They didn’t expect Trump to win and it’s been downhill ever since.

[rangerrebew]

February 1, 2017, 12:01 am

They didn’t expect Trump to win and it’s been downhill ever since.

 

Last week President Donald Trump’s recently appointed chief White House strategist caused a stir among the press corps. He telephoned the New York Times, and in what the Times reported as “blunt but calm tones” proclaimed, “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while….” Yes, he said the media should be “embarrassed and humiliated.” The journalists’ reacted with what the Times called “alarm and defiance.”

Christiane Amanpour, the pulchritudinous CNN correspondent, captured the alarm of many journalists, when she responded on Twitter, “What country are we living in?” Well, perhaps I can be of help here. Ms. Amanpour, you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, being of British-Iranian heritage. Moreover, I have it on very good authority that you are living in London. So long as you obey the laws of the United Kingdom ,you should continue to thrive, and so long as your documents are in order, you can travel to our shores anytime. But I advise you to avoid maudlin outbursts, especially in the presence of President Trump and Mr. Bannon.

https://spectator.org/oppositional-denial-and-alarm/

[Bigun]

And it's only going to get worse.  The left is VERY afraid!

[Jazzhead]

It's not just the left that's afraid.  Even those sympathetic to Trump's populism are alarmed at his government-by-improvisation. 

[Wingnut]

It's not just the left that's afraid.  Even those sympathetic to Trump's populism are alarmed at his government-by-improvisation.

Nope,  It's pretty much the left, And liberals like you.

[Bigun]

Nope,  It's pretty much the left, And liberals like you.

Yep!  They are finally coming to the realization that they have no power left at the federal level and little at the state level.They are in great danger of losing much of what they have so long worked for and they know it.  The death throes will be loud, long, and very entertaining.

[Jazzhead]

Nope,  It's pretty much the left, And liberals like you.

Both Mattis and Kelly were angry that Trump rolled out his travel ban without warning.  Most conservatives are willing to give the guy a chance - but he's burning political capital and making enemies he doesn't have to.   Karl Rove in this morning's WSJ described the President's first week as amateur hour. 

[Wingnut]

Yep!  They are finally coming to the realization that they have no power left at the federal level and little at the state level and are in great danger of losing much of what they have so long worked for.  The death throes will be loud, long, and very entertaining.

Amen.
It is enjoyable to witness their slow decent into madness as it unfolds before our very eyes in real-time. 

[Jazzhead]

Yep!  They are finally coming to the realization that they have no power left at the federal level and little at the state level and are in great danger of losing much of what they have so long worked for.  The death throes will be loud, long, and very entertaining.

Yes, the populism energized by Trump means the potential is there for permanent political re-alignment.  But not if Trump succumbs to madness. 

[Cripplecreek]

It's not just the left that's afraid.  Even those sympathetic to Trump's populism are alarmed at his government-by-improvisation.

Yep. Federalism and the constitution are still important in my book and I would no more vote for Trump today than when I agreed with Jim Robinson that Trump is a lying liberal scumbag.

Its also doubtful that he'll be able to keep his coalition together. I see some of his union fans on twitter are now asking him to do something about stopping those "Corporate slave driving right to work laws" or else.

[Frank Cannon]

And it's only going to get worse.  The left is VERY afraid!

And it's going on in so many fronts that the Rats don't even know where to focus their protests. Vaginas? Supreme Court pick? Cabinet picks? Muslims? Obamacare? It's gotten so bad for them I saw the protesters have a generic "Oppose" signs that have a space to magic marker in the issue of the hour...

[anubias]

Both Mattis and Kelly were angry that Trump rolled out his travel ban without warning.  Most conservatives are willing to give the guy a chance - but he's burning political capital and making enemies he doesn't have to.   Karl Rove in this morning's WSJ described the President's first week as amateur hour.

Karl Rove?  As if Karl Rove's commentary has any relevance.  For someone who has been a Conservative "since Reagan", you should know better than to throw Karl Rove out as support of your argument.

[Frank Cannon]

Karl Rove?  As if Karl Rove's commentary has any relevance.  For someone who has been a Conservative "since Reagan", you should know better than to throw Karl Rove out as support of your argument.

You will find that Jazzy is full of contradictions.

[truth_seeker]

Karl Rove?  As if Karl Rove's commentary has any relevance.  For someone who has been a Conservative "since Reagan", you should know better than to throw Karl Rove out as support of your argument.

I recall Rove being clearly aligned with Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich, John McCain and the establishment "in crowd" that were so roundly rejected this time around.

[Wingnut]

You will find that Jazzy is full of contradictions.

His logic is so twisted it could hide behind a corkscrew.

[Bigun]

Karl Rove?  As if Karl Rove's commentary has any relevance.  For someone who has been a Conservative "since Reagan", you should know better than to throw Karl Rove out as support of your argument.

I have been personally acquainted with Karl Rove since the days when he ran a direct mail business in Austin!  He should have stuck with that! He was good at it! 

BTW:  IMHO Karl Rove has NEVER been a conservative and is, in fact, personally responsible for many of the failures of his former boss President G. W. Bush!

[Frank Cannon]

BTW:  IMHO Karl Rove has NEVER been a conservative and is, in fact, personally responsible for many of the failures of his former boss President G. W. Bush!

That there is an understatement.

[Bigun]

That there is an understatement.

You know me Frank!  Ever the gentleman!   

[Jazzhead]

If Karl Rove's not a conservative, then surely neither is Trump.   

But it's all about labels, isn't it?   Don't bother to refute Rove's statement,  just claim he's not a conservative, as if that matters a whit. 

What apparently folks are unable to deny is what Rove said is dead-bang accurate - Trump's first week performance has been atrocious, burning political capital, picking needless fights, and creating unnecessary enemies.

 

[Wingnut]

You know me Frank!  Ever the gentleman!   

But you can't dance.

[Bigun]

But you can't dance.

I will never know how you knew that but you are right! 

[Wingnut]

I will never know how you knew that but you are right! 

:nometalk:

But when ever I see that little dude dancing
The earworm "Long Tall Glasses" by Leo Sayer starts playing in my head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb_f9DHbgG8

[roamer_1]

If Karl Rove's not a conservative, then surely neither is Trump.   

Obviously right on both counts.

[roamer_1]

The earworm "Long Tall Glasses" by Leo Sayer starts playing in my head!!

Aww, now why'd ya have to go and do that?


 

[Sanguine]

Both Mattis and Kelly were angry that Trump rolled out his travel ban without warning.  Most conservatives are willing to give the guy a chance - but he's burning political capital and making enemies he doesn't have to.   Karl Rove in this morning's WSJ described the President's first week as amateur hour.

Karl Rove - well, there you go.  Has to be correct.

[Sanguine]

:nometalk:

But when ever I see that little dude dancing
The earworm "Long Tall Glasses" by Leo Sayer starts playing in my head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb_f9DHbgG8

I'd forgotten that song.  Good one.