Posted on 10/21/2017 8:22:21 AM PDT by markomalley
Maybe I spoke too soon. Far from recognizing the masterly statement of President Trump's chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly, in the wake of the brouhaha over President Trump's condolence call to the wife of a fallen serviceman, the left has doubled down on screeching attacks against Kelly, charging him with ever more outlandish epithets.
The congresswoman who horned in on the moment and tried to score political hay from it, Rep. Fredericka Wilson of Florida, has started yelling racism, the last refuge of today's scoundrels. She claimed that Kelly's use of the term 'empty barrel' to describe the contents of her unhinged mind was the same as attacking the color of her skin. The White House, she added, was "full of white supremacists."
The press, meanwhile has focused on calling Kelly a liar, saying an unearthed tape of Wilson's 2015 speech is proof positive that she never crowed about securing the financing for the building that was named after two fallen FBI agents. Actually, it's not proof - no one knows what she was crowing about in the before and after times of it, off camera to officials such as Kelly. Kelly has not backed down from his charge and just the inside-politics nature of it suggests it was not made up. Who would have thought of such a thing if it hadn't happened. It would be far easier to say Wilson was spitting in the punchbowl if things were going to be made up. But this isn't stopping the media from calling it story-over and demanding Kelly apologize.
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Everyone should send Gen. Kelly a thank you note.
My opinion of Kelly is rising. He’s shown himself to be a standup guy and a fighter. I like that.
You’re welcome.
They have additional themes beyond respect for our deceased Soldiers, but they are still good.
This Identity Politics is a cancer on the political landscape. It is used to create differences between groups with inflammatory results. It does not unify anyone. The more the differences between us are emphasized, the less likely people will feel outrage at their mistreatment.
The left doesnt really care about race, feminism, gender or the environment when they emphasize the differences among groups. It creates denial of moral failures it seeks to correct. Instead, Identity Politics becomes a method to use groups as tools used to further their real goal which is to take down the American system through revolution.
“The left doesnt really care about race, feminism, gender or the environment when they emphasize the differences among groups. It creates denial of moral failures it seeks to correct. Instead, Identity Politics becomes a method to use groups as tools used to further their real goal which is to take down the American system through revolution.”
Agreed! But that said, to suggest that for example, Law Enforcement should not take into consideration these factors as they go about their activities, leads only to “unplanned deaths” among their ranks. So much to say, if you don’t “profile,” you may well end up an unfortunate statistic. That’s sad, but it’s far too true.
“Meanwhile self-destruction is gaining ground on their normal agenda...”
They will never self-destruct, are slippery creatures who can navigate and subvert any system, and who will be the camp counselors in the re-education camps, if they gain the
support of an ever-growing part of the electorate.
IMHO
He should just admit they were bank robbers, not drug dealers, and leave it at that. People appreciate someone who can admit his mistakes.
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