Posted on 03/05/2022 1:10:05 PM PST by lowbridge
Floundering in his attempts to wield political power while lacking a political office, Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve. His residual power, which he must use or lose, is to influence his party’s selection of candidates for state and federal offices. This is, however, perilous because he has the power of influence only if he is perceived to have it. That perception will dissipate if his interventions in Republican primaries continue to be unimpressive.
So, Trump must try to emulate the protagonist of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” In Mark Twain’s novel, a 19th-century American is transported back in time to Britain in the year 528. He gets in trouble, is condemned to death, but remembers that a solar eclipse occurred on the date of his scheduled execution. He saves himself by vowing to extinguish the sun but promising to let it shine again if his demands are met.
Trump is faltering at the business of commanding outcomes that are, like Twain’s eclipse, independent of his interventions. Consider the dilemma of David Perdue.
He is a former Republican senator because Trump, harping on the cosmic injustice of his November loss in 2020, confused and demoralized Georgia Republicans enough to cause Perdue’s defeat by 1.2 percentage points in the January 2021 runoff. Nevertheless, Trump talked Perdue into running in this year’s gubernatorial primary against Georgia’s Republican incumbent, Brian Kemp, whom Trump loathes because Kemp spurned Trump’s demand that Georgia’s presidential vote be delegitimized. In a February poll, Kemp led Perdue by 10 points.
Trump failed in his attempt to boost his preferred Senate candidate in North Carolina, Rep. Ted Budd, by pressuring a rival out of the race. As of mid-January, Budd was trailing in the polls.
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Wow, George Will. Is he beyond fossilized yet?
Uh oh. George Will has sand in his vagina again.
ORANGE MAN BAD #72836297369173612
George Will? no thanks.
Shut up George. Your RINO Party sucks so bad I flicked it off of my sleeve.
Where’s my safe space. I mean how offensive can they be?
George Will...wasn’t he some commentator from a long time ago?
Will thinks he matters. He does not.
The 80s called. They want their pundit back.
I thought George Will was dead. Just brain dead I see...
Says George Will, green booger to be flicked off a finger.
“Wow, George Will. Is he beyond fossilized yet?”
I was surprised he’s still alive.
TDS.
This guy, lol.
George Will trying to stay relevant, in a Trump world.
Ouch. I can only imagine how painful that must be for George.
George Who?
The Washington Post looks like a clump of pubic hair that needs to be flicked off a public toilet seat.
George Will again talking through is ASS!
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