In the end, I think, Hillary was beaten by three words :"basket of deplorables". It was a window into her haughty political soul and it got the real America super motivated. A commentator today says he thinks the continuing raucous and juvenile public confrontation of Trump Administration officials , sometimes in private circumstances, will have the same effect on the 2018 elections. Maybe; it doesn't have the lyric resonance of Hillary's deathless pronunciamento but maybe. That reminds me: birthday greetings are in order for Rep. Maxine Waters (CA!) because her 16th birthday is nigh. Oh that's right, you have to be 30 to serve in the House. But I would have thought . . . after seeing her urge a crowd to indulge in crude hectoring of anyone who supports the President . . . ? I think the Dems have their candidate for 2020, yes I do. If they are determined to go right off into the deep end, they should follow her able lead.
A very recent article by Jeremy W. Peters in the flailing NY Times lamented that President Trump is supported by 90% of Republicans and notes that that is a very high degree of approval. I don't buy that rag but the Buffalo paper obsequiously transcribes much of its screed, the better to enlighten the great unwashed throng here in Western NY. This is what I think of some of what he said: Of Trump voters: "Their resilience suggests a level of unity among Republicans that could help mitigate Trump's low overall approval ratings and aid his party's chances of keeping control of the House. . . ." To hear that from a Times writer is good news, yessir! It must have been hard for him to admit and it must be alot more obvious to him than he lets on. Former Speaker John Boehner says its "Trump's party now". You betcha it is; we're glad to have someone who listens to us and then bustles, just like he said he would.
He continues dolorously"Many of these voters say their lives and the country are improving under his Presidency and the endless stream of tough cable news coverage and bad headlines about Trump only galvanizes them further . . . ." He portrays this as a perverse "numbing " of Trump supporters to "public" outrage (as if Trump America is somehow not part of the appreciable "public") to the "paroxyms that have jolted his party and eroded long standing expectations of restraint, humility and honesty in American Presidents". Why bless me for a fool, I'm sure he just forgot about William Clinton, who disgraced our White House beyond measure in his demonstrated contempt for just those qualities( Just deny, deny, deny, baby . . .").
Well, he had to find some way to make this happy development look bad, yes? He probably likes his job at the Times, and has some acquaintance with its editorial biases; he had best polish up his resume though for when that broadside fluffs. The truth is that the more the Dems attack the President and the more their desperation becomes manifest, the more he thrives. He's an hombre; a happy warrior and their worst nightmare as he thumbs his nose at them. A credible commentator I read recently speculated that he often deliberately provokes the Dems in a sometimes hilariously successful effort to tie them in knots and to inspire self righteous "paroxyms" on their part, thank you. Gutsy hardball players do talk trash and if the left doesn't like that it should never have raised the stakes to an existential level in the '60's; if you can't take it, don't dish it out!
We in the real America realize that we got a historic break when this man decided to forego, at the age of 70, the admirable life available to him and to apply his executive skills to getting this country back on the right track. When Dems excoriate him they simply remind us of what he saved us from by doing this service. We know, just as we knew what Hillary was saying in her "basket" faux pas, that it is us they despise, it is us they seek to dominate and "reeducate". And the more they thrash, the more we resolve to put them on the political margins for good. Jack
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Well said, Jack! Does Trump "tie [the Dems] in knots" deliberately? I'm not sure. He certainly enjoys needling them. There may be more method in his "madness" than most people suspect, though. I'm reminded of Trump's occasional jokes that he would like to become a dictator. The Left takes every offhand remark and quip along these lines so SERIOUSLY... It only makes them look petty and absurd. And of course it doesn't take a genius to figure out: if you scream bloody murder every day, all day, eventually people stop listening!
Dr. Waddy: The Dems think their fortunes are on the rise after Tuesday's primaries but this continuing hissy fit will continue to drag them down. Besides, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is only 28 and they will have to wait until 2028 to put her on the cellar dwelling line they will have sunk to by then.
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