Monday, February 13, 2017

2/13/17

Gravitas

-Not much to report today, as the leader of the Republican party is in Mar-a-Lago for a little golf getaway with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.  It is interesting to note that North Korea fired a missile about three hundred miles in a test designed to challenge the leader of the Republican party's resolve to flex U.S. muscle in the South China Sea.  I like the quote from the President:  "I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent."  Golly gee.  That's reassuring.

-"100%" must  have been yesterday's talking point for the administration.  When top policy advisor Stephen Miller went on the Sunday morning talk shows and they asked him about the stepped up raids on immigrants, he raised his voice to insist that the President was simply doing what he promised to do in his campaign and he assured the moderator that the "President was right 100%."  The leader of the Republican party must be a lot like Horton.  "I meant what I said and I said what I meant.  An elephant's faithful 100%."  Too bad that faithfulness isn't directed toward the constitution and the welfare of the country.

-While the administration is mulling over what to do about the nasty court system, a recent leak from the sieve that has become the White House suggests that Lance Priebus is the cause of all the problems of the transition.  "He just doesn't have the gravitas that Donald would respect at the end of the day," said Trump friend Christopher Ruddy.  I don't understand how all these people stick around the White House when they know that if anything goes wrong, they might be thrown under the bus.  The big question that remains is obvious.  Is there anyone in the Republican party who possesses gravitas?  It sure ain't their leader.

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