A voracious media in deep attack mode. The Democratic Party still in clinical shock, flailing about indignantly. Donald Trump on the ropes. A chaotic administration deeply mired in scandal and personality conflict.
On cue we have been treated to the prospect of Trump being punted from office for high crimes and misdemeanours on a Nixonian scale.
The prospect of impeachment is, on the evidence available today, the stuff of fantasy, led by journos fixated on winning Pulitzers and prowling like junkies in search of their particular crack cocaine — “gotcha” moments.
Meanwhile, Democrats are in deep denial, unable to comprehend that they managed to do the near impossible — hand the keys to the White House to a man spectacularly ill-equipped to deal with the responsibilities of office.
In Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, the revealing exploration of the deficiencies and appalling missteps made by Trump’s opponent in last year’s presidential election, writers Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen tell the story of Clinton in 2015 sitting down to plan her election strategy. So limp and uncertain was she about her reasons for courting the big chair in the White House that her advisers dabbled with using the political slogan, “Because it’s her turn.”
Full column here.
If Tricky Dicky had half the jutspa that the Donald displays, he might have bullshitted his way through Watergate.
Fact is, you have to be some sort of egotistical wanker to go there in the first place. Hillary is finding her later life hard to swallow, a lesson she could have learned earlier.
The good old US of A will survive this caper, as it has many before. At least we’ve seen a press conference by rootin tootin Putin where his mates and the press had a gutteral laugh, now that’s a change of tune.
Agree 100% with everything you said Lou. I lived thru the Nixon era as a young man and Dick spent all his time trying to please everyone and in the end it all failed. He was a weak individual compared to POTUS Trump. Trump will outlast his weak left wing detractors and go on to be a top President imho, one possibly two terms!
I see a parallel between how the left wing press treated Tony Abbott and how they are going about trying to destroy Trump.
Trumps doing a good job all by himself, he’s unfit for office.
^^this^^
Agree, Tracy. If by saying that the media are “trying to destroy Trump”, means that they are reporting what he does, then they are guilty as charged.
And he’s been so nice to them and all too…
Chris Cornell has died – what a great talent. Black Hole Sun was a classic.
I like Peter Frampton’s version, or the original. Very sad about C.C. though, by the looks of recent photos he had problems.
Donald Trump should be impeached for being the most dangerously incompetent POTUS, ever. His handling of James Comey is just the icing.
just hope smith & Wesson get serious…..looks a passable handgun calibre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WiLqPB4lU0
Just the ticket for installing a new door in a brick wall. No messy sledgehammers. You have to wonder why.
I’m a guessing and a hoping that the “Because it’s her turn” slogan was a JtI funny?!
No. It was a joke but one made by Clinton’s spinners.
At least it was honest. The three she actually used were anodyne to say the least. Stronger Together (from a campaign drowning in identity politics)?
Stronger Together is a pretty good slogan. It is entirely possible the slogan was not the problem, Dwight.
Complete list considered via Podesta’s email:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-slogans.html?_r=0
“Renewing our Basic Bargain”. How did that not get up?
Would have sold a lot of t-shirts.
Futurama’s take on Dicky Nixon, Mr Insider, he sounded tough but didn’t have the balls that POTUS Trump has, or the smarts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Mw5YPklks
If ever I have seen a bunch of duds, Mr Insider, its the hysterical sore losing Democrats of the USA who fielded a dud candidate in Hilary against POTUS Trump and they are still smarting. As James Morrow writes in the linked article at least one full 4 year term for Trump and two if he wants it and I agree. The Democrats are playing right into Trumps hand, he loves it! Chalk and Cheese are Nixon and Trump as Nixon was always too scared to speak his mind or offend anyone whereas Trump just lets it rip. Go Donald Trump you magnificent bastard!
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Jack, I agree with your assessment of Trump’s immediate political future.
If they couldn’t get Clinton B’s impeachment to stick even after he told porkies about his reproductive cells appearing on Monica’s apparel, then there’s a fat chance of Trump being impeached for making a few awkward fumbles during his ‘honeymoon’.
Thought this was interesting https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-wrote-the-art-of-the-deal-with-trump-his-self-sabotage-is-rooted-in-his-past/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.32cb857d0e0e
Top link. No doubt about it, his pre frontal cortex does shut down. No need to worry about him having the nuclear codes though, unless of course you’re living in the Hamptons, maybe Beverly Hills, parts of Florida, Texas……………