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[Order David Horowitz’s new book, America Betrayed, HERE.]
If we were leftists and we were to use leftist tropes to editorialize the recent attempt on Trump’s life, then we would frame the assassination attempt in the following way:
We have witnessed for years blatant exceptions to the once common custom that we don’t normalize the imagined killing of any president or presidential candidate and thus lower the bar of violence.
But the Left constantly makes Trump an exception. Now, it as if the imagined killing of Trump had been mainstreamed and become acceptable in a way inconceivable of other presidents.
(Do we remember the rodeo clown who merely wore an Obama mask during a bull riding contest and was punished by being permanently banned by the Missouri State Fair authorities?)
So since at least 2016 there has been a parlor game among Leftist celebrities and entertainers joking (one hopes), dreaming, imagining, and just talking about the various and graphic ways they would like to assassinate or seriously injure Trump:
By slugging his face (Robert De Niro), by decapitation (Kathy Griffin, Marilyn Manson), by stabbing (Shakespeare in the Park), by clubbing (Mickey Rourke), by shooting ( Snoop Dogg), by poisoning (Anthony Bourdain), by bounty killing (George Lopez), by carrion eating his corpse (Pearl Jam), by suffocating (Larry Whilmore), by blowing him up (Madonna, Moby), by throwing him over a cliff (Rosie O’Donnell), just by generic “killing” him (Johnny Depp, Big Sean), or by martyring him (Reid Hoffman: “Yeah, I wish I had made him an actual martyr.”).
Or should we deplore the use of telescopic scope imagery, given that the Left blamed Sarah Palin for once using bullseye spots on an election map of opposition congressional districts, claiming that such usage had incited the mass shooting by Jared Lee Loughner?
Yet, recently POTUS Joe Biden was a little bit more graphic and a lot more literal.
In a widely reported call to hundreds of donors last week, Biden boasted, “I have one job, and that’s to beat Donald Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that. So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”
“In a bullseye?”
At least, Biden did not go back to the full Biden beat-up porn of the past (e.g., “If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him”/ “The press always asks me, ‘Don’t I wish I were debating him?’ No, I wish we were in high school – I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.”).
Then there is the question of the Secret Service and one’s political opponents. Given the tragic history of the Kennedys, why in the world did the Biden administration not insist that third-party candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr. be accorded Secret Service protection? Because his candidacy was felt to be disadvantageous to Biden?
And why just this April would the former head of the January 6th Committee and 2004 election obstructionist Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) introduce legislation ridiculously entitled, “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act” to strip away Secret Service protection for former President Trump and by this April current leading presidential candidate?
Had Thompson’s bill passed, would that not have been confirmation for a potential shooter to feel his task was just made much easier?
But in a wider sense, if the common referent day after day on the Left is that Trump is another Hitler (cf. a recent The New Republic cover where Trump is literally photoshopped as Hitler), then it seems reckless not to imagine an unhinged or young shootist believing that by taking out somewhat identical to one of the greatest mass murderers in history, he would be applauded for his violence?
So is their logic, shoot Trump and save six million from the gas chambers?
After all, The New Republic defiantly explained their Hitler-Trump cover photo this way, “Today, we at The New Republic think we can spend this election year in one of two ways. We can spend it debating whether Trump meets the nine or 17 points that define fascism. Or we can spend it saying, “He’s damn close enough, and we’d better fight.”
Well, New Republic, recently someone took you up on your argument that Trump was “damn close enough” to Hitler and so he likewise chose to “fight”— albeit with a semi-automatic rifle.
If ad nauseam, a Joy Reid is screaming about Trump as a Hitlerian dictator (“Then let me know who I got to vote for to keep Hitler out of the White House”) or Rachel Maddow is bloviating about studying Hitler to understand Trump, then finally the message sinks in that a mass murderer is about to take power—unless….
Finally, the idea, if true, that bystanders spotted a 20-year-old on a nearby roof with a gun, a mere 130 yards from Trump, and in vain warned police of his presence, is surreal.
