{"id":7752,"date":"2019-07-22T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2019-07-22T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T00:30:39","slug":"reading-some-more-tea-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/reading-some-more-tea-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Some More Tea Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Friedman of the New York Times is one of my least favorite people.\u00a0 And the last thing I want to do is provide the NY Times with clicks.\u00a0 But the teaser was just so delicious I couldn\u2019t resist:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m struck at how many people have come up to me recently and said, \u201cTrump\u2019s going to get re-elected, isn\u2019t he?\u201d And in each case, when I drilled down to ask why, I bumped into the Democratic presidential debates in June. I think a lot of Americans were shocked by some of the things they heard there. I was.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Friedman was far from the only panicky lefty begging the Democrat voters not to jump on the Crazy Train to Bizarro World.\u00a0 That\u2019s the place where $37 trillion green new deals come to life and send Democrat candidates over the rainbow but not into the White House.<\/p>\n

Here are the links but don\u2019t feel obligated to click.\u00a0 I\u2019ve suffered so you don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/16\/opinion\/trump-2020.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/2019\/07\/political-tastemakers-try-to-warn-democratic-voters-dont-go-too-far-left-if-you-want-to-beat-donald-trump.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking at today\u2019s RealClearPolitics poll numbers Creepy Uncle Joe Biden seems to have regained his large lead in all the primary polls available.\u00a0 Now whether this is manufactured or not is always very hard to tell since gaslighting is their principal stock in trade.\u00a0 After all the drama last week I was very curious to see if one of the zanier candidates like Booker or Beto might have benefitted from the show of solidarity for the Four Horsefaces of the Apocalypse by the House.<\/p>\n

But anyway you slice it, less crazy Democrats are getting very worried that the nuttier positions that all the Democrat candidates have agreed with (e.g., full healthcare for illegal aliens) will scare away all moderates and independents.\u00a0 And they should be scared.\u00a0 Especially when we know that the next debate coming up will be powered by the rage engendered by President Trump\u2019s masterful trolling of Ilhan Omar.\u00a0 Without a doubt illegal immigration will be an important subject and nutty things are bound to come out.\u00a0 And in that crowd, there will be a strong temptation to say way too much.<\/p>\n

But maybe Friedman\u2019s column and the other ones are a signal that cooler heads are already applying the brakes to the Crazy Train and that the next debate will be more about demonstrating the moderate and statesmanlike behavior that Creepy Uncle Joe displays whenever he\u2019s tied to the two-wheeler and they remember to use both the bite mask and straitjacket.<\/p>\n

This should be a very interesting week.\u00a0 On Tuesday Boris Johnson will be appointed leader of the Tories and that will mean he\u2019ll be Prime Minister as soon as they can get him a sword or powdered wig or whatever.\u00a0 Johnson has sworn to complete Brexit by Halloween.\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s right around the corner so he\u2019s going to have to get his butt in gear ASAP.\u00a0 Making it happen will be far from a cakewalk so there may be fireworks on the horizon.<\/p>\n

But the week after this is the next Dem debate.\u00a0 And as I described above, it will be seen whether the grownups are back in charge or the lunatics are still running the asylum.\u00a0 My money has been with the grownups and if I\u2019m right Biden will have a very good night.\u00a0 But, of course, what I\u2019d prefer is for Spartacus or Mayor Pete to put his pinky next to the corner of his mouth and in his best Dr. Evil impression declare that he will demand that America pay \u201cone googol dollars!\u201d in reparations to everyone who doesn\u2019t work for a living and won\u2019t vote for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

I have to confess the last few weeks have been confusing but I\u2019m encouraged by just how much naked fear is being expressed by the Progressives who have jobs in the Media.\u00a0 I think they know that a second term will put an end to the success of the \u201cOust-Trump\u201d bandwagon that they\u2019ve been living off for the last three years.\u00a0 They\u2019re desperate and they know if the crazies run this campaign their goose is cooked.\u00a0 Well, I think their goose is cooked regardless.\u00a0 But fear, uncertainty and disinformation (FUD) is always wonderful when it\u2019s running loose in the enemy camp.\u00a0 \u201cCry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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