When Will Democrats Cry Uncle? (via @chrischantrill) americanthinker.com/articles/2020/…
A couple of weeks ago I predicted correctly that President Trump would reopen the economy midway between the point where the Democrats would blame him for doing it too early and the point where the Democrats would blame him for opening the economy too late.
I now realized that the president has gone one better than that, he has actually threaded the needle on opening the economy. He has decreed a road-map and left it up to the governors how to drive the road back to town.
The genius of this move, to me, is breathtaking. It really puts the Democratic governors on the spot.
Democrats? They seem to be rehearsing all their golden oldies. They can’t stop their favorite playground insults.
Democrats? They seem to be rehearsing all their golden oldies. They can’t stop their favorite playground insults.
One minute Trump was a xenophobe; the next minute he doesn’t care about American lives. Then he is acting like a dictator ordering the states to restart the economy; then he is just giving them guidelines instead of leading from the front.
Meanwhile their state bureaucracies are coming up with ludicrous policies and mindless fines to enforce social distancing, with abortion an essential service and church services banned.
when a nation is in a crisis then the natural human instinct is that everybody pitches in and helps the president. As Lee Iacocca said: “lead, follow, or get out of the way.”
In the Trump era, Dems can’t lead, won’t follow, and insist on getting in the way. That won’t end well.
In the Trump era, Dems can’t lead, won’t follow, and insist on getting in the way. That won’t end well.
Here’s another thing I think the Democrats get wrong. It issues from my fundamentally sexist view of the world. When things are going wrong the girl thing to do is to “shelter in place.” The boy thing to do is to “march towards the sound of the guns.”
In my view, President Trump offers both alternatives to the American people. But the Democrats are all “shelter in place.” Or they will arrest you.
In the Democrats’ world you can be a liberal scold, a credentialed expert, or a helpless victim. Everyone else is a deplorable bigot, because shut up.