Is it all that hard for the Secret Service to post a few agents on the tops of a few surrounding buildings closest to the dais, or at least coordinate with local law enforcement to do the same?
That is a no-brainer. Whoever made the decisions concerning the proper secret service security details for presidential events should be immediately fired.
Allan Goldstein says
Murdering republicans gives assassination a bad rep.
Lefties should stick to San Francisco-style cult murders instead, such as the Manson Family Hollywood screen test and the Jonestown kool-aid love-in. ~
Domenic Pepe says
Let’s see ….
I just checked my history book on the American Revolution …
Did General George Washington, John Adams, Sam Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison …..
after the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill and Brooklyn Heights ….
were they all calling on the American Patriots to please tone it down, calm it down, and maintain the Unity with the British Empire ?
Oh Oh … I don’t think so.
Domenic Pepe says
I think my previous post is being misinterpreted. So I will clarify here ….
General George Washington, John Adams, Sam Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison …..
after the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill and Brooklyn Heights ….
were not calling on the American Patriots to please tone it down, calm it down, and maintain the Unity with the British Empire.
The American Founders and Patriots were, like President Trump, calling for all American Patriots to
” fight fight fight ” for Liberty Freedom and Independence.
The Founders were not cowering and pleading to “calm the rhetoric down ” and remain united with the British Empire.
So today, American Patriots must continue to fight against the woke leftist democrat ruling political elites and oligarchs who are doing everything they can to harm and destroy America and harm US citizens, especially working and middle class US citizens.
Perry Bonney says
Yeah. And remember that it was one of the Charles Mansion “family”, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, who attempted to assassinate President Ford (R).
Chris Shugart says
My tin foil hat might be showing here, but I’ve had this notion for several months now: The radical left Dems would love to see a civil war, but only if it’s Trump supporters who fire the first shot. Well, that ship has sailed, and now the Dems are stuck with engineering a new scenario. What’s their next move? They’ve had the deep state waiting in the wings for some kind of J6: 2, hoping to deliver a final Donald Trump coup de grace. But make no mistake: there’s plenty of treasonous misconduct left in their bag of dirty tricks. Keep a cool head.
Allan Goldstein says
I agree with you entirely except for one little point: the ship sailed with the softball field shootings of the Congressional republicans.
David Ray says
Notice how quickly the media washed that down the memory hole.
(The shooter was a devout Bernie Bro.)
internalexile says
Very well said. Thank you.
Luz Maria Rodriguez says
Great point. It’s not over yet.
It won’t be over until the fat lady sings and these leftists probably will make sure she does not sing yet.
Anne-Marie says
You’re not wearing a tin foil hat… My husband said – well over a year ago – that he was convinced that TDS is reaching such a fever pitch that somebody, before the next election, will try to assassinate Trump. (We are Canadian but follow US politics very closely.)
I thought his prediction was a bit far-fetched because I had difficulty imagining that the Dems would be stupid enough to commit such a blatant act of “get rid of him at all costs”.
Boy, did he ever see it coming. I am now convinced that this wacko kid did not act alone. It was either an inside job (someone in the security detail?) or the Dems paid him handsomely (indirectly, of course, so they wouldn’t get their hands dirty). Will the truth ever come out? Doubtful, the way things have been going with this clown show at the While House and all the morons in the mainstream media.
TRex says
Their (the leftists) actions are designed to create a reaction. James Lindsay, of New Discourses, lays this out quite well in one of his podcasts. Everything from queers flopping their junk in front of small children to Kathy Griffith’s severed head stunt is a deliberate provocation. They keep poking the bear in hopes of a violent reaction to allow them to go up a step in their incitement to violence. Of course, any reporting of such a reaction will be splattered all over the MSM as more “proof” those on the right are violent Nazis. If, and when, the poke to end all pokes does occur it would be wise for the MSM to head for their bunkers.
Cat says
It’s true – as there are at least 3 videos of the warning. Two real time and one an interview afterward by British press. With ubiquitous cellphones there may be more.
