Hamena, Hamena, Hamena ...
Listening to the Republican spokes-whores these days is like hearing Ralph Cramden trying to worm his way out of an obvious lie when confronted by Alice: ”Hamena, hamena, hamena.”
And sadly, they somehow believe they can convince a nation that their “pResident” wasn’t out bowling with his buddies when he was supposed to be meeting Alice’s mom at the train station – and the fact that he snuck into the apartment at midnight with his ball and his bowling shoes is simply a figment of everyone’s over-active imaginations.
Watching CNN tonight, Niger Innis – when asked about Trump’s obvious lies – got so tongue-tied, he could barely respond beyond hamena, hamena, hamena. It’s been the same reaction from other GOPers when asked about Trump’s lies – basically that everyone in politics lies, hamena, hamena, hamena and this “pResident” is no different than others.
According to Washington Post’s fact checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the “pResident”, Trump made 7,645 claims through Dec. 30th, the 710th day of his term in office, that were proven to be deliberately misleading or outright lies.
And the response from the Trump-humping spokes-whores is now, if nothing else, consistent: ”Hamena, hamena, hamena … I’ve never heard him lie about anything.”
Throughout the ongoing exposure of Spanky’s lies, the admonition from Republicans has been equally consistent: Don’t believe your own eyes, and don’t believe your own ears. And unfortunately, there are those among us who are stupid enough to ignore what they see and what they hear, choosing instead to believe what they are told to believe, despite all evidence to the contrary.
What it all comes down to is this: When those who support their lying “pResident” insist that he’s never lied, they themselves are lying to the people who look to them to tell the truth. When members of a political party spend their time “normalizing” lying by denying it’s even happening, it’s a sure sign that they have nothing to offer beyond hamena, hamena, hamena.
Given what is now being exposed on a daily basis thanks to House Democrats determined to investigate and expose the truth, and given what is yet to come from Mueller and the SDNY, perhaps the Republicans should consider framing their 2020 campaign around the idea that hamena, hamena, hamena is the appropriate response to the proof that their “pResident” is a lying, Russian-colluding, sexist, bigoted, racist, pussy-grabber.
”Vote Republican! Why? Well, hamena, hamena, hamena …”
It’s kind of catchy, don’tcha think? I can almost picture it on a red, made-in-China hat, proudly worn by those who used to have good-paying jobs at a US factory that manufactured slogan-embossed hats.
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I thought of Ralph Cramden and knew where you were going with it! 
Who can forget the episodes where Alice was sporting a black eye, or an arm in a cast, or the way she cowered and shook in fear when Ralph threatened to send her to the moon?
... is someone trying to insist that Alice "coped with an abusive relationship" when there wasn't one.
Do you really think that anyone who watched The Honeymooners - then OR now - thought the catch-phrase "Pow, to the moon" was an actual threat?
Just stop. Before last night, I had never even heard anyone suggest such a thing.
BTW, when you hear someone say things like, "If you ate the last piece of pie, I'm going to kill you," do you really think they're threatening murder?
