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It's Sunday, and as always, Clarice Feldman at American Thinker has a thoughtful perspective ("A Consequential President in the Time of Pygmies") on President Trump’s first six month in office. Here are a few excerpts:
Once when my son was about 6 or 7 I took him to
the circus with some of his friends. The acrobats, clowns, and lion tamer in
the center ring enthralled the other kids. Not him. He turned to me and said,
“How do you think they make money producing a circus? I think it’s the
concessions.” It struck me then that among the people in the world, there are
some -- too few, actually -- who are not distracted by spectacles, but,
instead, keep their eyes on the bottom line.
That’s how I see the President. His stated goals
have always been to make us safe, get the economy booming, enable a
job-creation economy, and make life better and safer for all Americans.
As the news is filled with tittle-tattle about the
phony baloney Russian collusion story and moronic punditry, the president keeps
plowing on with his agenda. American
Digest lists 220 things the President has achieved while in office,
despite the vitriolic attacks on him and what appears to be a
silent coup by the press, bureaucrats, and entrenched officeholders.
This week, despite Democratic stalling, 78 of his
nominees for office were confirmed. So the list should now run to 221 things
the President has done to Make America Great Again.
With West Virginia’s Governor Jim Justice having
ditched the Democratic Party for the Republican, the Republicans now control
26 state governments. Put another way, 48% of Americans now live in a state
where Republicans have complete control. 17% in states with total Dem control.
“
The stock
market is booming although the NYT twists itself into a pretzel to
deny the President’s role in this. . .
. . .
As for the Russian nonsense, Edward Jay Epstein, a
longtime credible sleuth, explains
why the Russians had no particular interest in having Hillary win, but
a great deal of interest in degrading our belief in the legitimacy of our
elections:
. . .
In the meantime, pay attention to the bottom line.
Trump is not losing. The media and the Democratic party they work for are.
She has quite a bit more to say (e.g., on Comey and Mueller, etc.); the whole article is here.
Meantime, I am wondering about the 17-day “vacation” that President
Trump is taking at one of his golf clubs in New Jersey, while his staff camps
out at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Apparently
these temporary logistics are planned so that the White House heating and cooling systems can be upgraded and other repairs can be made. Hmmm. I hope a trusted team of experts
takes out entire walls in the White House, hauls them over to some secure
warehouse, and under surveillance, finds the bugs.
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