I had to google what this phrase meant. Half of me is off the top of my head knowledge the rest of the time I'm a Captain Google. They're saying there will be more Republican resignations to come as Trump has made a toxic stew out of modern politics. Re his historically low approval ratings I would submit a large percentage of those surveyed are not what you would call anti-Trumpers to begin with but rather people who feel he's not remotely doing anything they voted for. The rest of the core group is what I would call the dwindling number of true believers basically a political cult at this point. These are the people who will leave the Trump bumper stickers on their cars and pickups like my neighbor. Trump worship. I'd be too embarrassed.
Gotta wonder about those coal mine canaries. Do they wear hardhats? Do they turn blue from carbon monoxide? Do they go on strike for more seed? With Trump everything is driven by revenge and retribution. Hardly the stuff of inspired leadership. Along with the canary, we are reminded of rats abandoning the sinking ship. Political bumper stickers - when i visited the Eisenhower Library in Kansas, I drove off with "I liked Ike-Hell I even liked Truman" sticker on the pickup bumper. Out in Idaho the best seller is "My kid can beat up your honor student", although "Honk if you've never seen an
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Trump planning a land invasion of Venezuela soon? Seems to have forgotten about Greenland.
ReplyDelete"After 1898, the Monroe Doctrine was reinterpreted by lawyers and intellectuals as promoting multilateralism and non-intervention. In 1933, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States affirmed this new interpretation," It goes without saying that Trump thought it was Marylin Monroe, not James Monroe. That giant fleet invading the rotting jungles is better than invading US cities, though.
ReplyDeleteThe coal mine canary says -
ReplyDelete"Monday, several other House Republicans are considering leaving their post in the middle of the current term over frustrations with the Trump White House and Speaker Mike Johnson. “This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage,” a senior GOP member messaged Punchbowl. “And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen.”
“The arrogance of this White House team is off-putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened,” the member added, saying that Republican lawmakers have little hope of maintaining the House majority they held on to in 2024. They predicted more high-profile resignations, and that Johnson would lose his gavel. “Morale has never been lower.”
I don't recall going to war against Venezuela coming up in the campaign. Or Nigeria or......folks didn't vote for any of this stuff.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall Republicans wanting to quit under Reagan. I don't recall Dems wanting to quit under Obama. Kind of unprecedented imo.
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