Well, I called my congerscritter, the Hon. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), this morning to tell her that I strongly disapproved of Nancy Pelosi's charming reaction to the Justice Department's decision not to pursue their case against LTG Flynn. "Barr's politicization of justice knows no bounds," Pelosi said.
Er, what did you drink for breakfast, Nance?
What I think is that if Hollywood were going to produce a "Worse than Watergate" movie, they would want:
But that would be racist. And anyway, it is absurd to suggest that President Obama would be so small-minded as to try to punish an appointee that answered back. That would be racist
And anyway, Hollywood ain't gonna do a movie on the Trump Russia Collusion. It cuts too close to the bone. And where are the A-list Robert Redfords and Dustin Hoffmans that would do it?
I suspect that our liberal friends still have no clue what a mess they are in. And how President Trump is going to wipe the floor with them this Fall. And how plenty of moderate Democrats that won seats in 2018 are going to be shown the door.
It is now becoming pretty clear that Rep. Schiff (D-CA) was lying when he talked up evidence of collusion. And Nancy Pelosi going ahead with an impeachment on the Ukraine phone call. On a phone call, Nancy?
Look, I get the whole partisan politics thing. You want to keep your supporters all riled up. But surely this is not the way to do it.
What you do is, first, you don't use the police and spying assets of the government to spy and beat up the opposition. Just not cricket, old chap.
What you do, second, is you concede the election, fair and square. Especially if your guys won the last two presidential elections. You say: "we are all Americans, and wait until next time." You don't do this because you are a nice guy. You do it because all peaceful government starts with conceding the election to the hated opposing party. And if you don't know this, you don't belong in politics.
What you do, third, is you don't set up a fishing expedition with a special prosecutor staffed with a bunch of partisan lawyers.
What you do, fourth, is you don't gussy up an impeachment on a phone call.
What you do, fifth, is you don't encourage the media to announce weekly "bombshells" and "walls closing in." See that sets up expectations among your partisan supporters. Nothing wrong with that unless the expectations are dashed. After all, you want your supporters all riled up for the next election, and it is really hard to keep people all riled up for four years straight. Especially after the special prosecutor ends up with bupkis. Especially after the impeachment ends up with bupkis. Especially after they let the eevil Pentagon general off the hook.
Here's my problem. I have to assume that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and all their staffers and supporters are pretty smart folk. They know politics.
So, I wonder what is it that I am missing? Is it that Nance and Chuck are old geezers hanging onto their jobs, desperate to stop a new radical generation from taking over that would be too far left for the average American voter? Do they feel they have to throw red meat to the "far left" to keep them from burning the place down? Do they need to keep the pace hot in order to satisfy the big-money contributors? Do they have to keep left in order to avoid too much primarying of good old boys from the left?
There is something I am missing, and as usual in such a situation, I have my antennae up. Maybe somehow, someday, some news item or inside gossip will make the whole thing will become clear to me.
Er, what did you drink for breakfast, Nance?
What I think is that if Hollywood were going to produce a "Worse than Watergate" movie, they would want:
- A smarmy FBI director like James Comey.
- A rather low-rent attempt to entrap their victim who would be an all-American hero.
- A couple of the key FBI players conducting an extra-marital affair.
- The president apparently knowing the details of the Flynn-Kislyak conversation.
- A special prosecutor that turned out to be a stumblebum zero.
- Peacocking journalists.
But that would be racist. And anyway, it is absurd to suggest that President Obama would be so small-minded as to try to punish an appointee that answered back. That would be racist
And anyway, Hollywood ain't gonna do a movie on the Trump Russia Collusion. It cuts too close to the bone. And where are the A-list Robert Redfords and Dustin Hoffmans that would do it?
I suspect that our liberal friends still have no clue what a mess they are in. And how President Trump is going to wipe the floor with them this Fall. And how plenty of moderate Democrats that won seats in 2018 are going to be shown the door.
It is now becoming pretty clear that Rep. Schiff (D-CA) was lying when he talked up evidence of collusion. And Nancy Pelosi going ahead with an impeachment on the Ukraine phone call. On a phone call, Nancy?
Look, I get the whole partisan politics thing. You want to keep your supporters all riled up. But surely this is not the way to do it.
What you do is, first, you don't use the police and spying assets of the government to spy and beat up the opposition. Just not cricket, old chap.
What you do, second, is you concede the election, fair and square. Especially if your guys won the last two presidential elections. You say: "we are all Americans, and wait until next time." You don't do this because you are a nice guy. You do it because all peaceful government starts with conceding the election to the hated opposing party. And if you don't know this, you don't belong in politics.
What you do, third, is you don't set up a fishing expedition with a special prosecutor staffed with a bunch of partisan lawyers.
What you do, fourth, is you don't gussy up an impeachment on a phone call.
What you do, fifth, is you don't encourage the media to announce weekly "bombshells" and "walls closing in." See that sets up expectations among your partisan supporters. Nothing wrong with that unless the expectations are dashed. After all, you want your supporters all riled up for the next election, and it is really hard to keep people all riled up for four years straight. Especially after the special prosecutor ends up with bupkis. Especially after the impeachment ends up with bupkis. Especially after they let the eevil Pentagon general off the hook.
Here's my problem. I have to assume that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and all their staffers and supporters are pretty smart folk. They know politics.
So, I wonder what is it that I am missing? Is it that Nance and Chuck are old geezers hanging onto their jobs, desperate to stop a new radical generation from taking over that would be too far left for the average American voter? Do they feel they have to throw red meat to the "far left" to keep them from burning the place down? Do they need to keep the pace hot in order to satisfy the big-money contributors? Do they have to keep left in order to avoid too much primarying of good old boys from the left?
There is something I am missing, and as usual in such a situation, I have my antennae up. Maybe somehow, someday, some news item or inside gossip will make the whole thing will become clear to me.
Smart is a relative term. As you have noted current politics is not cluttered with geniuses. Nan was a solid player when she had firm advantages. Playing from behind takes bold moves, good strategy and zero mistakes. Correct on the age factor, suspect they were always fearful of new talent surpassing themselves,thus their heirs are even less talented than they are. Now late in their careers they have no one competent to take over. See Schiff as an example of the next team. Wow. Biden the best they have? No young blood that can top that? See Maxwell's 21 irrefutable laws of leadership. His Law of the Legacy covers this failing. Trump probably gets this, he found people who were good enough to run his empire. Not threatened by young talent. Frees him to be President. Food for thought.
ReplyDeleteYou are missing that these tactics "worked" after a fashion.
ReplyDeleteI would also say that it's not so much that Nancy and Chuck are "dumb", as much as they know that their constituencies are dumb...
...No, that's untrue, as well as being too generous.
The Truth is that Democrat constituencies - from traitorous Jewish Commie enclaves, to Black power race-hustlers, to White Socialists to Foreigners of every stripe - are not "dumb";
They're Dishonorable.
They know they're pushing BS.
They're Liars
And they're all in on the scam.
The real dumbasses are real Americans who give credence that the Left are "mistaken", rather than actively lying and willfully ignorant. In many ways, these Americans are worse than the fakes, because they are the precursors to corrupting otherwise strongAmerican societies...
...they are like HIV - they weaken the defense systems of the American body allowing deadlier pathogens from Jewish and Gay Schumers and Catholic Pelosis to do their dirty work.