Today's MOZEN: The Schoolyard Bully

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Another day, another outrageous display of a bilious, belligerent, blowhard of a bully. Yes, unfortunately, I am, yet again, referring to our illustrious President, Donald J. Trump.

Last evening, at another one of his self aggrandizing rallies designed to throw raw meat to his base and pump up his already enormously inflated ego, Mr. Trump decided to attack the veracity and, therefore, integrity, of Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford who recently testified to an alleged sexual abuse encounter with his nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh.

It was not only the fact that he had the audacity to challenge Dr. Ford's motivation for her testimony, he did so in the most infantile manner - like a 12 year-old school yard bully might, changing the manner of his speaking so that his tone took on condescending air. To complete the image to match the tone of his voice he should have finished his statement by putting his thumbs in his ears, waved his hands going, NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH, HA and then stuck out his tongue!!

The only thing more pathetic than this image was that of the crowd cheering behind him. But, then again, we must remember, he was in Mississippi. And, for your information, Mississippi is 49th in the Nation in education. So, no real surprise there.

Until the FBI issues its findings on the investigation of the alleged incident, it remains a He Said-She Said conundrum. Without some type of corroboration, we may never fully know the truth. I get that. I have my own, personal feelings as to whom is actually telling the truth. But, that has no bearing on how Dr. Ford should be treated. Beyond the legality of the situation, there is the emotion of it. There is no doubt that both figures in this scenario have suffered their own brand of emotional distress, certainly none more so than Dr. Ford. As the antagonist in this case, she knew that she would face the ire of many for the shear timing of her accusations among other issues. Still, she persisted and testified, boldly, calmly, and, confidently. She earned almost universal respect for her testimony. On the other hand, Judge Kavanaugh, while steadfastly maintaining his innocence in his response, was aggressive, defensive and belligerent.

And, for HER efforts, the Bully-In-Chief used the schoolyard tactics of a juvenile to discredit her.

It's shameful - at least it is to most rational human beings. But, for me, I expect little else from this man. And, I haven't since he mocked a disabled NY Times reporter while on the campaign trail.

And, as I say all of the time: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. And, we bought a banal, beefy, bastard of a bully . . .