After a while all the talk, rumors, and speculation about Donald Trump's involvement with Jeffrey Epstein becomes exhausting. It is rather like that dream during which you are trying to get somewhere, but your feet keep sinking into the carpet, or sidewalk and each step is a monumental struggle. Indeed--let's take a break from the alleged salacious behavior of the rich, famous, and powerful to focus on something else for a moment.
That's right. Let's look into the alleged salacious behavior of that wannabe rich, famous, and powerful apostle of Donald Trump, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Schools, Ryan Walters. There is now evidence the same man who has mandated that every classroom in Oklahoma have at least one bible in it--the man who ordered every state student and faculty member to either pray with him, or watch him pray on video, has a taste for watching what he, himself would classify as pornography. And not in the privacy of his own home, but rather in his state funded office while serving the people of Oklahoma, Donald J. Trump, and Jesus Christ, although, not necessarily in that order.
This past week members of the State Board of Education, chaired by Walters, met in what is known as an, "Executive Session." (It is a meeting where they decide things in private--no press, or public allowed--before they go out and pretend to decide the same things in public.) The meeting was held in Walters' office which apparently is spacious enough to seat everyone involved. One of the furnishings in the office is a television. As the meeting began the TV was on, but muted. Board members, Ryan Deatherage and Becky Carson had perfect views of the screen, which was to Walters' back, while others in the room didn't.
As the meeting progressed, both Deatherage and Carson told the media they saw naked women on the television. Although neither of them described in detail what the naked women were doing, Carson was quoted as saying in part, "I'm sorry I even have to use this language, but I'm like, those are nipples. And then I'm like, that's pubic hair." Deatherage, apparently, an amateur historian of such things, was quoted as saying, "It looked like it was made in the '60s maybe. Carson said she used her sternest mother/teacher voice to demand Walters, "Turn it off now!"
At that point Walters got up and in what seemed to be a flash of panic fumbled around for a moment or two (It always happens at the worst of times doesn't it?) before finding the off button. Board member Chris Van Denhende told The Oklahoman that while he couldn't see the screen when Walters sat back down he was, "shook up." Another member Mike Tinney also claimed he didn't see the screen, but said that after Walters turned off the TV he was, "Obviously a little flustered, or embarrassed."
According to everyone involved, after what we can presume was an awkward pause, the meeting then proceeded as if nothing had happened. In other words, it was another case of, "Nothing to see here, move on." On the agenda that day was Walters' planned test for licensing teachers coming in from other states which ensures they are, let's say, unwoke and loyal to the Donald Trump dogma of, "America first."
So far Ryan Walters hasn't issued a statement. However, his mouthpiece, Quinton Hitchcock called the story, "..a junk tabloid lie." He added, "Any number of people have access to these offices, you have a hostile board who will say anything except the truth, and now NonsenseDoc is reporting on an alleged random TV cable image."
In short, the whole thing is a conspiracy. How wonderfully Trumpian.
State legislators are currently lining up to demand an investigation which includes the seizure of any and all electronic devices in Walters' office. Many on both sides of the aisle have waited for years to bring down what they consider a self-righteous, extravagantly arrogant, pompous asshole. Because, in the end, Ryan Walters is the local incarnation of Matt Gaetz--a man so personally reprehensible, everyone, no matter what their politics, hates his guts.
The chances of Ryan Walters resigning from his office over this incident are zero. His ego won't allow it. In fact, right now he is probably convincing himself the whole thing is a conspiracy. And no matter how much legislators despise him, it's doubtful they'll impeach the guy. What will more likely happen is Walters' days of running roughshod over the board are finished. From now on they and not the Superintendent determine policy take the decisions. In addition, that run for Governor Walters was planning on next year could well be in jeopardy. Even Oklahoma republicans have limits to their hypocrisy. At least we hope they do.
Otherwise, this sordid little moment did accomplish one thing. It validated my firm belief that deep within every one of these high profile hyper-fundamentalist Christian political Kahunas dwells the soul of a dirty old man. And sometimes all you have to do to find it is wait for the silly sons of bitches to forget to change the channel.
7-27-25
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