three “blue wall” states: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Biden we also predict will win North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona. Although on our map we gave Ohio & Florida to Trump we think those are a coin flip at this point, but out of charity we thought we would give them to Trump. We also give Biden a 45% chance of winning Texas. IR still believes that Trump pulls out a little win in the Lone Star State, but with more votes already having been cast in Texas than in 2016. A Trump loss is not out of the question. 

U.S. Senate/House of Representative races: 

We predict the Democrats will pickup a net gain of 4-6 Senate seats to take control of the Senate by either 51-49 or 53-47 margin. In the House the Democrats will pickup 5 to 20 seats.

Governor:

As much as it pains us to admit this, we predict that Eric Holcomb will get re-elected as Governor. We do give his Libertarian opponent and our friend Donald Rainwater a 30% chance of pulling a Jessie Ventura and winning but it looks more like we are going to be stuck with Holcomb and his bullying for four more years. 

State House/State Senate:

This year we believe that the Democrats will pickup 1 to 5 state house seats and pickup 1 to 3 state senate seats. We predict this due to the GOP’s decline in the suburban parts of the state. As well as the almost near extinction of the Marion County Republican Party. Look over the coming years to see the GOP continue to recede throughout urban and suburban counties, as well as for Democrats to have some mild rural resurgence in Indiana.

The Way Forward Post 2020:

Now that we have given you our predictions for the election. The question for our fellow political exiles is: Where Do We Go After 2020? This is a multi part question. Let us break it down for all of you:

What should be done about Trump’s enablers?

Among us and many fellow agitators on the Never Trump Right, there is a debate about whether to give any of Trump’s accomplices a break, overlook there betrayal of conservatism, and vote to keep them in office. in order to keep the Democrats in check, or should we throw them all to the curb? We have all long been on the side of kicking all of Trump’s lapdogs into oblivion. One thing that we would like to make perfectly clear is that we do not believe that it is a good idea to have one party in control of both Congress and the White House. We also did not vote for Joe Biden or Donald Trump. That being said we have absolutely no faith that ANY of Trump’s enablers will do ANYTHING to reign in any over reach committed by the Democrats. We have documented on this blog the Judases of the GOP such as Mike Pence, Martha McSally, Rand Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Erick Erickson, and Lindsey Graham. For these traitors who sold out for their thirty pieces of silver. There is to be no quarter asked for, none to be shown. In order for the country to move forward we must burn out the cancer of Trumpism. If that means we are temporarily stuck with the Democrats in charge of Congress then that is the penance we must pay. We must after all reap what we sow.

What should Never Trumpers approach be when working with opposition Democrats and Republicans?

We Never Trump Republicans need to understand that we are politically homeless and will be so for sometime. When dealing with opposition Democrats and Republicans. Our approach should be to oppose them when necessary, cooperate with them when it furthers the cause of liberty and freedom, and always hold others and ourselves accountable. Our approach is best summed up by the late great Winston Churchill:

“In War: Resolution,

  In Defeat: Defiance,

  In Victory: Magnanimity,

  In Peace: Goodwill.”

Last Question is: How do we move forward as Americans?

We will move forward as we always have. We will look forward to each and every new day. We will remember the lessons of the past and search for what the future holds. We are the can do people, we are the true melting pot of the world, we are in every way the embodiment of our nation’s motto: E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many One. Let us focus on building on America’s future and continue to defend, protect and uphold the Constitution of these United States. Let us defend it from all enemies foreign and domestic. Go in peace our brother and sister agitators! And to those who disagree with us, we will fight and defend your rights with as much zeal as we would our own. 

Praise be to GOD! Amen!

Lou Dobbs is Right. Ditch Lindsey Graham!

Lou Dobbbs Dumping Lindsey Graham 

None of us here ever thought we would agree with the protectionist, anti-free market, Luddite Lou Dobbs. Apparently though the election of Donald Trump as President has made almost anything possible. Last Friday Lou Dobbs went after Senator Lindsey “Trapped in the Closet” Graham for being insufficiently opposed to free speech:

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Friday went after Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), asking why anyone would vote for the Republican lawmaker just weeks before his hotly contested election.

Dobbs lashed out at the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman for “not subpoenaing the left-wing heads of the censorships Twitter and Facebook until after the election.”

“Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn,” Dobbs pressed. “He has betrayed the American people and his oath of office. He’s done absolutely nothing to investigate Obamagate except to tell everyone, ‘Stay tuned,’ time and time again. Stay tuned. Senator Graham needs to be tuned out in South Carolina.”

Let us be clear. We completely oppose the attacks by Dobbs and Trump on the free speech rights of Facebook and Twitter. Dobbs is absolutely right in saying that Graham has betrayed both the American people and his oath of office. Unlike Dobbs we view his betrayal as being a rubber stamp for Trump. Here’s Dobbs in his own words denouncing Graham:

Lou Dobbs is telling South Carolina residents not to vote for Lindsey Graham pic.twitter.com/vQ67BZZN6P

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 23, 2020

Here’s the Lincoln Project’s take on Dobbs breaking off his bromance with Graham:

The Lincoln Project rarely agrees with Lou Dobbs, but today we join in his sentiments that South Carolinians should not re-elect the spineless, do-nothing, dead weight Senator Lindsey Graham.

