Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Flaw 0
Methinks that Zandar has a point.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
The editorial board of The Charlotte Observer dissects North Carolina’s Republicans’ plan to take over everything. A snippet:
Follow the link for their evidence.
Indictment Incitement? 0
Robert Reich looks at the possible reactions to Donald Trump’s indictment and finds a cause for a bit of optimism. Here’s a bit of what he has to say (emphasis in the original):
Violence is possible, but there will be no civil war.
Nations don’t go to war over whether they like or hate specific leaders. They go to war over the ideologies, religions, racism, social classes, and/or economic policies these leaders represent.
But Trump represents nothing other than his own grievance with a system that refused him a second term and is now beginning to hold him accountable for violating the law.The
A Quibble:
It seems to me that Trump has tapped into at least two of five potential causes that Reich listed.
The Rule of Flaw 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch minces no works in sharing his theory as to why Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are rallying so fiercely to Trump’s defense. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
The indictment of Donald Trump is the most powerful symbol imaginable that for some people — but especially the white conservative dudes who love him the most — their obscene notion of freedom might no longer apply.
The Prophesy 0
Isaac Bailey reminds us that Donald Trump once said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” He parses that statement and concludes that Trump was right. A bit from his article:
It means Trump believes the people who support him are unethical in the extreme.
It means Trump believes most Republicans are immoral or amoral at best, people who only care about the power they can attain or retain. There’s just no getting around that conclusion. Every time he gets indicted, it becomes truer.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Twits Own Twitter . . . 0
. . . but, at the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano offers a ray of hope for twits who are still on Twitter. He prescribed a “Twitter fast” for himself:
The break made me realize how inconsequential Twitter ultimately is.
Read his full confessional at the link.
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke, Reprise 0
Fox News blows smoke about smoke and spreads propaganda for polluters.
Chris Quixote 0
Aside:
It says something about today’s Republican Party that it makes Chris Christie look, as my old doctor would say about test results, “within normal limits.”