Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick
My childhood dog was an overweight Dachshund named Dina. She chased cars as fast as her little feet would carry her, but the only thing she could possibly catch was the ice cream truck.
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She caught it one afternoon.
Got runover. And died.
That illustrates where the Democrat Party is today. They caught their much hated political nemesis Donald Trump, convicted him of a crime no one really understands, and will sentence him on July 11.
Now they’re getting run over in the court of public opinion. Thanks to this conviction, Donald Trump is more popular than ever with his base. No sign of him losing ground with independents and persuadable Democrats. He’ll win Nevada for sure if recent polls hold.
If the New York judge — a certifiably political partisan — jails Mr. Trump to any kind of jail sentence or house arrest, even if it is suspended pending appeal, this race will be over. Democrats will have fully channeled my dog Dina and reaped the rewards of catching the ice cream truck.
You don’t have to take my word for it. Middle-of-the-roader Mitt Romney — not a Trump fan — summarized it this way:
“(Alvin) Bragg should have settled the case against Trump, as would have been the normal procedure. But he made a political decision. Bragg may have won the battle, for now, but he may have lost the political war. Democrats think they can put out the fire with oxygen. It’s political malpractice.”
DEBATE TIME
Social media wags are giving Joe Biden the business for issuing a 14-second video challenging Donald Trump to a debate with several “jump cuts.” The cuts mean it took Mr. Biden several attempts in front of the camera to essentially say: “Let’s debate. Make my day, pal!”
Conservative podcaster Graham Allen put the issue in a nutshell: “Biden made five cuts in 14 seconds to say 51 words. I think the world knows who will win this debate.”
Although I’m no expert on video edits, I tend to agree with the idea that Biden’s inability to string sentences together off the cuff should be a liability. But, that kind of performance is already baked into expectations for Biden.
There are two ways to play the drinking game for the debate.
One will be to take a drink every time Biden experiences a “freeze” moment, losing his train of thought and then marble-mouthing something wild like “I shall never forget the day I sat at the Hotel Nevada bar in Ely and Teddy Roosevelt sat next to me and said: ‘Young man, you should run for public office.’”
The other way to play the drinking game will be to take a shot each time Donald Trump cloaks himself in the role of a political prisoner, uses the term “lawfare” or references Stormy Daniels or Karen McDougal or any other of the “Trump women.”
The first debate is not too far off — 6 p.m. Nevada time June 27 on CNN. The second — if there is a second — is scheduled for Sept. 10, hosted by ABC.
This will be must watch TV because both candidates are capable of delivering a powerful knock-out punch to themselves.
Drink up!
ONE MORE THING
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