tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post8461875825171543723..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Do Think of an ElephantVixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-24680494797008553732020-07-23T10:02:53.155-04:002020-07-23T10:02:53.155-04:00"One could almost imagine an interview like t..."One could almost imagine an interview like this being granted, approved, and aired, as a form of benign sabotage, as if someone decided that, for crying out loud, would everyone just look at this guy??!?!?"<br /><br />Rosenstein had exactly the same thought in February 2017, after talking to Trump about pressuring, and ultimately firing, Comey in order to protect Flynn. He had the idea that he should wear a wire for his next conversation with the president, not trying to get Trump on tape committing any sort of criminal or ethics violation, but to convince people that he was demented. Surely, when exposed to the obvious inability to discharge the powers and duties that such a tape would reveal, the responsible govt officials would act, and Trump would be suspended from office before the sun set.<br /><br />How quaint such a plan seems now, how detached from the reality of our system's metaphorical dementia. Trump has long since done much more quite publicly -- ne need to wear a wire -- that has no possible explanation than dementia, he has so often displayed an indisputable inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, that failure to remove him for his literal dementia confirms that he is the culmination and logical end point of what we have let our govt become.<br /><br />There are no responsible govt officials who will ever do their clear duty and remove Trump from office. VP, cabinet, Congress -- all of them are also unable to discharge the powers and duties of their offices. Unlike Trump, they aren't literally demented, that's not the source of their inability. They are all of them unable to take action because we have let our govt become reality TV, a realm whose hallmark is of course the complete separation from reality. None of the actors in that reality TV world can act in violation of the premise of the show, which is that the president of the US is the most powerful person on the planet, and got into that office by being the smartest person pursuing this highly coveted position. <br /><br />Trump is a genius, by definition. If he isn't, our whole system is a mockery and an abject failure. Of course it is a failure, our inability to respond to COVID sets us down as a failed state, but good luck selling that script to the reality TV fans.Glen Tomkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615965629335985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-39984988123814899202020-07-23T09:59:13.365-04:002020-07-23T09:59:13.365-04:00Excellent point. The elephant has no clothes.Excellent point. The elephant has no clothes.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.com