10. ...one person put it. They're trying to figure out, in coordination with people in the White House, "how to make things happen." The senior military obviously retain considerable clout, to say the least. But the discussions they're having among themselves are unprecedented--
11. ...more sober and weighty than those of 1974 in the weeks before Nixon's resignation. And the difference is that Jim Schlesinger was then Secretary of Defense, committed to checking an unstable and desperate president, not to helping one.
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Bill and his buddies are portraying President Trump's consideration of the Insurrection and as proof he is an "unstable and desperate president" and claim the military is helping Trump when they should be controlling his irational behavior.
Trump asserts that the election was stolen. The majority of voters believes tthere was vote fraud. Bill and Co. are acting like President Trump's efforts to expose the fraud are an irrational response to "losing" the stolen election.
Bill is fanning fear. Barr is stepping down and his resplacement has former association with General Flynn - this puts the DOJ in synch with Flynn and the military in terms of how they may be called upon to manage the insurrection act (or martial law).
FWIW: I don't think Barr is leaving because he fears President Trump's rational state or decisions. Here's my take on Barr:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3917114/posts?page=30#30
Kristol and co are going to make sure to fan panic.
I think Rush has focused well on the likes of Bill Kristol. For years, like a carnival side show barker, Kristol and Fred Barnes and the Weekly Standard crowd lured conservative initiates on to cruises to learn more from the insiders about how Washington works. I can imagine what was taught.
When the Do-Something candidate came along to fulfill their stated dreams - they switched to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. How else to explain this conundrum except that they were carnival side show barkers leading unsuspecting initiates - like the Pied Piper led the town youths - astray?
Once exposed they just became empty suits.