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Insurrection Obsession
Townhall.com ^ | May 27, 2021 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 05/27/2021 4:03:07 AM PDT by Kaslin

Okay, let’s say out loud what the regime doesn’t want said – there was no insurrection.

At least not in Washington, D.C. Now, in places like Portland and Seattle, there were and are insurrections, actual ongoing occupations of actual territory by actual criminals where the government is expressly told it’s not in charge and to stay out. And, of course, the government tolerates those insurrections. It does so because the Democrats in charge – this nonsense never happens in Florida with DeSantis in charge – perceives the actual insurrectionists as political allies, so they do nothing. Some insurrections, it appears, are more insurrectiony than others.

Despite the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth, the fracas on Capitol Hill was barely a brawl – what if they gave an armed insurrection and nobody showed up with arms? It certainly was not even close in damage, violence, or casualties to the routine BLM/Antifa rioting last year – rioting the Democrats tacitly supported. But these rioters were not allies of the elite, and the elite felt threatened, and so we’re now all supposed to accept – without bursting into laughter – that this was the worst thing in the history of ever.

George Will, who we were all surprised to find still offers his fussy insights to those few elderly network TV viewers who still remember who George Will was, pronounced this nothingburger to be on par with 9/11. Well, he does seem like the excitable sort, and all those uncouth ruffians on the TV in their red hats and denim must have left him literally shaking. Remember, at one time George Will was taken seriously by serious people – really.

1/6 > 9/11? Yeah, no. It’s hard to formulate a response to something so inane without profanity. You could observe, for instance, that 3,000 people were murdered on 9/11. You could also observe that, unlike with the Capitol Hill thing, we know who did the killing on 9/11. And you could observe that 9/11 resulted in a war that we are still fighting and – thanks to the woke jokes who now control our military – are still losing.

I guess there’s sort of a war going on against those naughty “extremists,” a term that is defined as anyone who rejects the current regime, like you. The FBI is constantly tweeting out grainy pics of vicious trespassers and asking for help from narcs and stoolies when it’s not breaking down the wrong doors chasing alleged laptop liberators. It would be nice if maybe these ace gumshoes devoted a comparable amount of time to stopping some of the mass shooters who inevitably seem to have been known to the Bureau beforehand. Just a thought.

It’s unclear who still cares about this ancient history except for licensed, registered journalists and blue check lackeys on Twitter. Maybe Democrat polling says it’s useful – get Lumpy Luntz on that pronto. Regardless, the Democrats and their adjuncts in the stubby Cheney-Kinzinger-Fredocon wing of the GOP can’t let their insurrection go. Their media toadies pimp it non-stop, as if Americans drive by their local Chevron and think, “Gee, that’s pricey, but what really bothers me is that darn insurrection. At least there are no mean tweets.” Of course they want to talk about a minor tussle from months ago – would they want to talk about inflation, or the border, or the fact that China is laughing at us instead?

The Democrats are now demanding a commission to investigate this most investigated of events – but not their friends’ year of rioting. That rioting doesn’t count, because they don’t care if your neighborhood burns. But they saw this riot-ette as a threat to their power. And it’s hilarious not just to see them try to hype it into Civil War 2: The Trespassers Strike Back and to wrap themselves in phony patriotism. You know, I was informed – by the Democrats – that America is a racist country built on racism and more racism, so shouldn’t patriotism be…bad? In their calculation, wouldn’t traitors be…heroes? And wasn’t I also told – by them – that the 2016 election was stolen by Trump, yet it’s now driving a stake into the heart of democracy to believe the 2020 election was rigged? Did the election system suddenly get completely fixed during the four years in between ’16 and ‘20…when Trump was president? You know, it’s not just the hypocrisy that annoys me – it’s all the effort you have to invest to try to keep their everchanging lies straight.

At least some of the usual dim bulbs in the GOP, the norms n’ rules crew that perpetually steps on the Dems’ rakes, have figured out what this is – a chance to distract from the total failure of the Asterisk *dministration to vault over even the low bar set by Jimmy Carter. Can you imagine these goofs getting their commission, holding court as if this was the most significant incident in American history, intoning their cliches, and leaking and lying just like they did with the prior fake frenzy about Trump and Russia?

Spoiler: They’re going to blame Trump, conservative politicians, and you. There, no need for a commission – that’s the end result.

