George Rebane
A socialist imposes unequal opportunity, promises equal outcomes, and delivers uniform misery. A capitalist imposes equal opportunity, enables individual initiative, and delivers unequal outcomes that provide the best possible prosperity to all.
Today President Trump’s talk sunk the walk of the thousands of conservative DC protesters. This dreadful character defect of his has done incalculable damage to his work while in office, to his legacy after he leaves office, and his political future by how he transfers power to his successor.
The message to Congress and the American electorate on this day should be evidence centric and NOT election outcome centric. Assembling thousands on the Mall and Capitol grounds to shout and wave signs reading ‘Biden stole the election’ and ‘Trump won by a landslide’ helps get the real message and purpose of the demonstration to no one. And it amply feeds the waiting propaganda factories of the lamestream. There was not a single sign I saw that demanded the examination and adjudication of the mountains of evidence that substantiate election irregularities and voter fraud. That should have been the obvious and clearly displayed reason for the anger and frustration of those assembled, and their demands for redress of grievances.
Instead, on the day Congress was to actually certify the Electoral College vote count, the peaceful protest became a mob that stormed the Capitol to display their most base sentiments as they destroyed property and disgraced legislative chambers and legislators’ offices by posing for the cameras like a bunch of ignorant rock apes which indeed they were. (I would still like to see the authorities confirm the conservative bona fides of the idiots who rampaged through the Capitol.)
The subsequent videos and tweets by the President did nothing to quiet the emotions of his loyal supporters. If anything, these communicated a back-handed imprimatur to continue running amok. IMHO, today’s presidential performance tremendously increased the likelihood that the Republicans will splinter, and that DJT’s hopes for a White House reprise are dashed. It should not surprise anyone to see VP Mike Pence emerge from this imbroglio as the courageous Horatius at the bridge to lead what is left of the Republicans. The comparative lassitude of the McCarthys, Cruzes, Cottons, and Jordans gives strong evidence that their best days are behind them. And it will be interesting to see if the former majority leader McConnell will be allowed his last hurrah to marshal the Senate’s de facto minority in a rear guard action against the socialist onslaught of Pelosi and Schumer.
For those of us who continue to believe that society will best be served by a governance that promotes individual enterprise, open markets, capitalism, equal opportunity, and freedom, it definitely has not been a good day.
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