The reaction to Trump’s press conference with Putin was so negative that even the folks at Fox joined in the initial wave of disgust, though over the course of the next few days they’ll surely come around. Still, it is not every day that a former director of the CIA accuses a sitting President of treason. In fact, there has never been such a day until now.
I won’t point out what would have happened had Obama declared that he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence agencies, except to say that the Republicans would have run hard on it, would have made liberal use of the word “traitor”, and would have tarred every Democrat as a fellow traveler. I will, however, point out that the Democrats will do no such thing, as it would be oh so impolite. It has been pointed out ( on Twitter, if nowhere else) that Kavanaugh could be derailed if but two Republicans refused to vote on his nomination until the Russian questions were cleared up. Those two would also provide a safe harbor for the chicken shit red state Democratic Senators operating under the delusion that voting for Kavanaugh will somehow endear them to the Foxaholics in their states. A little pressure toward that end, and a drumbeat about Trump and his puppet master would be a perfect ingredient to add into the mix of issues the Democrats should be pushing in the fall. Repetition works, especially when it’s based on facts. It works, even when it isn’t. That’s why the genius is where he is today. But this shameful event will be down the memory hole in, by my estimate, a week. That’s a long time by modern day standards, but it needn’t disappear at all if only the Democrats would keep that memory alive.
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