Our full statement: pic.twitter.com/UPYdoqW4gO

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 24, 2020

Below is some more video outlining just how pathetic Lindsey Graham truly is. Please encourage everyone online to vote against Senator Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. Here’s to Graham getting his walking papers next Tuesday!

Lindsey Graham is pathetic. pic.twitter.com/ttQWI1LRkE

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 27, 2020

Why You Cannot Trust Lindsey Graham:

The Village People are Coming for Donald Trump

Like many of you we all here at the blog cannot wait for the election to be over soon. Back in June that 1970’s hit band the Village People told President Donald Trump to stop playing there music at his rallies. The Huffington Post’s David Moye reported on June 5th, 2020 that:

Although the 1970s disco group the Village People has previously been OK with Donald Trump playing its music at rallies, the band just changed its tune.

On Friday (June 5th), lead singer Victor Willis asked the president to stop playing songs like “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.” if he goes through with threat to sic the military on peaceful protesters in America.

So far President Trump has continued to use the Village People’s music inspire of being asked to stop by the group. Here’s some footage of Trump so called dancing to some Village People tunes at his rallies, along with a hilarious skit about it from Saturday Night Live:

SNL’s take on Trump and the Village People:

Is Mike Pence Not Coming Back Home to Indiana? w/Update

Vice President Mike Pence and The Fly

We just received news that saddens us greatly, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have decided not to stop off in Indiana to cast their votes as originally planned.

Chris Sikich over at the Indianapolis Star has the story:

Vice President Mike Pence has canceled his Friday appearance in Indianapolis, where he planned to vote at the Indianapolis City-County Building. 

His office did not provide an explanation when asked why. His office said the trip would be rescheduled soon.

He and his wife, Karen Pence, each tested negative for COVID-19 Thursday, according to his office.

"Nobody's sick. There's no positive tests," Pence spokesman Devin O'Malley said. "The VP is planning on travelling on Saturday and Monday. We'll have more information on the vice president's schedule next week soon."

WISH-TV’s Dan Klein has a little more information on the Pence’s change of plan’s:

An adviser to Pence said the reason was not health-related.

Marty Obst, senior political adviser for Pence, explained the cancellation in an email to News 8’s Demie Johnson: “It was merely a scheduling issue and definitely not health related. We are going to be in Florida Saturday, Ohio Monday, and Wisconsin Tuesday. Will be sure to reach out in advance or our next trip to Indiana.”

IR and the Gang were already suspicious about Pence’s canceling his plans to comeback and vote on Friday. Marty Obst’s statement that the schedule change is not health related leads us to believe that either the reason for the cancellation is A.) Health related, either due to the President and/or the Pence’s health. Or B.) Pence reasonably for see’s a need to be somewhere else on Friday but cannot or will not say why. We have written about Marty Obst’s shady ways before, so we will not go into detail here. But something is not right with this situation. If anyone hears anything about what is going on let us know in the comments, if you don’t want your comments published just say so and we will keep it confidential. 

We also thought we would bring up as we and others have before the issue of Pence’s casting ballots from the Governor’s Mansion even though he hasn’t lived there since 2017. We have more information about that in a previous post from 2018, feel free to read that for more information. We thank all of you for your support and remember be safe and be excellent to each other!

UPDATE: Musician Jay Diggs has just released a hilarious song about Mike Pence called “I Have A Fly On You”. 

ENJOY!

Jay Diggs with his new smash hit taking over the streets “Fly On You” (feat. @VP ) #mikepencefly #PresidentialDebate pic.twitter.com/SYvivcPNR5

— Jay Diggs (@jaydiggsmusic) October 9, 2020

Indy Republican’s View of the Vice Presidential Debate

Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence

Last night Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence, met in Salt Lake City, Utah for their first and only Vice Presidential debate. Unlike last week we decided to spare ourselves the pain of live blogging the debate. Instead we thought we would watch it after the debate occurred and give our impressions of it. The debate opened with a question to Senator Harris asking what a Biden administration would do differently about COVID than what the Trump administration has.

Senator Harris started by outlining her criticisms of the Trump administration’s handling of the virus. She argued  that Trump didn’t adequately prepare for the virus, and that a Biden administration would do better contact tracing and distributing the vaccine when it arrives.

Pence responded largely with his usual kissing of Trump’s ass, taking shots at the Biden campaign. Pence was asked about his presence at the White House Rose Garden “Super Spreader” event a week and a half ago. And how when they didn’t follow their own safety guidelines how can they expect the public to do so. Pence tap danced around the question and said he and Trump respect the American people to do what is best. 

