American Thinker: Last week in Viareggio, Italy, the citizens paraded with a huge float depicting President Trump as Hercules. Looking at his many accomplishments against countless enemies and political opponents, the depiction was not inapt. Like Hercules, he defeated the Queen of the Amazons, and this week, he’s going on to clean out the Augean Stables. In this respect, he’s aided by the utter stupidity of his opponents.
A. The Green New Deal
For decades now, under the guise of environmental protection, the far left has tied down America’s economy. It’s been largely gradual, hidden in fancy language and supported by those little harmed by these restrictions. Last week, freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose previous experience was bartending, and Senator Ed Markey, whose commercial experience before entering the political ring was driving an ice cream truck, proposed a Green New Deal. Without reading it, all or most (I can’t keep track of all of them) of the announced Democratic presidential candidates endorsed it, to their subsequent embarrassment when the details they hadn’t bothered to read became known. Ocasio-Cortez kindly provided a FAQ cheat sheet, which revealed how insane the plan was. When the details were known, she withdrew it, offering up various versions of why it wasn’t the real Cliff’s Notes of the deal.
In any event, taking advantage of the opportunity to put the Democrats to the test, Senator majority leader Mitch McConnell announced he’d bring the resolution to the Senate floor for a vote, at which time cosponsor Ed Markey accused McConnell of “sabotage” and trying to “silence” voters.
Tom Maguire had fun with the charge:
Uh huh. Voting on the bill is “sabotage”. And if Trump were to sign it Pelosi would probably view it as an impeachable offense (mental incapacity?!?). What’s Markey’s message, “Stop me before I speak again”?
Now, let me have a To Be Fair moment: Markey might have envisioned committee hearings, expert testimony, and a chance to build public support for his pandering left-wing dreamscape. After which the bill would die in committee, where only a few sacrificial lambs from the Democratic side would have to stand and be slaughtered counted. But, ooops — now they will all have a chance at Auto-beclownment.
So, a possible dodge — Markey and the Dem Senate leadership could pull a page from the Mitch-Fu playbook and filibuster their own bill. Would that be even more embarrassing? Do these guys (and gals!) even know what embarrassment is anymore?
Buck Sexton had fun with this jiu-jitsu, too:
h/t Forcibly Deranged.
Not so fast with thinking they’re totally screwed. I’ve talked to a hell of a lot of people in the past week or so who don’t have any idea that any of this has taken place. Too many people out there who could care less about what’s going on in the world around them.
I’m very afraid the USA has been ‘Trojan Horsed’.
Our Trojan Horse, the Democrat Party, the passengers, COMMINISTS.
The commies have spread their take-over pods of invasion, throughout the swamp. They have now come from hiding behind the dimwit Democrats and their hordes are proudly and loudly displaying their colors of oppression and takeover.
President Trump’s first mistake: hiring from the swamp to clean the swamp. The second; not getting rid of obamination’s commie operatives who continued the commie take-over. The most grievous mistake was not setting up the DOJ with EQUAL justice warriors,not tainted by DC politics.
I have a Brother-in-Law (with a passably high IQ) who insists that “nothing’s gonna change” because of politics.
His existence is so circumscribed that he actually believes it – and evidence doesn’t impress him.
I have no way to know but I suspect that there are millions and millions like him.
Maybe tens of millions – possibly even a hundred million.
He takes his “news” from the usual suspects (major media) without filtering it through his brain and just doesn’t GAF – so long as the ATM works and WalMart is open.
izlamo delenda est …