Many of us no longer share your perspective of incompetence as the explanation. Although secret service looked clumsy, maybe DEI, and incompetent. It looks much more “fishy” than that.
Allan Goldstein says
Leave it to a cat to smell something fishy ~
David Ray says
Rimshot! 🥁
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Dee Plorabull says
SS and the cops were definitely playing soft defense.
Seekers says
Part of the problem is that Secret Service and FBI agents are much more female than they were a few decades ago.
Anne-Marie says
TBS not only infect women’s brains…
RMT says
Fired??? They were doing Biden and the Democrats’ bidding. This sounds like a promotion for the Secret Service leader coming. Of course, not in public, but privately.
Gary says
Kinda like michael bird who assassinated Ashli Babbitt on J6.
Miranda Rose Smith says
You can joke about poisoning or blowing up politicians you don’t like to your heart’s content, WITH YOUR FAMILY , WITH YOUR FRIENDS, IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. What thede celebrities don’t realize is that Facebook is not their living room and neither is national television..
David Ray says
The San Bernadino jihadists had posted their intent on social media long before they shot up that Christmas party.
While trying to explain why that wasn’t read to prevent the islamist attack, Jug-eared Barry assured us that that would invade their privacy.
B. Hussein isn’t that bright (unless compared to Biden), and got that incorrect.
Of course the smug bitch also told us the FBI “did their jobs” after the Boston Marathon bombing. (FBI didn’t read the Tsarnaev’s social media either.)
The rest of us understand, as you do, the concept of “public domain”.
Miranda Rose Smith says
You are not invading somebody’s,privacy when you read something posted on social media.
TRex says
A bit ironic considering the FBI could tell you whether or not a 75 year old grandmother, caught on film inside the Capitol on J6, canned her own vegetables.
anamb says
You shouldn’t “joke” about poisoning or blowing up anybody, anywhere, anytime. Why would someone purposely joke about committing heinous acts against another person? A “joke” like that isn’t really a joke at all; rather, it is a reflection of a person’s true intentions and darkened, hardened state of the heart thinly veiled with, “it’s just a joke!” to make it seem socially acceptable. Anyone who jokes about harming another human being in any capacity has more issues than simply having a jolly ol’ time with family and friends.
“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” -1 John 3:15
Miranda Rose Smith says
I have sometimes joked, in my diaries, about committing terrorist acts. I now realize such jokes are tacky. I wonder if I should burn the diaries. Somebody who doesn’t know facetiousness from Froot Loops might read them, after I die, and take them seriously
Allan Goldstein says
Perhaps they believe film and television IS theirs by right, due to all of the leftwing scripts which are passed around.
Mo de Profit says
I saw a BBC report where a guy was shouting at the security services to stop an armed man who was on the roof. He shouted warnings for three or four minutes and they did nothing.
That video will probably disappear.
MuggsSpongedice says
Here is the video you mention:
Kynarion Hellenis says
Citizen Free Press has several of those this morning.
Kynarion Hellenis says
This video is very damning. Listen to the audio.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1812847506180489350
Joe Esposito says
All Democrats are Filthy Dirty feckless pigs.
The gloves are off.
If it’s civil war they want they best be ready.
Miranda Rose Smith says
This is the second time today that I have felt called upon to say that somebody’s post was uncalled for and tacky
MuggsSpongedice says
A woman’s point of view in this respect is very well advised and warranted. Listen to mama – and maybe this crap will be toned down and stop — Ladies, at what point do we have to stand up and fight back – I think we have taken enough and being silent and ignoring the bullies have not made them go away – it sometimes takes a punch to make a bully stop – and MAGA Americans have been bullied enough —
Mother Mary where art thee?
pete says
“Uncalled for and tacky” must be reference to the “ladies” of the View.
TRex says
It is uncalled for. We all feared something like this would happen because of the incessant instigation over the last 9 years. Conversely, we now all fear there will be retaliation. Let’s all pray our side remains vigilant in our restraint. Resorting to violence is exactly what the left wants us to do. We can not sink to their level of depravity.