Throughout the debate Pence proceeded to interrupt Harris and the moderator and seemed to get testy at times. The next topic discussed was how both candidates see the role of the Vice President, especially in regards to how to handle if the President becomes disabled. Pence started out by trying to dodge the topic by attempting to circle back on the subject of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus. Harris also dodged the question of how they saw the role of being Vice President.

We would go on to review the debate but it was just a snooze fest and won’t mean a damn thing. The high point of the debate was the fly that landed on Pence’s head:

We have reached out to the fly’s press staff to request an interview. We will let you know if we hear anything back.

Live Blogging First Trump-Biden Presidential Debate w/Update

 President Donald Trump      Former Vice President 
                                                              Joe Biden 

8:30 P.M. About 30 minutes from the time we type these words. President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden will meet at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, for the first of three scheduled Presidential debates. As much as we are all sorely tempted to skip tonight’s debate. We have decided to watch the debate so that you don’t have to. In order to stay sober we have decided only to drink if Trump doesn’t brag about himself during the debate. Needless to say we are going to be sober. Like our good friend Paul Ogden wrote earlier today we do not think that the debate is going to move the needle one way or another. None of us are going to vote for either Biden or Trump. That being said all Biden has to do is appear semi coherent and he will do well enough. 

8:40 P.M. Trump’s biggest mistake has been to keep lowering the expectations for Biden, while raising expectations for himself to an unrealistic level. So unless Biden both fails Bigly and Trump really does great. At the end of the night chances are Trump will wind up looking like Superman failing to fly. Buckle up friends! This is going to be messed up! See you all in about 20 minutes.

9:03 P.M. The debate moderator Chris Wallace is giving the introduction to the debate. Wallace is outlining the format of the debate. Wallace has picked the topics and questions. None of the questions have been shared with the Debate Commission.

9:05 P.M. Candidate’s asked about the Supreme Court. Trump so far has outlined his case for nominating Barrett to the Court. Trump so far handled himself okay. Biden is reasonably outlining his case against voting on Barrett to the Supreme Court before the election. Biden claiming that Barrett getting on the court will damage the Affordable Care Act. Trump and Biden are starting to have arguments over the ACA. 

9:12 P.M. Trump tried to accuse Biden of being an extreme socialist. And saying that “Your, party will control you.” Biden says “I am the Democratic Party”. Good answer by Biden.

9:14 P.M. Wallace is grilling Trump about his lack of an alternative to Obamacare. Trump trying without success to argue with Wallace. Our gut reaction so far is Trump will keep losing it, and Wallace keeps trying to get Trump on point. Biden even though we disagree with him is keeping his cool. He is coming across as likable and sane. 

9:17 P.M. Trump is still flailing around like a caged animal accusing Biden of being a Bernie Sanders clone. Biden points out that he beat Bernie Sanders. 

9:19 P.M. Biden points out that Trump has no idea what he is talking about. Biden sidesteps the question about whether he will expand the Supreme Court or support eliminating the filibuster in the Senate. Trump had a good opportunity to critique Biden. But he starts rambling and runs down the clock on this debate topic. And has not only failed to land a punch on Biden, but shot himself in both feet.

9:24 P.M. Biden criticizes Trump’s handling of COVID. He suggests that Trump get out of his bunker and golf cart and deal with the issue.

9:25 P.M. Trump is having a hard time not interrupting Biden and Wallace. Biden says he is pro vaccine but doesn’t trust Trump to handle the issue.

9:28 P.M. Our impressions so far is that Biden is keeping his cool, hitting Trump back effectively. Trump so far has only succeeded in not removing the lemur pelt off his head.

9:32 P.M. Trump gets testy and tells Biden not to use the word smart with him. Biden shrugs him off. 

9:35 P.M. Trump is bragging about the size of his outdoor rallies. We are surprised he hasn’t said the rallies are YUGE. 

9:41 P.M. Trump claims that he built the greatest economy ever. Accuses Biden of just wanting endless shutdowns. Biden hits Trump over job losses during his administration. 

9:46 P.M. Wallace asked Trump if he paid $750 in taxes in 2016-2017. Trump is claiming he paid millions in taxes those years. Biden keeps asking Trump to release his tax returns. Trump keeps saying that he will release them “when they are ready”.

9:52 P.M. Wallace apologizes for raising voice to get Trump and Biden to not interrupt each other. Wallace is going to get roasted on Twitter by Trump no doubt. Especially after Wallace told the President has interrupted more than Vice President Biden has.

9:57 P.M. Trump is accusing Biden of being against Law and Order. Says Biden cannot says law enforcement or he will lose his radical left support. Biden answers by saying law enforcement and vows to work with police and the public to support law and order. Biden also hits back by saying that rioting and looting are never acceptable. 

10:01 P.M. Biden continues to emphasize his Irish Catholic heritage and his upbringing in Scranton, PA. Biden also just said Law and Order. 

