Democrats May Owe a Debt of Gratitude to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem

After this weeks congressional hearings featuring Attorney General Pam Bondi, Democrats may find themselves in the unusual position of having to thank her for all of the help she is providing to them as the midterm elections approach.  Her appearance, in front of the cameras, was a disgusting display of political ugliness that clearly helped the chances of Democrats in gaining control of Congress in November.  Millions of dollars worth of flashy television ads and months of campaigning can not do, for Democratic candidates' election chances, what those few hours in front of the camera in Congressional hearings by Bondi did.  

Starting with the obvious, Bondi just looked bad.  Her face seems to be contorted into a perpetual scowl, tense, furrowed eyebrows, beady eyes sliding to the left and right, wrinkle lines that seem to push her lips together and while I'm sure they get a professional makeup job for the cameras, in her case that didn't help.  Her posture is defensive, hunched, and if it is possible for the combination of facial expressions and posture to send non-verbal messages, she's telling us that she's lying.  

Beyond that, her testimony is a mother lode of sound bytes that will be used in campaign ads by multiple Democrats running for office who are trying to convince voters that Republicans are corrupt, not keeping their promises, and more interested in what they can get out of their billionaire supprorters than in doing anything beneficial for the American people.  She made some critical errors, including showing up with information about research done by members of Congress into her botched handling of the Epstein files.  

But the critical mistake she made was her refusal to acknowledge the victims of Epstein, not even looking at them, never mentioning them and essentially behaving like a cold, heartless bitch.  That's clearly something that will have some far reaching political effects ultimately benefitting Democrats in the midterms.  

So, when the midterms are over, and Democrats have reclaimed Congress, will Democrats turn to the attorney general and say, "Thanks, Pam, for your help!"  

Democrats will also wind up getting a lot of help from Kristi Noem.  Thrust from the relative obscurity of being an ineffective governor of a tiny state to the spotlight of the Department of Homeland Security, this poor, unfortunate, hopelessly ignorant, and apparently corrupt woman has been helping Democrats gain support for their midterm blue wave from the first day she ever stepped into the department.   

Appearances are important, and Noem doesn't help herself in this regard, especially not in her parroting of conspiracy theories devoid of any factual proof, to defend indefensible actions.  Her handling of events which transpire in Minnesota directly corresponds with the recent free-falling approval ratings of Trump, and of the growing gap between those planning to vote Democratic in the midterms, and backing away from the Republicans.  Noem's name is a big part of the reason for the recent Democratic surge.  

She, too, provides Democratic campaigns with a lot of sound bytes and video clips which proclaim inept handling of her job, and which underlines the kind of incompetence that comes out of her political inexperience and lack of Constitutional knowledge.  She has a blank, unfocused stare as she recites falsehood after falsehood, without any corroborating evidence.  And she is also a coldblooded, heartless bitch, evidence by her calloused and false characterizations of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and her indifference to their deaths which she helped cause.

So, will we hear, on election night, a Democratic winner actually give heartfelt thanks to Bondi and Noem for their election?  Probably not.  But it is clear that both of these women are major contributors to the surge of support for Democratic candidates from independents, and even from a few Republicans.  

We should feel good about seeing Republicans become their own worst enemy, though, whether we admit it or not.