David Ray says
Bad news for Kathy Griffin: her throat surgery will shut down her voice indefinitely.
Good news for Kathy Griffin: her stand-ups were getting very low attendance (dumb bitch was begging people to buy tickets). Now she has an excuse to drop her lackluster routine.
Bad news for Kathy Griffin: Trump survived
Good news for Kathy Griffin: she has liberal privilege unlike that of Mr. Robertson from Utah.
CowboyUp says
The current priorities of the Secret Service are diversity, equity, and inclusion. Protecting their primary runs a distant 4th, if that. Dead protectees, especially if Republican, are okay, as long as at least 30% of agents are women.
Domenic Pepe says
President Trump needs his own personal security staff.
The US Secret Service cannot be trusted … they are either corrupt or incompetent.
The US Secret Service under its leader Kim Cheatle has a new objective … DEI protocol ….
not protection …..
The head of the US Secret Service Kim Cheatle must be fired immediately and her DEI hires must also be booted out.
Biden appoints a female woke leftist DEI devoted democrat to the head of the US Secret Service.
She considers it her main responsibility as head of the Secret Service to hire and increase the number of females, gays and Trans, etc.etc.etc. as opposed to finding the toughest and smartest and bravest and most courageous to protect the former President of the USA and the 2024 Republican US Presidential nominee.
Talk about being a depraved psychopathic berserk nutjob slut … Kim Cheatle Head of the US Secret. Service.
TRex says
She isn’t going anywhere. Biden already said he fully supports her. She’s in until Biden and Majorkas are sent packing. I, for one, don’t expect her to have a fit of conscience.
Floyd Looney says
The Milwaukee PD that RNC attendees are more of a danger to the public than any anti-GOP protesters.
They literally said this a month or so ago.
Ron Kelmell says
When your debate side is losing, change the subject to one of character assassination and slanders to distract from your apparent loss. Biden calling for a ‘bullseye’ last week and now calling for ‘calm’ is like a skunk saying not to worry about his ass glad.
John van Doodewaard says
Trump should not rely on government providing security. There seems to have been a very serious (deliberate) lap in security. It would be very prudent to have his own security and body guards. The Democrats would love to see him assassinated.
Thomas E. Warwick says
I know. I know. I sound like I’m dusting off my aluminum foil hat, but I can’t help having this feeling that the “shooter” in the Trump assassination attempt was akin to the poor fool that was caught and executed by the Nazi’s after the Reichstag fire. This “shooter” was probably supposed to die. Who did the actual shooting is anyone’s guess. But I think the fingers should be pointing to either the Secret Service or the FBI. Harsh, I know. But both organizations have undergone a “sea change” since their ranks were filled out by thousands of anti-American Communists….hired directly to become Obama’s new SchutzStaffel Speaking of Obama….who killed his cook? Michael or one of the SS guards? That little incident has been completely put away in a box, hasn’t it?
Miranda Rose Smith says
It crossed .my mind that Trump might have set this up, but….no. That gun was loaded with live ammunition. He was counting on the shooter to miss by inches? If the FBI set this up, they paid some poor slob to get himself killed?
Mike Larkin says
It’s not beyond the FBI.
The death penalty was a possibility with the Whitmer kidnap entrapment plot.
MuggsSpongedice says
You lady, do not understand President Trump. Trump is focused on business at hand – he is not staging a Jessie Smollet mugging or assassination attempt to garner sympathy. We have been f’d up too long from the pLandemic to the rigging and theft of the 2020 election and 2022 Arizona election, engineered inflation, shortages, open borders, lawlessness and refusal to set bail and prosecute, and the list is endless. Not to mention 10-7-2023 Israel all part of the same global coup d’etat we are in from the pLandemic to the theft of the 2020 election – which is why the USA is on life support. No ma’am Donald Trump is a fun loving, energetic entrepreneur and family man and loves people – what he says he will do he does. Everything Donald Trump did as an entrepreneur disciplined him to be the most effective and honest and best POTUS USA has had – in the top 5 POTUS’s! Education and critical thinking is a discipline.