10:04 P.M. Trump says that Biden won’t say law and order. Despite the fact Biden just said it three minutes. Biden also said to Trump: “You wouldn’t know the suburbs unless you got lost on the highway.” Biden says he opposes defunding the police. Trump tried to hit him over this issue. But once again wastes time ranting against Biden and fails to land a blow. 

10:10 P.M. At this point if we were Chris Wallace, after dealing with all the interruptions from Trump we would tell him: “Look Motherfucker when we say stop talking, you shut up.”

10:14 P.M. Biden accuses Trump of being “Putin’s Puppy”, Trump gets upset and has to be chastised again by Wallace. Biden argues he will be strong on national defense. Says Trump is weak. Points out the military service in his family.

10:18 P.M. Trump is not doing to badly on discussing the need for forest management. He is undercut though by the fact he has been President for three years and why hasn’t he done anything about it. 

10:25 P.M. Although we are not on board with Biden’s Green Agenda, but his softer tone of voice would seem to be more persuasive to undecided voters. Biden mentions Trump suggested dropping a nuke into a hurricane. Biden insists that his plan is not the Green New Deal. He supports the Biden Plan.

10:27 P.M. Both candidates asked how confident in the integrity of the election and what will they do to help ensure a fair and free election. Biden says he encourages people to vote, will work to have enough poll watchers at the polls. He criticizes Trump for opposing voting by mail even though Trump votes by mail. Says he will accept the results of the election. Trump whines claiming there hasn’t been a free transition from when he was elected. Good Lord, Donald! You have been in office three years! Can you stop whining already! 

10:33 P.M. Trump says they are urging his supporters to watch what is going on with the election. Continues to say that there will be massive voter fraud. Biden has said that he will accept the results of the election and so will President Trump. 

10:38 P.M. Debate has ended. Thank You God!!!

Lindsey Graham’s Pathetic Pleas for Money w/Update

Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham decided to add his own brand of crazy to the mix. Twice yesterday first on Fox News Thursday and then later on Hannity. Senator Graham complained that he was being out raised and outspent by his Democratic opponent Jaime Harrison. According to The Hill Graham said:

 "My opponent will raise $100 million in the state of South Carolina,” Graham said. “The most money ever spent in the history of the state on a Senate race in this state was by me in 2014 when I spent $13 million.”

“I'm being killed financially. This money is because they hate my guts.”

The article for The Hill by J. Edward Moreno does point out there is some confusion as to why exactly Senator Graham thinks he is getting killed financially based off his most recent campaign filings:

It wasn’t immediately clear what figure Graham was referring to, given that Harrison has raised just over $28 million as of the last Federal Election Commission filings in June, compared to Graham’s $29 million. 

We agree with Moreno that on paper it wouldn’t make much sense to claim he is getting crushed by his opponent money wise. Our own conclusion is that Graham’s campaign is in some kind of financial trouble. And/or Graham is concerned with some justification that he could lose his re-election bid this year. Our guess is that it’s a combination of both. If his going on TV and pleading for money is his idea of helping his campaign. It only serves to make him look weak and like an establishment politician desperate to cling to power. Graham’s attitude reminds us all of Senator Lugar’s ill fated attempt to hold onto his seat back in 2012. We will post a link to some videos of Graham’s tv appearances from yesterday and let you be the judge of his behavior. Have a great weekend everyone and please remember that politics is only part of life, it’s not the most important part. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on FOX just now: "My opponent will raise $100 million ... I'm being killed financially. This money is 'cuz hate my guts." pic.twitter.com/hqMIqpdUoe

— The Recount (@therecount) September 24, 2020

Cry more, you parasite https://t.co/nG7hZjidzQ

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 25, 2020

UPDATE: The Lincoln Project has just tweeted out a very funny video about Lindsey Graham’s financial woes. Despite some disagreements with The Lincoln Project at times, this video is funny as hell and if Graham loses this video will certainly help. We personally don’t want a Democrat run Senate, but our primary goal is to take out the Judas’s of the GOP like Graham. If that means we have to muddle through a few years of a Democratic Senate so be it.

Every single hour in South Carolina, Lindsey Graham is being violently out-fundraised.

But you can help stop the suffering. pic.twitter.com/9rDS5naJ4V

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 25, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

We were all sorry to hear that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just passed away at age 87. Politico’s David Cohen and Josh Gerstein have some more details:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an accomplished advocate against gender discrimination who became one of the most revered justices in U.S. Supreme Court history, has died of complications related to pancreatic cancer. She was 87.

Only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Ginsburg wrote some of the Supreme Court’s most notable opinions on gender discrimination, including the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, a 1996 case which opened the Virginia Military Institute to women.

Although Justice Ginsburg and us often had sharp political and legal differences, we always respected there dedication to the bench. What is especially upsetting to all of us is that her death has already started a political uproar over who should replace her during an already tumultuous political atmosphere. Let’s do what we can to keep an even keel. RIP Justice Ginsburg.

