I was one of those people who KNEW, in Jan '21, that if Trump was still breathing and walking and talking in '23-'24, that he would UNQUESTIONABLY be the R nominee. And I am NOT SURPRISED that he "won" a Second Term. Disappointed, yes, but not shocked.
So I have been getting ready for this for years. I have been consoling myself partly with the thought that these clowns are so fucking dumb that we can reasonably expect them to spend a lot of time fecklessly stomping on their own dicks. With any luck at all, that becomes such a distraction for them that there is still a Republic to salvage in 2028.
Project 2025 was a psy-op. Mr. Vought and his compadres are hamstrung by their desire for revenge on the elites they feel have excluded them. By the chip on their shoulder shall ye know them.
Bannon's objective with "flooding the zone with shit" was to blur or eliminate the difference between fact, opinion, and fantasy to manipulate public opinion. Works pretty good if you have a pipe big enough to spread the shit. So "shock and awe" did it's job there. There was much wailing and rending of garments over acts he'd been promising to do for years, as you note what he's done before..
But as a technique to bypass the judicial system, or befuddle the bureaucracy, not so much. This was always going to go straight to the courts, and unless they route everything to that 1 judge in East Texas, the only question is how they'll react when they get slapped down. My guess is this is The Art of the Deal writ large, opening with outrageous demands to wear down opposition. Whether there's a plan here, or just a Magic Underpants Gnome step leading to victory, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
And now that Queensman has ascertained that the helicopter was at fault I await with my usual amusement his abrupt dismissal of Sec Hegseth because of course - happened on his watch.
I was one of those people who KNEW, in Jan '21, that if Trump was still breathing and walking and talking in '23-'24, that he would UNQUESTIONABLY be the R nominee. And I am NOT SURPRISED that he "won" a Second Term. Disappointed, yes, but not shocked.
So I have been getting ready for this for years. I have been consoling myself partly with the thought that these clowns are so fucking dumb that we can reasonably expect them to spend a lot of time fecklessly stomping on their own dicks. With any luck at all, that becomes such a distraction for them that there is still a Republic to salvage in 2028.
Project 2025 was a psy-op. Mr. Vought and his compadres are hamstrung by their desire for revenge on the elites they feel have excluded them. By the chip on their shoulder shall ye know them.
Bannon's objective with "flooding the zone with shit" was to blur or eliminate the difference between fact, opinion, and fantasy to manipulate public opinion. Works pretty good if you have a pipe big enough to spread the shit. So "shock and awe" did it's job there. There was much wailing and rending of garments over acts he'd been promising to do for years, as you note what he's done before..
But as a technique to bypass the judicial system, or befuddle the bureaucracy, not so much. This was always going to go straight to the courts, and unless they route everything to that 1 judge in East Texas, the only question is how they'll react when they get slapped down. My guess is this is The Art of the Deal writ large, opening with outrageous demands to wear down opposition. Whether there's a plan here, or just a Magic Underpants Gnome step leading to victory, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
And now that Queensman has ascertained that the helicopter was at fault I await with my usual amusement his abrupt dismissal of Sec Hegseth because of course - happened on his watch.
Filed under "47th Reich" for now; might move to "Queens Man": "Unhinged" when the time comes.
Thanks for the perspective.