Allan Goldstein says
The bullet was deflected by a Miracle-Ear™ ???
NIFTY SET-UP ! ~
Floyd Looney says
The FBI could always deploy their Patriot Front to start a riot.
TRex says
I can’t see where it would be to Trump’s advantage to “set this up”. Such a plan would have to take into consideration the ensuing pandemonium and the ensuing investigations. If there was even a hint of Trump being behind this the Dems would go to the ends of the Earth to nail him on it. The FBI paying “some poor slob” is more feasible. They hold all the cards and could easily cover their tracks. Hell, we’re still trying to find the truth about the JFK assassination 60 years after the fact.
Snowfrog says
All of this bombastic hyperbole by the left makes one wonder what has this guy done to deserve such anger and hatred. Is there any evidence that Trump deserves to be treated like a mass murdering lunatic? He built an empire, has a deep Iove for his family, has quietly given millions of dollars to common people who came on hard times, has had a very successful top rated television show and had the best economy in recent history as president. So where is Hitler in all of this? What aspect of his life would attract such hatred?
The left is hysterical because of what Trump represents. He represents authority, order and patriotism. The left cannot process these attributes because they embrace chaos, irrationality and they promote anti American values.
But there is more to the story. The deep state and media are colluding to destroy the threat to their power. They want total dominance of this Republic because they are not patriots but arrogant ideologues.
Trump represents a wrecking ball to their desire to dominate all aspects of this Republic that was secured by hundreds of thousands of violent and sacrificial deaths of our patriotic soldiers. It is not their Republic but it belongs to all citizens.
The neurotic criticism of this patriot is seditious and unwarranted. If decent people imitate sheep by ignoring this attack of decency and blending into the herd, they don’t deserve the freedom that so many sacrificed everything to attain.
MuggsSpongedice says
We are in a vile demonic global coup d’etat targeting USA first. As USA goes so goes the world. A coup d’etat without firing a single shot, until Saturday’s attempt! The first salvo was the pLandemic the cinching salvo was the rigging and theft of the 2020 election. The fake impeachment attempts, the witch hunt trials, and everything in between, Prayfully President Trump will be back in the White House January, 2025 and watch what the globalists with treasonous stooge whore puppets do for the next 4 years. Praise YHVH President Trump survived the assassin’s bullet. Tragic and sad and grieving for the life lost and those wounded. Everything changed Saturday 7-13-2024 as it did in Israel 10-7-2023. We have not learned the lessons of 9-11-2001. The lunatic fringe has become unhinged and hell bent on lethal and final solutions. YHVH has other plans. 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Kynarion Hellenis says
Thank you, Snowfrog. Beautifully said.
Dr. Larry says
Where are all of the Jewish leaders and organizations protesting the despicable comparison of Trump to Hitler?
Miranda Rose Smith says
Very good question.
Allan Goldstein says
They are in Israel, and they can’t get any media coverage.
MuggsSpongedice says
April, 2024 I was talking on the phone to a very successful TV producer, creator, writer of several successful TV shows from the 1970’s into the 2000’s about a book he wrote and he said to me: “Since the diaspora Jews have lost our identity and keep voting for the wrong people”. That struck me light a lightning bolt. From hitler to biden Jews keep voting for people that are 100% antisemitic and hate Jews and Israel. While President Trump’s daughter converted to Judaism when she married a Jewish man. President Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem in Israel’s 70th year – the year of Jubilee – thereby fulfilling Biblical prophesy. Comfort zones are from mashed potato minds. My comfort zone is with YHVH and Yeshua first the rest comes easier after that – there is no comfort zones, just breathers. Life ain’t supposed to be comfortable because it is not. Truth does set us free.
Allan Goldstein says
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Anne-Marie says
American Jews are by large Democrats and left-leaning (God only knows why), and they are too blind to see that Trump, not Biden, is their ally.