Self Proclaimed Satanist Wins NH GOP County Sheriff Primary

Well folks we have seen a peanut stand, we have listened to rubber bands, we have even seen an elephant fly. And now we are witnesses to something that is truly shocking. The Hill’s J Edward Moreno reports that: 

Aria DiMezzo, a self-described “transsexual Satanist anarchist,” won the Republican primary for sheriff in Cheshire County, N.H. last week. 

According to Moreno’s article DiMezzo is running for Cheshire County Sheriff on a platform of “FUCK THE POLICE”. Moreno also writes:

(DiMezzo) noted in a Friday blog post that they “couldn’t possibly have been more upfront about who I am, or my position on things.” DiMezzo said  “( the voters were) completely and totally oblivious about who they are voting for.” Some 4,000 people cast votes for DiMezzo in the Sept. 8 primary.

As devout the Christians we are at this blog, we must confess more than a little unease at an avowed Satanist possibly getting elected to a law enforcement position. But to DiMezzo’s credit they actually make some very interesting and good points about the sad state of politics today.

Here is part of a statement by DiMezzo outlining their views of politics:

"I’m running for sheriff because I oppose that very system, and the sheriff has the most hands-on ability in Cheshire County to oppose that system,” DiMezzo said. “The system that let you down by allowing me – the freaking transsexual Satanist anarchist – be your sheriff candidate is the same system I’m attacking. I’m sorry, and I know it hurts to hear, but that system is a lie.”

“The entire thing is a lie. It’s broken from beginning to end," they continued, "and my existence as your sheriff candidate is merely how this reality was thrown into your face.”

We have to admit as messed up as DiMezzo is they are spot on in pointing out how broken modern politics is. We are actually slightly tempted to endorse DiMezzo for Cheshire County Sheriff. We just cannot quite do so. Although in their defense if they actually have experience with Satan, then they are better prepared to serve in elected office than most of us! If anyone is interested there is this interesting interview with Aria DiMezzo on YouTube. Enjoy!

Interview with Transexual, Satanist, Anarchist Republican Aria DiMezzo

The Unending Hypocrisy of Mike Pence

We have written many posts attacking Mike Pence. So we thought we would put out another one. Last night in his continuing display of worship of his golden calf. Mike Pence  went out to try to convince all of us how awesome Trump is, and why we would all be fools not to re elect him. It’s so pathetic to see Pence continuing to kiss Trump’s feet. The only upside is that it does actually expose Pence as the fraud he has always been. We would actually love for both Trump and Biden to lose, but at this rate we would almost settle for seeing Pence no longer in office. Here’s a really great ad exposing Pence for the hypocrite he is:

Martha McSally Wants Arizona Families to Give Up A Meal To Save Her Job

Martha McSally RINO Trump Enabler

Trump enabler and fake Republican Arizona Senator Martha McSally, apparently has decided that her re-election campaign is not going badly enough. So she has decided in a ironic move considering that she is a former combat pilot in the Air Force. To do her best imitation of a mad kamikaze pilot and destroy her campaign in a useless and stupid manner. As our readers might remember we had praised McSally two years ago for defeating two alt-right kooks in the Arizona GOP Senate Primary. So her decision over the last year to become a Trump acolyte has us more than a bit mad. But it’s her most recent act of stupidity that has us completely pissed at her.

McSally so far has been trailing her Democratic Challenger former astronaut Mark Kelly, both in the polls and in fundraising for sometime now. Rather than taking a good hard look at herself and their campaign and attempting a course correction. Old Martha seems hell bent on trying to scrounge up as much money as she can in the hopes that she can get elected to a full Senate term.

Earlier today a recording of Senator McSally making a fundraising pitch to her supporters on a conference call emerged. On the recording of the call, McSally starts out by complaining that her campaign is being outspent on television and that they are losing their “air war”. She even goes as far as suggesting that her supporters could fast a meal, and donate the cost of the missed meal to her campaign. McSally’s campaign and some of her supporters have tried to spin this as a joke. If it was a joke it not only fell dead, but it makes her correctly look like a desperate party hack hoping against hope that they will keep their office. 

You all can check out this video about McSally’s desperation here: 

We all here can just hear Barry Goldwater and John McCain shouting from their graves at just how much of a joke the once venerable Arizona GOP has become. The sooner we burn out the cancer of Trumpism, the better we as a nation will be. 

