{"id":5702,"date":"2017-03-03T07:40:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2017-03-03T07:40:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:40:37","slug":"tweetstorm-of-the-day-smell-the-desperation-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5702","title":{"rendered":"Tweetstorm of the day: Smell-the-desperation edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/837488402438176769\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/837489578193846278\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/837491607171629057\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total &quot;witch hunt!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/837492425283219458\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I love that: &#8220;&#8230; lost their grip on reality&#8221; &#8212; from a man who thinks that repeating any lie loud enough and often enough will make it true.<\/p>\n<p>This is all so reminiscent of the Watergate scandal &#8212; except that was ordinary humdrum corruption, rather than giving aid and comfort to one of America&#8217;s enemies &#8212; that it borders on eerie.  Then, for a long while, there was only one news outlet chasing the story, the <i>Washington Post<\/i>; now, we have the <i>Washington Post<\/i>, the <i>New York Times<\/i>, and <i>CNN<\/i>.  Every day there is another tidbit, and with every tidbit a couple more of his party take a step back.  Every week, the basic integrity and fitness for governance of yet another of The Donald&#8217;s team is put in question.  Then, Nixon routinely lashed-out at vague, mysterious forces conspiring against him &#8212; the press, the Democrats, whomever; now, Trump does the same.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the guilty realized that their secrets were coming out and they began making deals hoping to spin the news and protect themselves; the daily drip-drip-drip became a trickle, a stream, uncontrollable cataracts.  The party functionaries who had hoped to profit by turning a blind eye to Nixon&#8217;s serial indecencies began clubbing and tripping-over each other as they raced for the exits.  Today, Republicans who just last week were blithely indifferent to Trump&#8217;s corruption are demanding investigations.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-70s, you had to wait till the 6:00 o&#8217;clock news, or the next morning&#8217;s newspaper, to get the latest installment; now, you get a tweet just as soon as the story moves on the wire.  The pace of disintegration is a lot faster, but not the pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not&#8230;. &mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017 &#8230;intentional. 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