Dr. Larry says
Because they are Marxist first and not Jewish religiously. Which also explains why they are not very grateful to Trump for what he has done for the US and for Israel.
Allan Goldstein says
The Jewish playwright and Screenwriter, David Mamet, became alarmed by increasing anti-Semitism, and wrote a book of essays about it.
Hollywood chaffed, but he simple has too many admirers among the acting community for him to be cut off.
john blackman says
too busy voting and funding for the dead husk who currently thinks he is president , and are quite ok with americas great holocaust , abortion .
Allan Goldstein says
Abortion is the one issue on which I disagree with the orthodox conservatives.
I believe social questioning should be used to talk women who use abortion to *advance careers or *fix accidents from drunken nights or *Save the Downs Syndrome baby from a difficult life or *I wanted a boy! – Not a girl! …
However, the Jewish girls who were raped by Muslim monsters on October 7th have an absolute right to end the lives of the little monsters thus implanted, even if they are pain-capable.
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Muslim advocates love to claim that Muslims are cousins to us Jews 😡. Forced rape of Jewish girls by dirty Muslims does NOT make them cousins! …..it makes them less than human!
ABORT THEM ❗
Ernest C Wilson says
I can’t blame the children. That’s human life and deserves to live, The women don’t have to raise or love them. Find someone who will.
Dr. Larry says
Major failure on the part of the Secret Service. Incompetence or intentional?
Allan Goldstein says
• • • • Yes . . . .
SPURWING PLOVER says
The Liberals were disappointed because the assassin missed and was killed so they cant have their Icon like Floyd
TRex says
Maybe they did get their icon. Could be there are alters being built in the dens of democrats across the nation. It’s too soon, even for devil worshippers to come out into the open. When the time comes the MSM will lead the way.
Kynarion Hellenis says
Rules of Engagement designed to give snipers a first, unimpeded shot:
https://x.com/susancrabtree/status/1812462982661841170
Treason.
Atikva says
The islamo-leftist clique’s hysteria over keeping power at all cost has been blatant since it fabricated the Obama totem. Counter truths, brainwashing, bribes, blackmail, slender, subversion of the justice and security departments, incitation to violence, and now to political murder, they have used the traditional array of means by which any fascist government attempts to endure.
Enough is enough. Let’s go back to sanity and flush fascism out of our country.
Kevin T Kilty says
I might say that people who equate someone to Hitler generally just shows that they know neither Hilter or the target of their ire. They are thoroughly ignorant. It seems the Democrats and leftists have a special distain for Trump, but in my lifetime they have called any number of Republicans “Hitler”. When everyone is Hitler no one is and I stopped paying attention long ago. Maybe I should refocus.
I have commented before that Democrats behave quite a lot like the German NSDAP, the Nazis. Examples are legion, but one that seems appropriate right now is that Hitler didn’t mock his political opponents, he clearly condemned them to inflame hatred. That is a lot more like Biden’s style than Trump’s. Trump tends to mock people, and mockery inflames authoritarians. I think this explains the special distain that Democrats have for Trump.
Intrepid says
Since the severed Trump head incident Griffin has slowly lost her career. Now she is truly on the D-List.
Stephen Triesch says
I thought she suffered a temporary setback, but within a year she was awarded some major new gig.
Floyd Looney says
She is a Z-lister now. More like she is a former celebrity
Atikva says
An individu as despicable as this one shouldn’t even have a career. Only sickos are interested in whatever it is she says.
TRex says
She’ll probably get a job polishing the knob of some B-movie producer just so she can say she’s still in show biz.
Allan Goldstein says
I sure hope that my replies which “await moderation” are, once cleared, automatically placed under the posts to which they are responsa.