Steve Bannon Runs Out of Covfefe and is Arrested for Fraud

Steve Bannon former Trump Chief Strategist/Future Prison Inmate

It’s been awhile since we have written on that Clown Prince of Trump Minions Steve Bannon. Although we had originally hoped never to write about Bannon ever again today’s events make us ecstatic to fire away at him again from the IR Batcave. We would argue that better people wouldn’t rejoice so much at the fall of such a washed up party hack like Steve Bannon. We are not better people, not today and not about Bannon. After all old Steve did say there was a special place in hell for Republicans like us who refused to back underage girl lover Roy Moore, he also had business dealings with sexual predator Harvey Weinstein. So given Bannon’s past sins we think we are entitled to indulge in some glee, while reporting on the news today that Bannon and three others were arrested today on charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his failed “We Build the Wall Campaign”.  Justin Wise and Harper Neidig reported on the story for The Hill earlier today:

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and three others were arrested and charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors who contributed to a fundraising campaign for a private border wall, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.

"As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction," acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said.

The four men are facing charges including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Each charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.

Bannon, who also served as chief executive of President Trump's campaign in 2016, is the latest member of the president's inner circle to face criminal charges.

Needless to say Trump’s re-election campaign is probably not thrilled with the arrest of Donald’s former campaign manager. Regardless of whatever loyalty Bannon holds or held towards President Trump. True to form President Trump has decided to act as if Bannon and he were never close. Here’s more on Trump, Bannon and the “We Build the Wall” scam:

Following the indictment, Trump said he hadn’t dealt with Bannon “for a very long period of time.”

“I don't like that project. I thought it was being done for showboating reasons,” Trump said. “It was something that I very much felt was inappropriate to be doing.”

Putting the irony aside of Donald Trump being upset over anyone else showboating, Trump’s obsession with building a fantasy border wall is well documented. Readers of this blog might recall a year ago we compared Trump’s zeal to build a border wall at the Mexican border as being the equivalent of Captain Shan’s insane quest to slay Moby Dick. So him claiming that he would view Bannon’s scheme as showboating is a bit hard to swallow. Especially in light of the fact that many of Trump’s family members and associates are involved with the “We Build the Wall” campaign:

Trump was made aware of the “We Build The Wall” campaign shortly after its launch. Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was an advisory board member for the nonprofit established by the campaign, told The New York Times in January 2019 that the effort had received the president’s blessing.

“I talked with the president, and the We Build The Wall Effort came up,” Kobach said. “The president said ‘the project has my blessing, and you can tell the media that.’ ”

A website for the campaign still includes endorsements from the president's son Donald Trump Jr., former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraising official for the 2020 campaign.

So for an effort that Trump claims to have thought so little of her apparently had no problem with his son Don, Jr, one of his former campaign managers and Kris Kobach one of his chief toady’s shilling for it. Of course when you look at the charges filed against Bannon and his crew it becomes apparent why Trump would want to distance himself from Bannon.

Here’s more details on the charges against Bannon and the others:

Brian Kolfage launched We Build The Wall on GoFundMe in late 2018, quickly raising more than $20 million, before the site threatened to remove his page unless he identified a valid recipient of the funds.

According to the indictment, Kolfage, Bannon and Badolato then formed a nonprofit called "We Build The Wall, Inc." to receive the GoFundMe money.

Despite Kolfage's promises that he wouldn't be taking a salary, federal prosecutors alleged that the group of defendants schemed to pass along hundreds of thousands of dollars to him to help "fund his lavish lifestyle."

Kolfage allegedly took a total of $350,000 from the organization, passed through a series of bank accounts and nonprofits between January and October of 2019.

Prosecutors said one nonprofit controlled by Bannon received more than $1 million, some of which he passed on to Kolfage, while taking a "substantial portion" for personal gain.

Now none of us at INDY REPUBLICAN are attorney’s like our late great teacher and friend Gary Welsh or our friend and ally Paul Ogden. But based off what we can see it is not likely that Bannon and his three associates would have been arrested if the Justice Department didn’t think they had a good case against them. Things are look bad for Bannon & Trump. Knowing Bannon he will do ANYTHING to avoid prison even roll over on Donald. We have a few things to say to Steve Bannon: Steve, we really hate you. You are REAL HUMAN SCUM, but that being said if you have any brain cells at all you will turn on Donald now! He is already ditching you like one of the three rumpled jackets you always wear. Save yourself while you can. And by the way regarding their being a special place in Hell for us Never Trump Republicans, we are okay with that. At least we won’t be stuck in boring, generic, run-of-the-mill Hell! See you when you come up for parole Steve!

Shelby County Cold Case Solved

Here’s a news item of interest to all you true crime/cold case fans. It looks like some cold cases of rape and robbery in Shelby County might be solved after almost 38 years. Yesterday WTHR reported the latest developments regarding this case:

GREENSBURG, Ind. — The Shelby County prosecutor is preparing charges against Steven Ray Hessler, 57, of Greensburg in a serial sexual assault cold case. Hessler, who lives in Greensburg, was arrested Monday.

