It’s a “electoral” war. If we don’t do something “We The People” will lose the war.
Unfortunately rather than following Breitbart’s “recommendations,” RINO’s have instead adopted one of the most “annoying” tactics of the Progressive Left: “virtue signaling.”
Except in RINO-World it’s used to “discredit” one of their own rather than the “enemy,” a unique play that generally allows the other “team to score” while you are still “posturing and preening.”
In case you don’t remember exactly how “virtue signaling” works here’s a good explanation from Acculturated: “it is the popular modern habit of indicating that one has virtue merely by expressing disgust or favor for certain political ideas, cultural happenings, or even the weather.” I would add “without having to do anything else.”
Case in point, Republicans stepping up to the mic to “disavow” Donald Trump:
“Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He should withdraw. As a Republican, I hope to support someone who has the dignity and stature to run for the highest office in the greatest democracy on earth.” – Condi Rice
“Cindy and I will not vote for Donald Trump.” – John McCain
“However, I’m a mom and an American first, and I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women.” – Senator Kelly Ayotte
Sorry, but I “remain” firmly on the Trump-mobile even though he can be a “jackass.” But he’s “our” jackass. And remember, one strong man with the “jaw of a jackass” can slay 1000 Philistines.
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.” Judges 15:16
Thanks to WikiLeaks we finally see Hillary’s rare “truthful” money speeches about the “deplorable” morons in America…
“But if everybody’s watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least, so you need both a Public and a Private position.”
These “remarks” came from one of Hillary’s not-so-rare “Wall Street” speeches that “paid” so well and were “kept” so private. Interestingly, this is came from remarks she made to the NMHC, a “trade organization” representing apartment building “owners and developers.” The Donald could have been in the audience!
Not surprising, Hillary sounds about as “articulate” as, you know, her one time “heir apparent” to the New York Senate seat, Caroline Kennedy:
I lost count after 100 “you knows”…
Washington’s “governing elite” think Americans are “morons.”
Recently, Johns Hopkins University “political scientists” Jennifer Bachner and Benjamin Ginsberg conducted a study of the “unglamorous” D.C. bureaucrat. These are the people who keep the federal government humming — “the Hill staffers, the project managers and all those desk workers who vaguely describe themselves as analysts.”
As Bachner and Ginsberg argue, “civil servants exercise real power” over how the government operates. They “write and enforce” rules and regulations. They might not decide what “becomes law,” but they have a hand in how “laws are drawn up and how laws are implemented.”
For all their “influence,” though, nearly all of these technocrats are “unelected,” and they spend most of their time with people “who are just like them” — other highly “educated” folk who jog “conspicuously” in college tees and own a “collection” of NPR totes.
In their new book, which is part “ethnography and part polemic,” Bachner and Ginsberg argue that Washington’s bureaucrats have grown “too dismissive” of the people they are “supposed” to serve. Bachner and Ginsberg recently sent around an “informal survey” to selected members of this “technocratic” class, and the results, they say, were shocking.
“Many civil servants expressed utter contempt for the citizens they served,” they write in their book, “What Washington Gets Wrong.” “Further, we found a wide gulf between the life experiences of ordinary Americans and the denizens of official Washington. We were left deeply worried about the health and future of popular government in the United States.” – WaPo
Of course the “point” of this WaPo article is not that our government “betters” think we are all “morons,“ it’s that Bachner and Gisnberg’s conclusions are not based on a “scientific” survey; since when did that become a “standard for reportage?”
No need to point out the number of times the “scientific studies” conducted at the behest of the “governing elite” to promote a predetermined agenda have been “reversed, debunked or quietly written over?”
But we’re the morons…
And Jeff Guo also wrote the article to demonstrate that the “ruling elites” are correct, in both their “assumptions and remedies”:
“A lot of this elitism is probably justifiable. When only 36 percent of adults can name the three branches of government, you wouldn’t want to hand over control of FDA to, say, your next-door neighbor.”
Yeah; nor would I want to turn my “health care” over to Obama’s Death Panels, but I didn’t “get a choice.”
“Call it the stupidity of the American people, or whatever.” – J. Gruber
If these technocrats are “suspicious” of public opinion, it is only that they believe that “average” Americans might “change their minds” if they had enough time to study the “policy issues” in depth.
Finally, Jeff wraps up his “argument” with the tone of “superiority” befitting a member of the “elite” political class:
“But respect, as the saying goes, is a two-way street, and Americans have a long and ignoble tradition of denigrating expertise. Today, nearly 40 percent of adults think there isn’t evidence for global warming. Skeptical parents won’t vaccinate their children, endangering their communities with breakouts of preventable diseases like measles. So maybe we can make a deal. If we want experts to listen to our opinions, we might also do them the courtesy of sometimes listening to their opinions, too.”
Thus “proving“ the Bachner and Ginsberg’s case. How dare you “ignorant, deplorable morons”question the existence of global warming!? Bravo WaPo, well done indeed.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “apologized” for lewd comments about women he made in 2005 and went on to pledge “to be a better man tomorrow.” That would be enough if he were the Democratic “candidate;” of course if he were the Democrat “nominee” he could just blame the “right wing” attack machine and deny it: “These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people.”
However, in our age of “polarizing” political relativity the words on one side of the “divide” are worse than “actions” on the other. Some things are “forgivable,” like in the case of Bill Clinton’s “rape and sexual assaults,” and others are not, “I can no longer support Donald Trump for president” because of his sexists remarks.
I would simply like to point out that when Trump made those “private” recorded comments over a “decade” ago he was still a Democrat. Since then he has had a “religious” experience“repented” and is “seeking” salvation.
I know Democrats are big believers in “rehabilitation of offenders,” I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how “Republicans and Independents” feel about it.
Unfortunately there isn’t enough time for Trump to go to “rehab” before the election so carry on troops. This one is left in the hands of the American “electorate” not the politicians who are all off “cowering” in the corner for fear of taint.
MACBETH
Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What’s the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
‘Fear not, Macbeth; no man that’s born of woman
Shall e’er have power upon thee.’ Then fly,
False thanes,
And mingle with the English epicures:
The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
– Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 5 Scene 3
Come on “We The People,” we don’t need any more Scottish tragedies, let’s just “Make America Great Again” despite the “shortcomings” of the warrior class.
Finally, Americans have a “chance” to change their minds.
