Saturday, April 10, 2021

“I Don't Care What The Other Guy Does."

I don't care what the country needs or doesn’t need anymore, in terms of political parties.  The GOP is controlled by a witless child, a toddler with a shotgun.  And yet they’ve taken his shotgun away.

But don't take my word for it:
As donors and G.O.P. leaders looked on Saturday night, Mr. Trump quickly cast aside his prepared remarks and returned to his false claims that the election was stolen from him. He referenced “Zuckerberg” and $500 million spent on a “lockbox” from which, he said, every vote was marked, according to remarks described by an attendee. “Biden. Saintly Joe Biden,” he said.x
Although the NYT makes sure we understand the important thing is, Trump has a "war chest:"
Also inescapable is the fact that Mr. Trump has quickly built a political war chest that rivals that of the R.N.C. An adviser to Mr. Trump said he currently had about $85 million on hand, compared with nearly $84 million for the R.N.C.
A).  A difference of $1 million is not the “whip hand,” it’s a rounding error.

B)   Does anyone really believe Donald Trump will release $85 million to the benefit of anyone not named “Donald Trump”?


On Saturday night, Trump was reportedly set to tell attendees: “I stand before you this evening filled with confidence that in 2022, we are going to take back the House and we are going to reclaim the Senate – and then in 2024, a Republican candidate is going to win the White House.”

Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to be the story out of this event.  The Guardian article, however, is about how much influence Trump still has over the GOP.  It notes that Trump tops GOP polls.  But how long will that last? 

Public appearances are also keenly sought. Amy Kremer of Women for America First, a conservative group holding an event at another Trump property, his golf course in Doral, Florida, told the Post: “We would love to see him. If he came and spoke to the group spending the weekend here, that would be great. If he came and played golf and people watched him … that would be great too.”

Anybody remember when Trump was going to the border?  Is that still happening?  Is Trump likely to venture that far from his comfort zone anytime soon?  Is he going to step out and use his influence? 

Trump’s power “is waning by the day”, Alex Conant, a Republican consultant, told the AP. “When you’re president of the United States it’s very easy to insert yourself into every news cycle. But once you’ve left office, it has to be more strategic.” Conant said Trump should have announced a book, sat for primetime interviews or delivered speeches. Instead he has taken to releasing short tweet-like statements, sent straight to journalists by email. Trump has said he is developing his own social media platform but he has also said his statements work better than online messages.

Yeah, these contradictions are not indicating Trump is going to be any more successful a politician outside the White House than he was inside the White House.  David Brinkley sums up the situation well:

“I think he lost all momentum when he got pulled from the platforms,” he said. “Politics is about momentum and he has none now. Where it used to be he was shooting tweets like Zeus, they were like thunderbolts from up high. Now it’s little squeaks from the mouse of Mar-a-Lago.”

A mouse who is still fleecing the rubes. But is that anything to build a political party on. So can we just declare the GOP dead and get on with it?  They can have Trump, they can spend $100,000 apiece at Mar-A-Lago, they can give him all their money; just leave the rest of us alone.  Because Matt Gates is their avatar., their poster child. There isn’t a one of them who deserves to hold public office.

I don’t care what the other party does.  They’re little more than a deranged cult at this point.

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