The prosecutor said Hessler is connected to a series of home invasion sexual assaults in Shelbyville and Shelby County between 1982 and 1985. There were a reported 10 victims in seven different incidents. Some of the incidents happened while the women were home alone and others while a husband or children were present. In one case, the suspect beat the husband of one of the victims so severely as to cause permanent disabilities

WTHR goes on to report some of the offenses that Hessler is being charged with spanning from 1982 to 1985:

• Aug. 14, 1982 — Woman awoken after a man entered her home through an unlocked door. He had a knife and took money from her purse. He threatened if she didn't perform sexual acts, he'd hurt her young daughters. He also asked her to put on sexy clothing and assaulted her. The man said he was paid by her ex-husband to do this to her. If she reported it to police, he said he would come back and get her daughters when they were coming home from school.
• Nov. 1, 1982 — Woman awakened after a man forced his way into her home. Her son was asleep in the bed next to her. Man held a knife to her throat. The man claimed he was paid money to come there and hurt her. He said if she didn't comply he would hurt her son. The man made her put on sexy clothing before assaulting her. He told her if she called police he would be back. 
• Dec. 16, 1982 — Two women were sexually assaulted, a mother and a daughter. The daughter was awake when a man entered her room holding a knife. He then forced her to perform sexual acts. The suspect also forced the mother to perform sexual acts and claimed he was a police officer. He tried to take pictures of the victims, but there wasn't film in their camera.
• Feb. 2, 1983 — The suspect approached a man outside his home and forced them inside with a gun. He forced the man and a woman in the home to perform sex acts on each other. He told them he was paid to do this to them. The suspect also reportedly photographed the two victims and left with some cash.
• Feb. 18, 1984 — A woman was in the shower when a man came in with a gun. The suspect asked the woman if she knew about his other assaults and bragged police arrested the wrong man. He told her if she cooperated, he would never come back. He photographed the woman wearing sexy clothing. The man threatened to harm her if she reported the incident. He referenced that she served him food at a restaurant one previous night. He left after taking a small amount of cash.
• Nov. 25, 1984 — A man forced entry into a home and had a gun on him. He woke up the victim's daughter and forced the mother to perform sex acts. He took a small amount of cash and left.
• Aug. 17, 1985 —  A man forced entry to a home and woke up to victims at gunpoint. He told them he'd kill them if they didn't do what he said and demanded money. The woman told the suspect she had a heart condition and faked a heart attack. The suspect then beat the male victim over the head with his gun causing permanent brain damage and physical disabilities. He then took the female victim to the garage and forced her to perform sex acts. He then threatened to come back and kill them if they went to police. Investigators were able to recover DNA evidence from the garage. 

Hessler was apparently found as a suspect do to his DNA matching that of a DNA sample found at some of the crime scenes. It’s not likely he will be able to pay bail since his bond is set at $20,000,000.00. We are just glad that these cases appear to be close to being solved. Here is a video about the case:

Feeling Down? Rejoice for God Saves All!

Earlier this year we shared on this blog the core of our Christian faith. Foremost being our absolute assurance that Jesus Christ finished the work he set out to of being the Savior of the world. We will at some point in the near future return to more frequently blogging about the state of politics here in Indiana and the rest of these United States. However given the difficult times in which we are living. We felt that we needed to do something to light a candle, and not merely to expose the darkness. As if guided by the Holy Spirit we have come across this wonderful video that illustrates the truth of the Gospel of Christ. With big, bold text and the “Throne Room March” from Star Wars: A New Hope the truth of the Gospel is most excellently displayed! Watch this video, and as you do pray and ask God to see the truth and to work for the salvation of all mankind. Enjoy the video and God Bless You All!

Is Mike Pence Gay?

Our apologies for the lack of posts these past few weeks, everything has been so hectic! Before we return to our regularly scheduled programming we thought we would in a mildly serious way look into a weird video of Vice President Mike Pence that is floating around the internet.

Just this afternoon an alert reader of Indy Republican sent all of us a video circulating on line that shows Vice President Mike Pence looking creepily at his master President Donald Trump. Gay comedian Marie Connor had some funny commentary on the funny but creepy way that Mike Pence is fawning over Donald Trump: 

Mike Pence isn’t gay, but his impression of an 18-year-old closeted me looking at my hot straight friend is spot on
pic.twitter.com/TuzywvBYoI

— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) August 1, 2020

Personally all of us here at IR don’t care what the Vice President likes to shove up his ass. That being said however it would be kind of funny, and not to surprising to find that old Mikey is gay. The reason we are not sure is because we aren’t entirely sure that Mike Pence is actually a man. We are half tempted to ask Ann Coulter if he knows whether or not Pence is a man. Time will tell if Pence is hiding the truth about who he is. 

On Twitter someone put up this photo of Pence in a Village People type cowboy outfit. In fairness we don’t know if this image is real or doctored. But it’s just to amusing not to put up: 

And he has no clue what irony is pic.twitter.com/96CI3yhcHi

— Rick D Courier (@Draisnumber2R) August 1, 2020

UPDATE: A reader sent us a clearer picture of Pence’s taste in western wear:

Donors to Mike Pence’s Legal Defense Fund Revealed. Also, Where Does Mike Pence Live?

