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| The Political Suicide Hotline: Ringing Nonstop |
| 2019-03-04 |
| [AmericanThinker] It is a mystery to me why so many politicians and pundits are suddenly committing career and party suicide. I suppose it’s because there has been a failure to recognize that they’ve been living in and promoting a fantasy world. In the meantime, the president has called their bluff, exposed the cant, and forced them into chaos and ruinous policies. The failure of the Weekly Standard and the decline of the National Review have exposed the not-conservative Trump haters as unpragmatic, unrealistic snobs. They are now shaking the begging cup to keep from having to earn an honest living. In the face of the president’s rising popularity among voters and the economic and diplomatic successes of this administration, they continue to believe that on the right there are readers and donors who will keep them at it. ...Fat chance. The man they detest is carrying out policies they so often claimed to support, and the voters -- most of whom they look down on -- approve. About 3-in-4 American voters favor a populist-nationalist "America First" legal immigration, trade, and foreign policy platform from candidates running for office that prioritizes protecting the way of life and economic security of United States citizens above all else. Strange people the voters - don't they understand ... ...And after the last few weeks’ Jussie Smollett and Covington Catholic fiascos, more is about to come. The Mueller report -- I know we keep thinking it’s just around the corner -- will prove to be another face plant for them. You don’t actually need to see the report to know this. To quote Glenn Greenwald’s tweet: "[A]fter almost two years of the Mueller investigation, the number of Americans thus far indicted for criminally conspiring with Russia to influence the 2016 election is zero. We spend remarkably little time asking why this is." ...the few remaining [Democratic] "moderates" fought back against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ threat to mount primary challenges against them. Triggering the blowup was Wednesday’s votes on a bill to expand federal background checks for gun purchases. Twenty-six moderate Democrats joined Republicans in amending the legislation, adding a provision requiring that ICE be notified if an illegal immigrant seeks to purchase a gun. ...When the Democrats held the White House, the Senate, and the House they did not vote to restrict gun ownership. Why? Because too many of them knew it would end their time in office. Only nincompoops could imagine such measures would pass muster with a party now less powerful. In any event, kudos to the press and the Cortez wing for leading the party down a suicidal path, a path so clear even some in the media are alarmed about the far-left tilt of the ever-expanding kick line of Democratic would-be presidential nominees. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Ditto Glenmore. I voted for Cruz in the primary but Turmp in the General as he was not Hillary. I have been impressed by DJT by 3 orders of magnitude over what I expected. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-03-04 19:37 |
| #3 I ONLY voted Trump because he wasn't Hillary, but looking back I don't think Hillary OR any of the Republican candidates would have done a better job than Trump. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-03-04 18:13 |
| #2 Who could possibly think looking back after the first two years that Hillary would have done a better job? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-03-04 14:44 |
| #1 Given that about 3-in-4 American voters favor a populist-nationalist “America First” and all of the Donk criminality outlined in this article, when is the hammer going to drop on them? We haven't seen indictments or prosecutions. Awhile back, Attorney Larry Klayman discussed Citizen's Grand Juries as a way to bring about justice outside of Congress. He claims the grand jury is constitutional yet doesn't belong to any of the three branches of government. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-03-04 12:57 |