The Pajama Boy White House

National Review ^ | 5/17/2016 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Servant of the Cross]

Meet the 30-somethings who are running our federal government.

“Cleverness is not wisdom.” — Euripides, Bacchae

What exactly has birthed the Pajama Boy aristocracy — our overclass of pretentious, inexperienced, and smug 30-something masters of the universe?

Prolonged adolescence? Affluence? The disappearance of physical chores and muscular labor? The collapse of traditional liberal education and the triumph of the therapeutic mindset? Disdain for or ignorance of life outside the Boston–New York–Washington corridor? Political correctness as a sort of careerist indemnity that allows one to live a sheltered and apartheid existence? The shift in collective values and status from production, agriculture, and manufacturing to government, law, finance, and media? The reinvention of the university as a social-awareness retreat rather than a place to learn?

During the showdown over Obamacare, the pro-Obama PAC Organizing for Action put out an ad now known as “Pajama Boy.” It showcased a young fellow in thick retro-rimmed glasses, wearing black-and-red plaid children’s-style pajamas, and sipping from a mug, with a sort of all-knowing expression on his face. The text urged: “Wear pajamas. Drink hot chocolate. Talk about getting health insurance. #GetTalking.”

Most men in Dayton or Huntsville do not lounge around in the morning in their pajamas, with or without built-in footpads, drinking hot chocolate and scanning health-insurance policies. That our elites either think they do, or think the few that matter do, explains why a nation $20 trillion in debt envisions the battle over transgender restrooms as if it were Pearl Harbor.

[DUMBGRUNT]

to win any argument while making the opponents feel terrible about themselves,

Win? Argument?
An argument is a prelude to a fight.

The glasses may break, but the PJ's will hold, giving a good grip, while his opponent, attempts to show him the error of his ways.

NB: When you see a group of young males removing their shirts,it may not be the heat.
It is a tactical advantage.

[TomGuy]

I have noticed when they are on the news programs they are quite adept at parroting the talkingpoints, but they have no practical history or knowledge of events they talk about. It is like they are responding to a prof’s theoretical question in a college lecture.

I noticed on younger lady (mid-20s) as a commentator on a news program. She had little substance to counter opposing remarks from more ‘seasoned’ commentators, so she filibustered, talked over the others, and got louder as she kept interrupting. Still, all she could muster was repetition of the talkingpoints.

[bert]

regarding the watering, yes probably

however, the money is gone and can not possibly be recovered

further theft is not necessary because the pot is far beyond dry.

where can thousands or rounded up criminals be housed?

[T-Bone Texan]

"The whole purpose of the current government is to drain as much money as possible from the public treasury to be distributed among the favored political class."

You said it, bert!

[browniexyz]

Pajama Boys have mistresses? The ones I know aren’t even married!