Roseanne Barr is giving Jews a bad name. Plus, Trump probably will serve all 4 years

JEWS AS COOKIES: Comedian Roseanne Barr, who is Jewish, asked to dress as Hitler for a 2009 "Germany" issue of Heeb, a satirical publication catering to young Jewish readers (Photos by Bradley Meinz).

REINCARNATION OF HITLER: Author Oliver Noble wrote that Roseanne asked to dress up as Hitler for the spread as she believes (or at least jokingly said that she believes) that she may be the reincarnation of the Fuhrer himself, according to Snopes.com.

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Photos of Roseanne Barr dressed up as Hitler, pulling Jewish cookies out of an oven, were published nearly a decade ago, but they still are annoying as hell.

So, I was delighted to hear that the Jewish comedian, who gives Jews a bad name, published a racist tweet that got her much ballyhooed sitcom about a blue-collar American family cancelled last week.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. 

"Roseanne seems to be suffering from some form of madness," says filmmaker and author Michael Moore, adding:

"Here's who's not crazy: Donald J. Trump. Trump, though he shows all the signs of being absolutely bonkers, is not insane.... His racism and hate is real, it's well thought-out, he's the true master of manipulation, a brilliant performance artist, and an evil genius.

"He outsmarted a nation of liberals and Democrats and won the White House by losing the actual vote of the people. He neutered and then destroyed the Grand Old Republican Party. He knows exactly what he's doing."

All 4 years?

Meanwhile, satirist Bill Maher is saying on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" that Donald J. Trump likely will serve all 4 years of his first term as president, even if he is impeached by a majority of the House of Representatives.

In his New Rules windup on May 19, Maher noted that impeachment is meaningless unless Trump is convicted by two-thirds or 67 members of the U.S. Senate, and removed from office.

Even a significant Blue Wave in November's midterm elections isn't expected to give Democrats control of the Senate, meaning a large number of those votes would have to come from Republicans.

In the Russia probe, Trump can ignore a request to be interviewed by the special counsel or a subpoena to testify before a grand jury, Maher said, noting the president is above the law.

The Times says

In fact, The New York Times reported on Saturday Trump's lawyers sent a confidential memo to Special Counsel Robert Mueller that argues Trump couldn't possibly commit obstruction, "because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations."

"It's part of a bid," The Times said, "to prevent Mr. Mueller from forcing Mr. Trump to answer questions," and risk "exposing himself to accusations of lying to investigators, a potential crime or impeachable offense."  

Now, here are more cartoons from Cagle.com:

Cartoonist John Cole of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa., gets a big kick out of the firing of Roseanne Barr and cancellation of her popular sitcom.

Cartoonist Taylor Jones calls his cartoon on ABC cancelling Roseanne "no more monkey business."

R.J. Matson, the editorial cartoonist with Roll Call , which covers Capitol Hill and Washington, D.C., has Roseanne wailing her racist tweets were only bad jokes.

Cagle.com describes Sean Delonas as a "right wing" cartoonist, but this comparison of Roseanne's racist tweets and Bill Maher's joke about Trump being fathered by an orangutan is plainly wrong.