RE: I'm starting to just get exhausted of this adminstration what about you?
December 5, 2018 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2018 at 2:53 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(December 5, 2018 at 2:06 pm)Cato Wrote: Nobody at this point should be able to credibly feign shock and indignation at Trump's boorish behavior, inability to comprehend the complexity of issues, well evidenced lack of empathy or superficial command of the English language. Sadly, this is all we get from most media outlets. They have done Nigel Tufnel one better by breaking all the knobs off after cranking them to 11.
As an example, the Jim Acostas of the world would rather badger Trump about his use of the word 'invasion' instead of sustaining a meaningful dialogue regarding the long overdue concept of immigration policy reform. This was the press conference after which Acosta was stripped of his White House pass. During the exchange Trump factually declared that sustainable economic growth will require immigration. Instead of using this as an opportunity to press for how Trump would like to accomplish this through Congress, the press continued their quest for a gotcha quote that will provide evidence for the claims that Trump is racist. The routine is banal. What's worse is that it hasn't worked but the quest continues escorted by the sound of rhythmically clapped coconuts.
The media does us a disservice.
Really? You would rather the media normalize the behavior of this administration as an acceptable cost of holding open the fictitious hope of actual substantive progress on this elusive issue?
For me, the corrosive effects of the behavior of this administration on the political norms of this country is a more severe threat to this nation’s long term political future than any calamity that might result from its policies. Delegitimizing this regime in each and every way is the first priority. That nothing gets done in this four years can be repaired in the next four. The effect of the precedence that a regime such as this can be installed without permanent and untenable political and personal consequences to those political that worked to install it can not be repaired for many decades, likely not ever.
The single thing that can salvage this 4 years would be the establishment of a clear political precedent that a regime such as this one can not ever accomplish anything for which its supporters, by supporting it, hoped to accomplish, and supporting such a regime Does not merely carry a risk, but assured a certainty, of irreparable long term political damage to any political fraction.
