Briefly...

I chuckle at those who actually believe Justin Amash is some paragon of principle rather than the obvious opportunistic grandstanding charlatan he is. Take for instance his big announcement of "leaving the Republican Party" on America's Independence Day. Yeah he was not making this all about himself on America's birthday!

And the choice of hill to die on as the Mueller Report which cleared the president of collusion and would not recommend prosecution for obstruction? Again, strong choice there as a "prophet of freedom" where folks like Carter Page actually had their constitutional rights rolled over by the tank of Leviathan government while Amash stood by the whole time as silent as a whore in church. Yeah, big defender of "personal liberty" there!

Then of course there is the tiny matter of Amash trailing badly in primary polls in 2020. I suppose the thought of being embarrassed in a Republican primary had no part in his "Profiles in Courage" decision to suddenly become a supposed "Independent voter." More like he is a Losertarian and always has been a Losertarian but did not have the guts to run as a Losertarian even in an uprising election year like 2010 because he knew even in that kind of favourable electoral climate he would have lost if he did because that is what Losertarians do when running for office under their stupid banner at all times and places lo these past 47 years: they lose and lose badly.

And finally, let us be blunt: yes Amash pulled his stunt because he is mad about Trump. But why is he really so mad? Is it really some "principled stand" or is it that the Amash family took a heap big hit in the pocketbook in their Chinese tool business because of the Trump tariffs? If you think it is the former as opposed to the latter, then in the words of that great western philosopher Roger Waters "ha ha, charade you are!" Just like Justin Amash.