Posted on 01/08/2019 11:12:58 PM PST by be-baw
Politicians just interrupted regularly scheduled programming to bring you a message theyve been repeating ad nauseum for the last three weeks.
President Trump went first. Sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, he read a watered-down stump speech from a teleprompter. Illegal immigrants and a flood of drugs are streaming across the border, the president said in so many words. The shutdown is the fault of Democrats, he continued, and the solution is some variation of a wall.
Notably lacking? Fireworks.
Trump was presidential in that Trump was unusually low key. He didnt declare a national emergency, a move which would have thrown Congress and the courts into an immediate crisis. He just repeated the boilerplate language from his campaign.
Democrats offered their rebuttal next, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., standing cadaver-like behind a shared podium. They may haunt the dreams of any child who was unlucky enough to be awake during prime time, but aside from that they didnt accomplish anything new.
Pelosi said the president was holding the country hostage. Schumer followed up arguing that the president was appealing to fear, not facts, and that Democrats and Republicans agree border security is necessary. They just disagree, Schumer posited, on how to do it.
Pundits promised that this would be a clash of the political titans, a rough-and-tumble exchange of fire worthy of the last two years of hysteria. It was instead a 20-minute dud with all the drama of a "Friends" rerun.
And believe it or not, that is a good thing.
Nothing bad happened tonight, because nothing dramatic went down and nothing changed. Governing from crisis leads to unforeseen outcomes and extra-constitutional actions. Instead, both sides laid out their battle lines after kicking a little dust in prime time.
“Pelosi and Schumer looked frightening and unable to stand up...”
They reminded me of the “American Gothic” painting.
I was disappointed with Trumps speech....close the f’ing border, release the unredacted FISA documents, investgate CF...
Arrest people
he ought to announce that house reps will not be receiving their pay until they start doing their jobs. Keep it shut down Mr President. The real workers of America do not care about the politics.
You are right about that. 10 billion additional taxpayer dollars to Mexico n central America.. we could have a heckuva wall. But no.. we have a fake shutdown..
What really made me laugh was haw fast the compromise has gone.. now we are down to some version of a wall.
It would be wise to remember 1986, we do.
THAT needs to be on EVERY thread, Liz!!!
Actually, this piece and every other piece I’ve heard misses one important distinction.
1) VSG President Trump re-affirmed his oath of office, to protect and defend the United States of America.
2) Chuck and Nancy on that crucial point.....crickets
President Trump used the Dim’s playbook-showing he is the only one who cares about people whose lives are torn apart by violent illegal criminals, drugs, and child trafficking.
Chuck and Nancy are very concerning the high salary government worker is about to lose their first paycheck
How about we revisit this subject in one year? I would love to be wrong but history says I’m right.
For sure......
There will never be another 1986. Another “comprehensive immigration reform” will be fatal.
“I was not at all impressed. I was hoping for a declaration of WAR! What I saw was more Harvey Milktoast ,Democrap kowtowing.....FIGHT ! MR. PRESIDENT ! KICK ASS & TAKE NAMES “
It’s early in negotiations. Trump laid out his case to America and the Rats laid out their case. Once again, Trump presents facts and well thought out ideas already approved by the rats, and the rats speak to emotion and irrational thought.
Pelosi sucks-up bigtime: she calls the migrants "patriotic" and promises to enact amnesty and the Dream Act.
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THE PELOSI PROTECTION RACKET BEGINS HERE
The first Amnesty bill Protected Crooked Latino Public Officials in elective or appointive US positions from prosecution for wrongdoing.
CIRCA 2009--DC Gala for Ntl Assoc of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
L-R--Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ);
Dr Salomon Melgen, VOXXI Chman (now incarcerated);
Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CAL); San Francisco
J. Sanchez, US Under Secy of Commerce for Intl Trade,
Emilio Sanchez, Pres/CEO of VOXXI.
(Photo/Voxxi---Melgen's ethnic solidarity web site)
Nothing was really done .
Trump appears to be using this as a 2020 campaign issue and nothing more .
Trump is still dragging over 50,000 or more Syrian Muslim savages and dropping them in our schools and towns without notice .
Catch and Release is alive and well .
DHS is still flying these invaders all over on our dime .
Trump still funding 3800 a month for all invaders .
The State Dept is still funding all these refugee programs !
We have been Scammed .
I knew this was a scam when the Numbers USA Immigration Group was
Kicked out of the WH about a year ago. That group is serious about stopping this invasion .
Yep....... The meeting this afternoon will be the High Noon incident
If they continue to negotiate, he will then take the well thought out measures to show the leftwing absence of real power.
I don’t thin either side moved the ball much. Social media is having a lot of fun w/ Chuck and Nancy looking silly, so that is a win. Trump’s argument about un-controlled chaos at the border is hard to say no too
Few things are more foolhardy than trying to rebut a Trump speech immediately after a Trump speech.
The next level of stupid would be to try a rebuttal right after a Trump rally.
Were Check and Nancy on after Trump’s speech? Must have missed it. My station cut to a rerun of Hee Haw.
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