Funny thing is, all that’s happened since Election Day is, Matt Gaetz has set a new record for going from nomination to withdrawal (Gaetz withdrew publicly after Trump told him to privately. So much for Trump’s “mandate.” No wonder Trump is screaming so loudly to keep what he never had.). And yet, Republicans already say things are better.
I’m sure the social scientists and political scientists will chew on this a long time, and ponder deeply over it. I think there’s a simpler explanation: GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage Out. Not just the poll (as dubious as any), but, accepting the data as sound, what does it say about the people, except: “A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest”?
LBJ and Bill Clinton, in my lifetime, understood that better than most. And the pundits and pontificators who never won a campaign, tut-tut some more about how this proves the people are not rational. And how, once again, the Democrats need to be more like the Republicans, who must be rational because from time to time they win the White House. Sort of like Elmo must be smart, all evidence to the contrary, because he’s rich.
The fish still rots from the head. Trump still learned nothing from four years in office except how to be totally ineffective. I know he’s now threatening to fire everyone (lawyers, staff) who worked for Jack Smith.I counted 20 officials who had previously worked at Fox across the four years of Donald Trump’s first term.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 23, 2024
He’s already named nine current or former Fox hosts or contributors to his second: Duffy, Gabbard, Gorka, Hegseth, Homan, Huckabee, Makary, Nesheiwat, and Waltz
Whether he even can is an open question. But the effort alone will render DOJ so ineffective Trump won’t be able to go after his enemies, much less prosecute real crimes. Who’s he going to put in charge of the “probe of the 2020 election”? Jeffrey Clark? Oh, wait, he was disbarred. How many DOJ lawyers will seek other opportunities rather than face the fate of Clark and Giuliani? Not a good thing for the country, but just the threat of it will make Congress flip out.Uggh. Strong evidence that Trump 2.0 will be even worse than the worst we might have imagined. This is wrong and deeply f—ked up in 800 ways.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) November 22, 2024
Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election https://t.co/SQymN4peaH
I have to wonder if Pew figured into that the general relief of not having campaign commercials or horse-race coverage on 24-7. Or the general vague and short-sighted feeling of well-being that comes with the holiday season starting. Considering it's a polling outfit, I always thought "pew" was a fitting name for it.
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