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| From Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa (2003), via. |
This is like a conservative sportscaster complaining about instant replay calling the ref's call into question, and I think that reveals something important: that to conservatives, this really is "only a game". Which doesn't mean they don't take it seriously. https://t.co/QrJ78FoqG3— агент Дональд (@Yastreblyansky) November 12, 2018
But conservatives don't believe all that Schoolhouse Rock and will-of-the-people feel-good explanation of what's happening in an election. They believe it's all about skill and money and working the refs. It's a very serious sport.— агент Дональд (@Yastreblyansky) November 12, 2018
(I shouldn'tn be implying here that conservatives don't intend to have the people's best interests at heart; at best, they're simply authoritarians certain that they know best and the actual will of the people doesn't need to be consulted.)
The Trump administration, really because of its incompetence, is bringing this out more clearly than it's every been brought out. They don't know how to hide it or pretend they care. We're so continually surprised by this bizarre play that we don't know how to cope.— агент Дональд (@Yastreblyansky) November 12, 2018
They're like a bad boxer who keeps winning because his moves baffle his opponent, even though they're bad moves. But I hope November 6 shows this is rapidly coming to an end.— агент Дональд (@Yastreblyansky) November 12, 2018
I'm seriously thinking there may be a shift in power, ongoing, in the Republican Party and in the West Wing, away from the imperial person: not least because of the attorney general mess:
N.B. the current nym "агент Дональд" (Agent Donal'd) is a reference to this remarkable message from Dmitriy Smirnov which appeared yesterday:The best possible outcome of the Whitaker appointment--that Trump administration incompetence will end up cementing Rosenstein's authority over the investigation--is really starting to sound kind of likely. https://t.co/Vg1HFghruB— агент Дональд (@Yastreblyansky) November 12, 2018
Никогда еще агент Дональд не был так близок к провалу pic.twitter.com/2gbdHmob4S— Дмитрий Смирнов (@dimsmirnov175) November 11, 2018
("Never has Agent Donald appeared so close to failure.") Smirnov is Kremlin correspondent for the very popular tabloid Komsomol'skaya Pravda. I don't know what it signifies Kremlinologically speaking, but I'm sure interested.
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