Friends, plenty of Republicans have stood up to Trump, but not all that many have lived (politically) to tell about it. It's becoming harder and harder for GOP Congressmen and Senators to defy DJT, and maybe that's a good thing, because neither party can accomplish much unless it can preserve a measure of discipline in its ranks. The problem, however, is that, when men like Tillis decide to retire, they become even more unreliable in the days, weeks, months, and years before their official departure from Congress. Even worse, said departure creates an open seat, i.e. a pickup opportunity for Democrats. You better believe the dastardly Dems are salivating at the vacancy in NC that Tillis just created. Those are the breaks, at any rate, and now Republicans need to search for a strong, Trumpy Republican to carry their banner in the Tar Heel State in 2026.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628vd100pro
In other news, Javier Milei, Argentina's president, is proving that conservative populism can be combined with fiscal discipline. He's slashed public spending, and the Argentine people seem to appreciate the results: a booming economy and low inflation. Could a similar miracle happen here? Not any time soon, if the "big, beautiful bill" is any indication. Fiscal austerity isn't on Trump's agenda. Of course, now that "universal injunctions" have been banned, DOGE might be unleashed as never before, and that could help matters.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Time to light another cigar! Bottom line is: it passed, the big beautiful bill. Actually I'm glad it came down to the VP; elections do have consequences. Now on back to the House and I'm very confident in Speaker Johnson's legislative skills. Sure, it lost some things along the way but its still a big step ahead and a nice left jab to set the Dems up for the big right cross they'll catch right in the snoot, in the House. I don't think those 3 GOP dissenters in the Senate, except perhaps for Collins, meant to defeat the bill; they voted as they did to register their opposition to some measures and, as Rand Paul always does, to keep the party reminded about spending cuts.
ReplyDeletePresident Trump reminds me of General Grant in his Virginia campaign in 1864. Lee's Rebs mauled his Yankees at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania but he kept on advancing and ended the war 11 months later, saving the Union. He had gone through many setbacks, even after his early victories which thrilled the North; at one point, deprived of command after those victories by priggish and incompetent General Halleck, he suffered close to despair. But he rallied himself, proved his brilliance at Vicksburg and Chattanooga and then won the war the only
way it could have been won, by pounding Lee into the ground.
We know all too well the low points DJT has experienced since he dedicated himself to putting the U.S. back on the right path. Its 1864 now and he's plowing ahead through obstacles like Schumer's relentless obstruction, the just now defeated onslaught of left wing
biased judges and a desperate far left which means to stop him in the very streets
and he's WINNING and so is America.
Pore 'ol Dems, when yawl gon stop losing? Not soon I'd bet "Don't cry out loud, remember you almost had it all!" Right Hillary?
In other good news, a DOJ official today commented on DOJ's lawsuit being presented to stop "sanctuary" states and cities from defying Federal Immigration Law. It was put simply in this broadcast: "some officials actually think they have a right to disobey America's laws. Well they don't and we'll make sure of it". If they want different laws they must humble themselves to undergo the law making process, PERIOD! Gads, what a breath of fresh air this Administration is!
Dr. Waddy from Jack: More good news; DOJ has taken a massive haul of alleged Medicare and Medicaid frauds to law. Pam Bondi would make a formidable President . Take heed dems; the first woman President is likely to be GOP instead of the "any woman would be a better President than a man" types you've futiley nominated.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack And just by the way: An Israeli agreement for a cease fire in Gaza, a relaxation of sanctions on Syria and some talk about including Syria in the Abraham Accords. Our President and his colleagues are busy little bees!
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: I dunno: Argentina's political history is hardly promising. Argentina has been pretty unstable. Does the far left, which would of course reflexively regard the present administration as anathema , have purchase with groups which may see or be "persuaded to see " these apparently beneficial changes as intolerable? Does Argentina have a sound democracy with proven military subordination to the civilian government? Their history suggests they do not have a tradition of this. Can this government assure those who invest their well being and perhaps their lives in it that it will deliver them should a far leftist coup be attempted?
ReplyDeleteHas the present Argentine administration , in achieving its office and promulgating its policies, done so democratically? Has it disenfranchised powerful sectors of the polity in doing so?
DJT has murderously offended significant elements of our culture and polity. But our democracy has a strong tradition of stability which makes it probable that his policies, if lawfully promulgated, will not result in his forceful over throw and the unlimited oppression of his supporters.
That tradition imposes on his administration sometimes extended procedural and political necessities which may not obtain in Argentina but which, in America , give his policies credibility which may not be possible in Argentina. Is the prosperity Argentina enjoys to be turned against it by some demagogue once again arousing and cynically using the " descamisados" (shirtless ones , I think) ? If so, can the new policies be an example for us?
You ask a lot of profound questions about Argentina to which I certainly have no answers. It would be interesting to know how Milei has handled the police and the army, since you're right that a coup cannot be ruled out. I'm still a little shocked that the Left didn't try it here, after Trump won the last election.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Oh our far left would have tried it, I think, had they some prospect of success. But they know their only chance is to flim flam enough Americans into thinking "fundamental transformation " is only right , to allow them incipient establishment of totalitarianism. But they have royally squandered the chance they had for that after Jan. 20, 2009 and they are on the very edge of rout now.
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