Monday, January 24, 2022

A Study In Reactions

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid. Be bemused. Be VERY bemused. Be rational; and be VERY insightful:

"That's just bizarre," said Lofgren. "I think Newt has really lost it. You know, it leaves me speechless. I mean, unless he is assuming that the government does get overthrown and there's no system of justice, just random arrests. I mean, it's just a bizarre statement. and he looks terrible."

And if the government is overthrown, how are Republicans elected to office?  And if Republicans are elected to office, how do they take over the police power and start arresting people willy-nilly, without overthrowing the government? And then who's doing the arresting?  The Committe of Public Safety?  Is the first act of the GOP House to be passing the "Law of 22 Prairial, year II"? 

And he does look terrible. Compare pictures in the tweets; one of "vintage" Gingrich, two from the broadcast in question.  Newt is an old, old man now.  It's not unreasonable to conjecture he's lost it.  Or that it's just apparent he never had it. In many ways, this is vintage Newt.

She recalled Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying Trump bore responsibility for the attack along with House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and others.

"We are uncovering a plot, it looks like, to overturn the peaceful transfer of power, to essentially overturn our system of government," she continued. "I think that's pretty serious. And I think most Americans would agree. We're going to do our job despite bizarre threats such as Newt Gingrich's weird comments. And we're going to get all the information. And we're going to make it known to the American people. And we're going to look at what could be changed legislatively. We're a legislative committee. We're not going after anybody. We're going after the truth. And it will give us some insight into laws that should be changed, perhaps, for example, the electoral count act that Liz Cheney and I are working on. I personally think that we should revisit the elements of the Insurrection Act that the former president threatened to use repeatedly for no reason that was legitimate. There are a lot of things that I think we need to tighten up, to protect our law and order society, and to avoid the kind of chaos that we saw in the prior administration."

Not to mention the vast number of Americans saying "Newt who?"  I mean, his heyday was over 30 years ago now.  And he looks it.  In fact, he almost looks like the "old" version of Steve Bannon; acts like him, too:

If they say it three times in a mirror, does Bloody Mary appear?

While the argument of nonstop investigations, impeachment, hearings and random arrests of anyone opposing the GOP might appeal to party loyalists, it's not clear if it would be a winning message in the 2022 general election.

Have the Democrats found their issue that will unify the country? 

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