Shoot the moon.
The time has come.
Just go
GO!
I don’t care how.
You can go by foot.
You can go by cow,
Marvin K Mooney, will you please go now!
Donald J. Trump isn't going away.
Trump is like a large cold sore on the lip of a contestant in a beauty pageant. It keeps oozing, so it needs constant attention. It is front and center in the middle of her face. It seems to have a mind of its own. And it won't go away.
Democrats aren't pretty. But Republicans have Donald Trump in the middle of their faces. It is what can save Democrats in 2022.
Democrats seem to be incapable of getting into sync with the public mood, or changing that mood. Yet Republicans will lose if they cannot get rid of the cold sore. Trump has believers. GOP officeholders and candidates go along for the ride.
Trump has moved into a manic phase. He keeps holding rallies. He gets a big audience response to his stolen election shtick. He sounds wild and desperate. He has a King Lear rage manner about him. March 29 he published seven statements, included this:
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America.
While they say that January 6 was an “attempted coup,” which it was not, they should add that the Election on November 3 was the actual coup. All you have to do is look at the massive evidence in Swing States, available upon request (with much more to come). Our Country is paying a big price for that Rigged Election!
And this:
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America
So, let’s get this straight. The Democrats commit massive and overwhelming voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election, and they want the Republicans to go to jail for investigating and protesting a very crooked Election? Republicans must get tough (and smart!) and not let them get away with the Crime of the Century!
Democrats face a miserable midterm election. There is the usual pendulum swing of the off-year election, plus inflation, impatience with COVID, supply chain issues, and a general mood of discontent. I consider Biden's age, feebleness, and fumbling speech to contribute to the discontent. Biden communicates continuity, which isn't all bad, and general incapacity, which is very bad. Biden can say "change" and "new" but it doesn't matter. The messenger is part of the message. Biden looks like the grandpa who sits at the head of the table out of respect, but he is no longer the head of the family. After Thanksgiving dinner some younger family member drives him back to the Assisted Living facility because he really shouldn't drive anymore, especially at night.
Trump can save Democrats. In the card game of Hearts, the winning strategy is to get as few points as possible. However, if one's hand is very bad, a sometimes-winning strategy is to reverse polarity and take all the points. Lose so big you win. That is the game in which Americans and Democrats find themselves. Trump is the Queen of Spades. He remains the giant, looming disaster for America, and enough people realize it to elect Democrats. Republican leaders are afraid to cross him and the GOP electorate he leads.
America may well choose to continue the Trump Era and re-elect him and people who support him. A majority of the Republican primary electorate likes what Trump has to say. That is a risk. But Trump makes a majority of Americans very uncomfortable. If he would just calm down and shut up, admit that Biden beat him but that he is coming back for a re-match, Rocky-style, he and Republicans might win big in 2022 and 2024. But he won't.
He isn't going and he isn't changing his story.