TRex says
This is a crappy comment program. You can’t tell if your comment has been posted unless you go back to search. Same with whether anyone replied to your comment. And the audio program hasn’t worked for me for some time. It just says “loading”. FPM should consider another change.
stephan morrow says
I follow the news pretty rabidly but for the life of me – and maybe it’s because I’m a NYrker but I just don’t get the loathing of Trump – whether I agree with his lifestyle or not (I’m not someone who wants gold plated bathtub knobs in a duplex on 57st.) But still, what is it that profoundly inflames the celebrities who want his head. Is it that he’s got yellow hair? Or that he was a philanderer? (there’ve been many e.g. Marilyn singing Happy Bday to JFK) I just can’t figure it. I don’t think it’s altogether rational like those folks really did drink some happy happy juice except in this case it was kill kill poison. Not to mention that anyone who witnessed the assassination attempt on Sat nt had to be impressed by his bravery and passion. Like an Iwo Jima moment as many have said. And frankly, what I do feel is that our foreign policy is giving away the store for free. How can people not see that? Even if there are some people in the House and Senate who don’t want to support Zelensky. But what is going to happen to Taiwan if China invades? Or N. Korea advances in its nuclear ambitions and Iran? It goes on and on and the WH reps like Blinken et al are so mealy mouthed that our adversaries are laughing up their sleeve as we descend on the slippery slope of identity morphing and other self absorbed inanities. Esp in NY theater where what is offered up is usually cotton candy for tourists. If art doesnt’ illuminate the body politic in some way like the ancient Greeks did then it’s ultimately a study of self-absorption but just like cotton candy doesn’t fill you up and/ or make you a more introspective, healthy citizen.
S.M.
Art Dir
The Great American Play Series
This is what I wrote and shot about the inexcusable invasion of Ukraine:
Rob A says
The left does what it does because they’ve calculated that their violence frightens most Americans who are risk averse and will passively tolerate just about anything they do.
Jeff Bargholz says
Never put a woman in a man’s job. Everybody but a D-Bag knows that.
Kimberley Cheadle is a Biden hire via fake “Dr” Jill. That’s what a woke joke America has become.
That dumb bitch and the equally stupid dumb bitches in the Jihad Squad are proof of America’s incompetence. We’re fucked. We aren’t going to recover from this.
You can’t put women in charge. Are you kidding me? One in a million women are competent. That’s a fact. Present women at FPM excluded, of course. I know you babes are intelligent and competent.
Christopher Myers says
Western Europe became irrelevant at the end of WWII when its colonial powers lost their cash cows; those being its colonies which it plundered to maintain fiscally sound, sorta, anyway, economies. The war has been over for eighty years, and the Soviet Union gone for 33 years, yet Europe and America have never lost their Sovietphobia., but then, fear and hatred will win out every time over critical thinking and sound foreign diplomatic and economic policy. We, and our supposed allies, avoid difficult and anxiety producing mano y mano discussions with Russia because of politics and rank amateurs at the helm. Europe needs Russia and Russia needs Europe. There are people with the skills to work to end this deadly gamesmanship. Unfortunately, they have neither the power nor the authority to negotiate or even speak with foreign leaders. We can do better, but will we? It won’t be done by the floundering fools that are today running the country into a death spiral and economic collapse.
Charles Casaburi says
Trump shook hands with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu & negotiated one of the best deals Israel ever had. Would Hitler ever do such a thing? The left’s increasing decent into insanity is a good sign in the long run but a lot of bad things can happen in the meantime.
WALTER A BYRD says
If inflammatory rhetoric had nothing to do with July 13th, then could inflammatory rhetoric have anything to do with January 6th?
jcr says
….my Realtor has a drone.
The USSS does not?
John Philllip Jaeger says
The vile picture of an evil “comedienne” holding Trump’s bloody head in effigy happens to be the first image on my website:
http://InsideJobAgainstTrump.blogspot.com
Boyd Richardson says
From the viewpoint of “progressives”, what is WRONG about Hitler and the Nazis? After all, Hitler and the Nazis exterminated roughly 6 MILLION EVIL Jewish “oppressors”, far more than the roughly 1,200 exterminated by Hamas. Logically, it seems to me that “progressives” should be supporting Hitler and the Nazis as enthusiastically as MAGA Republicans support Trump..