Posted on 08/14/2017 1:40:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
We saw Donald Trump’s true colors on Saturday, when he was given the chance — a ready-made moment for presidential grace — to denounce the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va., and instead found wrongdoing “on many sides.” That was Trump minus the pressure and the planning. That was his initial instinct, his first impulse.
We saw a different palette at a lectern in the White House on early Monday afternoon, but it was pure artifice, and muted and unpersuasive because of that.
We should also note that he began his brief statement on Monday by congratulating himself on the American economy and implicitly taking credit for what he said were a million new jobs. This is what our self-consumed, ungenerous president prefers to do — brag. He thumps his chest when he should be on his knees.
But the length of his delay upped the ante on his delivery, which was passionless. He barely cleared the bar of grudging. He fell miles short of stirring.
rump’s failings are prompting G.O.P. leaders to enunciate certain principles in a clearer and more unequivocal way than they did before. Because of him, they’re drawing lines in the sand — at least semantically.
Of course the winds of opportunism and convenience could wipe out those lines in an instant. Of course Republicans have upbraided Trump before, only to hug him anew.
But there can be no doubt: He’s past the point of hugging. His pretend amends at the White House on Monday didn’t color him warm, cuddly and redeemed. They were just Trump trying to get through another miserable day. And you, Republican members of Congress, have to figure out how your party and the rest of us get through the next miserable years.
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They still haven't redeemed themselves for employing that lying skunk Walter Duranty.
NO ONE can redeem himself or herself!!!! Christ is the One Redeemer!!!!!
President Trump knows that.
Apparently the High Poobahs of the NYT do not know that. So they even sit in judgment against our President. They have no idea how much trouble they are in!! Time for Repentance!!!!
I can’t wait until the “failing New York Times” becomes the “failed New York Times,” and these leftist bastards go out of business.
The issue needs to be that vile hate groups are legal, and should be protected from violence when they speak and assemble. That applies to Commies and Nazis and BLM.
I would contrast this event with the Nazis marching in Skokie in the 70s. The city denied their permit. There were lots of Jews and some holocaust survivors who lived in Skokie. The ACLU defended the Nazi’s right to march and get a permit under the first amendment, and they marched. The difference then and now is there wasn’t a marxist thug group that would attack them and start a riot.
The biggest problem is that police are not keeping the peace, and the events are not set up to keep the counter-protesters away from the protesters. They are intentionally causing the violence whenever there is an event in a democrat controlled city.
The left definitely came prepared to attack - and they did, since the police were passive because they are terrified of offending the little Wookies and getting themselves sued, tried by the media, and usually losing their jobs.
That said, the Antifa groups (mostly RCP, Revolutionary Communist Party) seem to have brought their full agenda along with them - I saw a photo of a few of the ditzy looking females carrying posters screaming for “reproductive justice,” aka, abortion. I don’t see what connection that had with their supposed goal of protesting “racism,” but I guess maybe you have to be a leftist to understand.
Trump needs another big rally.
How dare he not “disavow” people who he had nothing to do with!
THATS IT IM THROUGH WITH HIM!!
(hee hee, just kidding, stupid media!)
Sean played it totally wrong by reacting defensively to the left.
NEVER, EVER pick-up the left’s sh!t covered baton and run with it.
Amazing how many people on the right become defensive when the media throws the terms nazis, white supremacists and kkk their way.
All of these divisive anti-American groups belong to the left or the demoncrats—The KKK, nazis, blm, antifa, commies, etc.
People like Bruni seem unaware that the news about the Soros-financed violence is already out there.
I see on facebook the President is scheduled to spend his first night since January in Trump Tower tonight. The fascist Left plans to be there to protest: "Protest Trump and ideology of hate at Trump Tower! Hosted by Resisters and RefuseFascism.org"
Their facebook page shows this photo of the President with the Nazi flag. Such idiots. Their event says he's to arrive at JFK at 7pm. The protest at 5th Ave & 57th St., the location of Trump Tower starts at 5:00pm.
In Virginia.
Those arbiters of what constitutes “Presidential grace”, the NYT, only wants to paint President Trump in the most unfavorable manner possible, using even the most minute of excuses to parlay this into a potential reason for impeachment and removal from office.
But like the “Russiagate” defamation, it is all an extended attempt to tie something, anything, no matter how tenuous the connection may be, to Trump, and Trump’s response takes its cue from the famous exchange that Lyndon Baines Johnson gave to a reporter who asked him about his relationship to a Texas con man, Billy Sol Estes, who was involved in selling non-existent supplies of anhydrous ammonia to Texas farmers, and who had very recently claimed close ties with LBJ.
“Billy Sol who?”
Because Antifa throwing cement filled soft drink cans, attacking people with sticks and pepper spray are model citizens.
Another reason why you should never cave to the left. It will always be too little too late.
What would Frank Bruni know about grace?
New York Times is one big bag of trash and lies.
We seem to be living in an age of phonies. They act sanctimonious over their interpretation or what someone says while ignoring reality.
The minute you see a story line like this followed by “The NY Times”.. you can bet it’s just ANOTHER anti Trump “hit piece”.
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