Hope springs eternal, yet not always realistically, after-the-jump …..
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In this week of dizzying news, there is an eternal hope that the Administration’s precarious situation will cause our opponents to lose their enthusiasm, and possibly keep down voter turnout. No one would be more delighted to see that than myself. And that was the assertion by many (not just this fellow) on Monday:
And yet, we’ve been disappointed before … too many times. For example, in this case: I doubt that the fundies will hold it against Trump/Pence — thinking they did their damnedest — and even if Gorsuch hadn't betrayed them, “Big Business Roberts” would have been the deciding vote, anyway. Their politicization seems so complete that I can’t see them disarming anytime soon, and they seem pretty happy with all of the religious exemptions being carved-out for them.
Speaking of “Big Business Roberts” — a W appointee …. he was the deciding vote on DACA this morning. Purely on a procedural, rationale basis, of course — yet it caused more consternation on the right (and more hope on the left of a split).
Yet what seems to be happening on the right is simply more resoluteness: calling on him to have Bill Barr re-write the order immediately. The redoubtable Heather Digby Parton was observing the Trumpster’s tweets: how volatile they were initially, she wondered if he was secretly happy about it “so that he can demagogue the issue at this Death Rallies” or so livid he’d try anything, then:
Update: Someone informed him that this is a good issue for him in the fall now that Roberts and Gorsuch are officially left-wing radicals. His Death Cult will not have even a moment of reflection on the fact that Roberts is a mainstream conservative and Trump himself appointed Gorsuch:
Even if there is some resentment: there are still some court cases coming down-the-pike (such as the Trump taxes and abortion rights) we have to worry about.
Meanwhile, the new Bolton book — with Vanity Fair’s Gabe Sherman seeing some additional segments — last night on one of the MSNBC shows, someone (I think A.B. Stoddard of Real Clear Politics, unsure of that?) spoke about Bolton’s cowardice as far as testifying, which is a widely-held viewpoint on both sides. Yet the assertion made that if only Bolton had testified … the GOP Senate would have been under enormous pressure to convict (which David Corn wondered about, as well) … is something I suppose we’ll never know, yet I just can’t buy into.
Finally, a recent report on how some of the Trumpster’s aides wonder “if he is truly interested in serving a second term”, due to his need to “be himself”:
Sam Nunberg, who worked on Mr. Trump’s campaign in 2015 and was an adviser to him before it noted, “Over a three-year period between 2012 until 2014, he was focused on the details and even the minutiae of the primary and the general election process. It was always clear that Trump wanted to be elected president. But the reality of being president was never discussed.”
Who really knows ….. I just expect the worst, then work to achieve the best.
Let’s close with Mason Williams performing his Grammy-winning song Classical Gas— here on a Smothers Brothers 20th anniversary reunion show in 1988:
Now, on to Top Comments:
From BlackSheep1:
In the front page story (describing how you-know-who is seeking those who leaked the story of him decamping to his bunker) — this comment by Kate in the Desert should be more widely seen. It tops a nifty exchange, but is the PERFECT way to describe the *resident.
From McGovern78:
In the front-page story about the assertion (by you-know-who) that World War I ended because the soldiers got too sick to fight, due to the 1917 pandemic — I loved this comment made by Redhead618.
Highlighted by Amaze:
In the front-page story about the unneeded supply of hydroxychloroquine— this comment made by Ihbari.
And from Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........
In the diary by Essephreak about the difference in Covid-19 cases between the Texas county in which he lives (and the Michigan county in which his employer is based in) related to mask wearing (and the associated state government’s role in that) — flo58 points out a guide to conservativism.
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And lastly: yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this feature from oblivion:
3) Not the answer. … by The Geogre +12815) Otherwise known as delusional. by Kerry Eleveld +9715) I like these 2 responses: by MessagingMatters +9721) No surprise, only confirmation. … by tom 47 +9124) Had to post this. by SottoVoce +88