If you think we’ll find out who the mystery cop who killed Ashli Babbitt is, think again – they’ll probably give him a medal. Maybe we can see the video footage the government is hiding – because you know that if it was useful, it would have been released by now. Maybe they can explain how people are trespassing when the police let them in…to a public building. Maybe we can find out why Antifa/BLM rioters got their charges dismissed but those loitering on Capitol Hill get felony charges and denied bail. And maybe Jen Psaki can circle back and explain how zero is a number when explaining how her statement that a number of officers were killed is not a total lie.

Fortunately, McConnell sees through this, so it’s probably not going to happen – despite Miracle Whip Mitt again betraying the GOP. The media will just have to pull George Will out of the cupboard, rehydrate him, and set him to talking again about how this was the worstest of the worst thing to ever happen. But no one’s listening.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; insurrection; jan6commission; kurt; kurtschlichter; schlichter

1 posted on 05/27/2021 4:03:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He’s a German. So he must be a racist./s

He’s a racist. So his jokes aren’t funny./s


2 posted on 05/27/2021 4:11:40 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Kaslin
Fortunately, McConnell sees through this, so it’s probably not going to happen...

If the author really thinks this then he's six kinds of stupid. Stop and think. Hearings are going to happen because this is too good a political issue for the Democrats to drop. The question is the form they will take.

Three advantages to this commission was the agreement of a 50/50 split between Democrat and Republican members, both sides agreeing to subpoenas, and a set end date of December 31st. Under those circumstances the GOP could at least rein it in a bit and it would be over long before the 2022 election cycle began. Instead the Democrats will Benghazi the Republicans. Hearings will instead be held in House committees, where the Democrats have the majority. Subpoenas will be issued, and Republicans can't limit them. And the hearings can run well into 2022 because the Democrats will want them to and the Republicans can't stop them. So killing the commission could well turn out to be a pyrrhic victory for McConnell. House hearings, and maybe Senate hearings, will be much worse.

3 posted on 05/27/2021 4:14:20 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

Eff Globalist George Will tool of the elites.

Ditto the criminal Rats.

Kurts ridicule of them both is spot on.


4 posted on 05/27/2021 4:18:26 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: Kaslin

To the Deep State, any opposition to their totalitarian rule in “insurrection”.


5 posted on 05/27/2021 4:20:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: PapaBear3625

Quite, because we:
- are their designated opponents, upon whom they will impute whatever evil they wish to oppose (here, a counter-Revolutionary insurrection)
- are their actual opponents, who restrain use of tremendous power (Progressives are terrified the Capitol protests could easily have been extremely & effectively violent).


6 posted on 05/27/2021 4:47:38 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask why it wants to eat our face.)
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To: Kaslin

These riots happen because the people in charge do nothing. I live in Florida and our Governor is pro active and won’t put up with it. Beyond that the mayors won’t put up with it. I live in Polk County and our sheriff openly tells us to keep ourselves armed and don’t be afraid to use them. And if you shoot at a cop then you will get killed. Simple rules. Law and order.


7 posted on 05/27/2021 4:49:24 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: Eleutheria5
Okay, let’s say out loud what the regime doesn’t want said – there was no insurrection.

TRUE.

The actual "disturbance" on January 6, 2021, took place over a period of four hours, after a peaceful rally by President Donald Trump.

Antifa and BLM are rioting and looting this very minute. These terrorist groups have been at it for several years. The destruction of property, burning, looting, and rioting have destroyed small businesses, governement buildings, resulted in deaths, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

Where is the 9/11 commission to get the truth about Antifa and BLM?

Why are the Democrats so obsessed with a four hour disturbance? What was their role in setting it up?

8 posted on 05/27/2021 5:05:22 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip

Those are rhetorical questions, right?


9 posted on 05/27/2021 6:51:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Kaslin

The real insurrection started right after November 9th, 2016, and culminated on November 3, 2021. Essentially, a slow-motion insurrection against a democratically elected president.


10 posted on 05/27/2021 6:52:18 AM PDT by euram
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To: euram

And a direct assault on democracy by demoncrazies.


11 posted on 05/27/2021 6:57:31 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Kaslin

I’m old, and I remember George Will from my youth.

George Will farts dust.


12 posted on 05/27/2021 7:18:21 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (GMO opponents who took the covid jab are now GMOs themselves.)
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To: Kaslin

The insurrection was he theft of the 2020 election. The actions of American patriots to bring justice and lock up the insurrectionists is “law enforcement and defense of the Constitution”.


13 posted on 05/27/2021 8:51:38 AM PDT by myerson (It ain't brain surgery.)
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