{"id":4681,"date":"2018-10-07T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2018-10-08T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T13:16:01","slug":"the-wind-is-shifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/07\/the-wind-is-shifting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wind is Shifting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some pundits like to draw their examples from history.\u00a0 They\u2019ll point to Athens or Rome or England to lend support for some point being made.\u00a0 Some draw from classic literature or drama, Homer or Shakespeare.\u00a0 I\u2019m a science fiction and fantasy geek.\u00a0 So, even though I\u2019ll quote Xenophon or Thucydides, Odysseus or Macbeth, I often find myself drawn to a scene by Tolkien.<\/p>\n

In the Lord of the Rings there is a chapter called The Ride of the Rohirrim where King Theoden has asked for the help of the Wild Men of Druadan Forest to bypass an army of orcs and thereby reach Minas Tirith before the city falls.\u00a0 Ghan-buri-Ghan, the chieftain of these stone-age primitives agrees to aid him.\u00a0 As the tribesman prepares to leave them he sniffs the air like some wild creature and with a startled expression says \u201cWind is changing!\u201d and bolts away.\u00a0 This sentiment is repeated several more times by individuals from all sides of the battle ahead.\u00a0 And the change in the wind is both a sign and also an actor in the drama.\u00a0 Literally the direction of the wind changes the environment for the characters in the story from darkness and fear to light and courage.\u00a0 It not only lets them see what they need to know but it gives them the courage to attempt it.<\/p>\n

Now, far be it from me to compare Donald Trump to Gandalf the White or Mitch McConnell to King Theoden.\u00a0 Although, I could be convinced that Bush Senior is a stand-in for Denethor.<\/p>\n

But without a doubt I will say the wind is most definitely changing.\u00a0 Here are my proofs:<\/p>\n

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  1. Those most notorious of weather vanes, the Republican Congress, are pointing in Trump\u2019s direction. Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and the rest of the gutless, spineless hollow men in the Senate got up on their hind legs and gave an almost convincing impression of adult male Americans, in other words men.\u00a0 Astonishing.<\/li>\n
  2. A Republican appointee for the Supreme Court was allowed to defend himself against outrageous charges from shrieking harpies instead of being withdrawn post haste by a cowering Republican establishment.<\/li>\n
  3. The #metoo media-political complex fired every single round they had in their guns at Justice Kavanaugh, the President and the Senate during this pitched battle and when the smoke cleared Kavanaugh was installed in the Supreme Court, Susan Collins called them out, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin signed onto the approval and President Trump\u2019s approval rating broke 50% for the first time in many months.<\/li>\n
  4. Just about every NeverTrumper who hadn\u2019t already sold his soul to George Soros admitted that he was glad Donald Trump was president right now.<\/li>\n
  5. And finally, even the most timid centrists are finally starting to understand that losing less quickly is not necessarily the best case scenario they can hope for.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some of these signs are actually lagging indicators.\u00a0 I think some of the NeverTrumpers are coming around because they lost most of their readers.\u00a0 Their conversion is one of convenience due to how much the facts on the ground have already shifted against them.\u00a0 The Congress has taken two years to decide which way the wind is blowing, the invertebrates.\u00a0 But without a doubt, things are definitely building on existing momentum.<\/p>\n

    I expect setbacks, unexpected losses will occur and unreliable allies will bolt from time to time.\u00a0 But I predict that this momentum is peaking at just the right time to sway the electorate for us.\u00a0 And that will further depress the Left and its allies in the Press and Hollywood.\u00a0 So this is the time for the Right to strike while the iron is hot.\u00a0 If we manage to gain a few seats in the House it\u2019s time to start building the wall and fixing the illegal immigration situation.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to start cleaning out the Justice Department and the other Executive Branch departments.\u00a0 And it\u2019s time for the Republicans to coordinate at the state and federal level to advance cases to the Supreme Court to challenge many of the unconstitutional precedents that need to be reversed.<\/p>\n

    I hate to sound so cheerful.\u00a0 But honestly, things are going very well.\u00a0 A lot of my friends are very fearful about a #metoo backlash and Mueller and blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 Meh.\u00a0 I say things are looking up.\u00a0 The wind is shifting and that is the time to press ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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