Democrats have decided on their “strategy” for dealing with
President Trump: dig in, resist and obstruct, while mocking and embarrassing
him at every opportunity. After many meetings and countless conversations, top
party officials have determined that an unyielding, hard-line, in-your-face
obstructionism is the only way to placate a party base rabid with rage.
The
Democratic Party held a conference recently to consider who should be the next
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). New Hampshire party
chairman Raymond Buckley, attending the soirée, was asked if Democrats should
try to work with the President, at least where it could find opportunities to
do so. He responded: “That’s a question that’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Washington
Governor Jay Inslee added: “They were entitled to a grace period and they blew
it. It’s been worse than I could have imagined, the first few days. They were
entitled to a grace period, but it was midnight the night of the inauguration
to eight o’clock the next morning, when the administration sent out people to
lie about numerous significant things. And the damage to the credibility of the
presidency has already been profound.”
Translation:
“He didn’t do what we wanted him to do.” And he has the gall to accuse Trump of doing damage to the presidency
after Barrack Obama’s reign?! Say what you will about the President, but he
doesn’t hate his own country. In fact, he is courageously attempting to repair
some of the damage to the country
that his predecessor intentionally inflicted.
Democratic
leaders seem to believe that the vast numbers of people who took to the streets
in anti-Trump rallies inaugural weekend illustrate an opportunity for the
erstwhile DFL to become a full-fledged resistance party, steadfastly opposing
nearly everything the President is trying to do and grinding government to a
halt.
Of
course, Democrats believe they have every right to do this, even though they
have routinely gone ballistic in the past when they believed Republicans
weren’t acquiescing quickly enough to every whim and directive they put forward
when they held power. They claim this
right to an oppose-at-all-costs stratagem now in part because they consider
Trump a “norm-violating” and “deeply polarizing” figure.
But,
when you wish to harness the power of the Mongol Hordes, you should be aware
that things can get messy. In the past, Republicans have made a habit of
compromising and surrendering at the first sign of conflict. However, it’s just
possible those now threatened with such an onslaught may feel they have to
fight back and press on or see their ideals and their country perish forever.
They
would be right.
Despite
their own aggressive bluster, some Democrats seem a little uncertain of how to
interact with Trump, who many feel is uniquely mercurial.
Former
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said of Trump: “We’ve never seen
anything like him. This isn’t ideological. He’s taken this to places we’ve
never been. He’s said things we’ve never heard from a commander in chief.”
Someone
sounds…jealous.
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