There is a wonderful sequence in "The Last Kingdom" (Netflix) in which the king, Alfred, who has been trying to be a good and pious Christian, mulls over his speech to the men of the army he has gathered to repel the invading Vikings and his best warrior, Uhtred, listens patiently to the King's ruminations about his exhortation to the army to fight for God against the heathens.
"These men.." Uhtred says, "are not angels."
They want a warrior to lead them, Uhtred is saying, not a saint.
And the king responds with a Donald Trump like rally, which works wonderfully well.
Now we are watching the gathering invading army of rapists and criminals approaching our southern border from slithole countries like El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and our President, always eager to sound the alarm, is rallying his hordes and pointing his finger at the Democrats as the enablers, Democrats who want open borders, who want to allow rapists to plunder white American womanhood.
President Heel Spurs looks at the children who arrive on the Southern border as "an infestation," which, of course suggests what action must be taken: What do you do with an infestation, but eradication?
In this he comes as close as an American politician ever has to suggesting genocide--well, any American politician in this century.
The Hondurans could hardly have delivered a better gift to the Trumpling, had they been on his payroll, and the Phantom would not be at all surprised if they are. But Mr. Mueller is likely busy with other investigations, so we will never know. Pity the Hondurans if they are on his payroll--he is notorious for not paying as promised.
And where are the Democrats? We hear the Trumpling on NPR, Fox News, all the commercial news channels play him sounding the alarm.
But where is the voice of derision?
Who is ridiculing President Heel Spurs when we need a warrior to challenge him?
In fact, the bigger question, who do we have who even sounds like a warrior?
The Democrats have Adam Schiff, a Casper Milquetoast if ever there was one.
They have old men: Bernie, Steney, Biden, Patrick Leahy, Weeping Chuck Schumer.
They are the party of the compassionate crowd, of sympathy, people who thank women for sharing their stories of abuse, people who nurture, who promise programs spending money earned by tradesmen, garage owners, machinists, men and women who do not approve of government "give-aways."
How is it in a nation of over 300 million people we cannot find a Democrat with brass balls?
Where are the men who watch "Game of Thrones" and "The Last Kingdom" and love these shows?
We have Democrats who watch "Modern Family" who love "The Big Bang Theory" and "Friends."
We have warm and fuzzy. They have blood and guts.
The knights in the musical "Camelot" at long last cannot take too much goodness. They erupt with "Fie on Goodness! Fie!"
And what is wrong with men being men?
Donald Trump has done America a service in this regard: He is unable to play to the Bible Thumpers for very long. It's clear he is no angel. And that has got to be okay for any other President from now on.
He is a sinus clearing phenomenon.
After him, we don't have to pretend to be men of honor.
We can be men of appetites and conquest.
"These men.." Uhtred says, "are not angels."
They want a warrior to lead them, Uhtred is saying, not a saint.
And the king responds with a Donald Trump like rally, which works wonderfully well.
Now we are watching the gathering invading army of rapists and criminals approaching our southern border from slithole countries like El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and our President, always eager to sound the alarm, is rallying his hordes and pointing his finger at the Democrats as the enablers, Democrats who want open borders, who want to allow rapists to plunder white American womanhood.
President Heel Spurs looks at the children who arrive on the Southern border as "an infestation," which, of course suggests what action must be taken: What do you do with an infestation, but eradication?
In this he comes as close as an American politician ever has to suggesting genocide--well, any American politician in this century.
The Hondurans could hardly have delivered a better gift to the Trumpling, had they been on his payroll, and the Phantom would not be at all surprised if they are. But Mr. Mueller is likely busy with other investigations, so we will never know. Pity the Hondurans if they are on his payroll--he is notorious for not paying as promised.
And where are the Democrats? We hear the Trumpling on NPR, Fox News, all the commercial news channels play him sounding the alarm.
But where is the voice of derision?
Who is ridiculing President Heel Spurs when we need a warrior to challenge him?
In fact, the bigger question, who do we have who even sounds like a warrior?
The Democrats have Adam Schiff, a Casper Milquetoast if ever there was one.
They have old men: Bernie, Steney, Biden, Patrick Leahy, Weeping Chuck Schumer.
They are the party of the compassionate crowd, of sympathy, people who thank women for sharing their stories of abuse, people who nurture, who promise programs spending money earned by tradesmen, garage owners, machinists, men and women who do not approve of government "give-aways."
How is it in a nation of over 300 million people we cannot find a Democrat with brass balls?
Where are the men who watch "Game of Thrones" and "The Last Kingdom" and love these shows?
We have Democrats who watch "Modern Family" who love "The Big Bang Theory" and "Friends."
We have warm and fuzzy. They have blood and guts.
The knights in the musical "Camelot" at long last cannot take too much goodness. They erupt with "Fie on Goodness! Fie!"
And what is wrong with men being men?
Donald Trump has done America a service in this regard: He is unable to play to the Bible Thumpers for very long. It's clear he is no angel. And that has got to be okay for any other President from now on.
He is a sinus clearing phenomenon.
After him, we don't have to pretend to be men of honor.
We can be men of appetites and conquest.
I think you are on to something - but where is the solution?!
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ReplyDeleteIf real life were written by Aaron Sorkin, there would be some humble governor in some small state and some Democratic operative named Toby would be listening to him and thinking, "This is the guy!"