BonzaiDuck
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- Jun 30, 2004
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I had a thought this morning that to me -- subjectively -- we are in the middle of a brewing crisis. I think I could see some paths that might unfold, but I don't "know" that it's this one or that one. This one looks juiciest for correcting a political mistake. Anything else will still impose a required obstruction to a new administration.
Either way, the history leading up to this -- going back before the 2010 midterm -- shows a pattern of sick communication, appeal to mob thinking, a deception of mass-psychology. What we're seeing is a feverish effort to deflect it at the moment, with serious calls for disclosure and investigation. Now we have Mitch McConnell trying to save the GOP's honor by taking a stand opposite Trump's dismissal of the Russian hacks or their implications.
I would say this will unfold to be as serious as Watergate or more so. It could actually become a case where those of us who simply wished for it were not the ones who caused it, and the cause only confirms in the most final way that the sorcerer of the Apprentice has self-destructive tendencies. The only group that rivals in that are the supporters with desperate dissatisfactions Trump would never know, who figure that anything would be better than Clinton without thought if they could jump from the frying pan into the fire.
For instance, I could tell you about a homeowner's association who discovered a small embezzlement by their management company. The association bolted and went to another company, later exposed in the local metro newspaper to be guilty of a million in embezzlement theft.
Either way, the history leading up to this -- going back before the 2010 midterm -- shows a pattern of sick communication, appeal to mob thinking, a deception of mass-psychology. What we're seeing is a feverish effort to deflect it at the moment, with serious calls for disclosure and investigation. Now we have Mitch McConnell trying to save the GOP's honor by taking a stand opposite Trump's dismissal of the Russian hacks or their implications.
I would say this will unfold to be as serious as Watergate or more so. It could actually become a case where those of us who simply wished for it were not the ones who caused it, and the cause only confirms in the most final way that the sorcerer of the Apprentice has self-destructive tendencies. The only group that rivals in that are the supporters with desperate dissatisfactions Trump would never know, who figure that anything would be better than Clinton without thought if they could jump from the frying pan into the fire.
For instance, I could tell you about a homeowner's association who discovered a small embezzlement by their management company. The association bolted and went to another company, later exposed in the local metro newspaper to be guilty of a million in embezzlement theft.
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