by Jeff Childers
Yesterday afternoon, Asia Times ran the simplest, most informative headline about yesterday’s astonishing development:
By comparison, the New York Times ran yesterday’s dumbest, least informative headline, “After a Big Week for Democrats, One Good Day for Trump.” The article’s sub-headline seethed with passive-aggressive rage: “Former President Donald J. Trump talked policy in Las Vegas and seemed almost chipper.”
This is the most extraordinary political moment I have ever witnessed.
Chants of "USA" and "Bobby" break out as leaders from both the Democratic and Republican sides have united to challenge the oligarchy that has suppressed Americans for generations.
Listen to Trump speak:… pic.twitter.com/I7T7tHTSWT
— The Vigilant Fox (@VigilantFox) August 24, 2024
The Times admitted it had expected Trump to be knocked “further off his game” by the DNC and by its Plan B candidate’s joyful acceptance speech. Instead, President Trump frustrated the far-left by appearing almost chipper.
Our “Act III” theory holds that Trump has not had three very bad weeks in August. Rather, he’s been holding back, showing uncharacteristic discipline, and conserving ammo while waiting for Kamala’s nomination to lock in. If Trump was chipper yesterday, it was likely because he can finally return to doing what he does best.
Yesterday, as the election swang into its last critical weeks, the country witnessed another historic inflection point. The History of 2024 is going to require multiple volumes.
Once again, Trump pulled a miracle out of a trash bag. Once again, a record-breaking year shattered another record. Once again, political prognosticators have been forced to wipe down the dry-erase board and start over. As you almost certainly know, yesterday Trump and Kennedy joined forces, puncturing Kamala’s post-convention poll bounce and, once again, scrambling the 2024 political calculus.
The Washington Post agreed: The Unity Ticket creates a wrinkle:
But the truth was, the Trump-Kennedy combination is a lot more than a wrinkle, fold, crumple, or even a spindle (whatever that is). Kamalot looks further away than ever.
To put yesterday’s events in perspective, imagine how different things might have been if, in 1992, George H.W. Bush had wrangled feisty Ross Perot into his cabinet. For one thing, Bill and Hillary would have stayed in Arkansas. And who knows what Ross might have accomplished? Maybe even balanced the budget. It’s simple!
Trump just achieved what George Herbert Walker Franklin Snidely Jimbob Bush could not. The Times can’t see it, though. Lacking any sense of history or perspective, and clearly wishing this story did not exist at all, just like a high-school mean girl, the Times condescendingly described the historic unity ticket as Trump having “managed to make a new friend.”
They missed everything. I’m not even sure it was on purpose. They are blinded by incurable Trump Derangement Syndrome, a painful variant of sexually transmitted river blindness that can’t be treated with Ivermectin.
Let’s tally the intangible victory. The fact this union occurred is itself indisputable evidence for why Trump should be re-elected. People can’t help but recognize that Trump recruited Kennedy, proving his skill to negotiate difficult bargains, which will be super helpful when dealing with people like Putin or President Xi. Next, Trump masterfully timed the merger for the day after the DNC ended, showing his strategic brilliance and his command of events.
It also showed Trump’s prowess at capturing the news cycle whenever he wants, even though corporate media is vainly trying its best to ignore him.
It’s conservatives, moderates, and traditional liberals vs. Communists and socialists, I.e. the democrats.
It’s recovery vs The End.
Keep in mind, these are the same tentacles of the Ministry of Propaganda that kept Kennedy’s impact small by refusing to cover or interview him. The left’s argument is that he is insignificant, but that was imposed upon him, just as any and all of Trump’s negative perceptions are imposed upon him by biased coverage.
Kamala and the DNC don’t worry much about alliances and support. They plan to cheat and cheat big.
What should be achieved can be done so without Kennedy. Kick him to the curb while you can.
In January 2001 I was at the Black Tie and Boots ball that celebrated Bush, Jr.’s inauguration. Walking down the hall to the ball room was a Texas actor who was a hard core conservative Republican, Powers Boothe. Walking along side of him was RFK, Jr. I learned that they were good friends, one a lock solid conservative, the other a heritage Democrat.
The difference between now and then is that the Democrat Party, known to RFK, Jr., his father and his uncle, Jack, is that party no longer exists. It is truly the Democrat Socialist Party.
And you need to remember, often the best conservative Republican is a former Democrat that has been mugged by reality.