Finally after three years of nail biting suspense, we finally know the identities of some of the people who helped pay Vice President Pence’s legal fees. Veteran readers of this blog might recall we wrote about Pence’s legal defense fund back in 2017. Thanks to USA Today writer Maureen Groppe we now have some answers. Needless to say there are some interesting characters to say the least backing old Mickey.

Maureen Groppe wrote on June 30, 2020 in an article going into more detail about Pence’s legal donors:

Vice President Mike Pence received nearly $500,000 from a dozen contributors to pay his legal bills from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, according to his annual financial disclosure report that was released Tuesday (June 29, 2020).

The biggest backers were Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and the California couple Michael Hayde and Laura Khouri who develop and manage apartment complexes. They each gave $100,000.

Other contributors include Pence's political adviser Marty Obst; national GOP fundraiser Ronald Weiser of Michigan; Florida real estate investor Leo Wells; Indiana businessmen Lawrence “Sonny” Beck, Paul Thrift and Tony Moravec; and Georgia businessman Brian McPheely, head of the country’s fifth largest corrugated packaging company.

The legal defense fund was created in December 2018 by Jim Atterholt, who served as Pence's chief of staff when he was Indiana's governor.

Pence hired an attorney, former U.S. Attorney Richard Cullen, after Mueller was appointed in 2017. But he was not billed until the end of Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

Expenses were paid last June and the fund was terminated in August, according to the disclosure report.

Atterholt previously told USA TODAY that he volunteered to start the fund because he doesn't believe legal bills should be the cost of public service.

Some of the names of Pence’s backers certainly have our interest peaked. A point of interest about Richard Cullen, Pence’s attorney. Is that Cullen is an old friend, coworker and godfather to one of former FBI Director James Comey’s daughters. And McGuire Woods the law firm Cullen works for is also where former Indiana Governor and Senator Evan Bayh works. For whatever reason Pence wanted a heavy hitter to represent him.

Back to some of the donors. We find it interesting that former State Representative, Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Director, and Chief of Staff to Governor Pence Jim Atterholt created Pence’s legal defense fund. Atterholt is quoted as saying he created the fund for Pence “because he doesn't believe legal bills should be the cost of public service.” That’s a side splitter Jim! You sure as hell were not concerned with legal bills when you forced out Paul Ogden at the Department of Insurance back in 2006. 

Readers of INDY REPUBLICAN, Ogden on Politics, and the late Gary Welsh’s Advance Indiana blog, know that Atterholt is not the most ethical guy in politics. Gary Welsh and Paul Ogden have documented here and here Atterholt’s dubious conduct as head of the Department of Insurance, the head of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, and as Governor Pence’s Chief of Staff. There is an especially good post Paul Ogden did on Atterholt detailing Atterholt’s too cozy relationships with lobbyists and his willingness to commit perjury. When Pence named Atterholt to be his Chief of Staff that was an indication to all of us as to how useless he is as a public servant. 

Although Pence has never been charged with any criminal conduct to our knowledge, he does act as if he is hiding something. We cannot think of any other reason he would hire such a high powered lawyer to represent him. Also even though Pence has been Vice President since 2017, he still has cast ballots using the address of the Governor’s Mansion, where even he admitted he moved out of in 2017  He even tweeted his moving pictures: 

Enjoying a quiet moment on our last Sunday morning at the Governor's Residence pic.twitter.com/1oqBL3LN82

— Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) January 8, 2017

A recent article by Elizabeth Dye for “Above the Law” had this to say about the Pence’s use of the Governor’s mansion for voting:

“Does Governor Holcomb forward the Second Lady her Taste of Home and Good Housekeepingmagazines? Will Vice President and Mother Pence be bedding down in the governor’s mansion if voters see fit to evict them from Number One Observatory Circle in November? Will the Pences ever again pay their own electric bill, as they dutifully strive to cut the safety net out from under poor Americans?

So many questions! But apparently using their old taxpayer-funded digs, to which the Pences have no intention of returning, as their Indiana residence is perfectly legal.“

This raises some interesting questions especially since former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was convicted of voter fraud, all because he allegedly voted in the wrong precinct one time in his whole life. Pence and his wife apparently are allowed to vote using an address they no longer live at. Even if one buys the claim that Pence is allowed to vote from the Governor’s mansion due to his serving as Vice President, how does that extend to his wife Karen, who is not in elected office? Somebody should ask Governor Eric Holcomb if he knowingly allows the Pence’s to vote from his residence? And if so why, and also why should the Pence’s get away with blatantly flouting election law when Charlie White was shafted by Holcomb and Mitch Daniels? Do you have something to say Eric? Mike? Karen? Trump would be well advised to drop kick Pence’s ass off the ticket, otherwise the Democrats WILL go after Pence with a vengeance and help to sink Donald even further. 

Let’s all just pray that for the devils bargain that Pence has made, that he is dropped from the ticket and must pay for his sins!