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April 11, 2015
Now consider the case of an ambitious mediocrity in the Oval Office who is enamored of himself.
In trying to be the Lee Kuan Yew of Chicago such a man would be blindside American polity because where people expect a president to be forthcoming, he would lie.Where his political opponents relied on the protections of the law and custom, they would encounter small minded and vindictive persecution. He would succeed for a time by breaking all the rules and congratulate himself on his cleverness, even deluding himself into thinking that his Occupy Wall Street thugs are a street fighting force on par with the thugs of other strongmen.
But once this mediocre authoritarian was pitted against the real thing he would be overmatched by the pros. They would see through his amateurish plots in an instant. To his lies they would reply one better. Lawfare and the race card would bounce off Rouhani or Putin like peas off the frontal armor of a King Tiger Tank. He would no more succeed at the Game of Rogues than Occupy Wall Street would make headway against Ernst Rohm’s Brownshirts or the Hezbollah. They would not even get to first base.Malice vs Incompetence | Belmont Club
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 11, 2015 8:13 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Hillary Clinton is basically the same level of competence and radical left ideology, but she'd replace racism with sexism, and narcissism with malignant malice. She's filled with hate and anger against people who disagree with and try to block her power.
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at April 11, 2015 8:30 AM
"It's like being in Caligula's Rome. A half breed faggot of dubious provenance on the throne and toadying grifters running the place.
You gotta forgive me, I'm not well ... sometimes I think I've seen too much.
I wish Putin had grown up in Boise." – Remus
Posted by: chasmatic at April 12, 2015 9:34 AM
Speaking of ambitious mediocrity, I applaud and esteem all who refrained from commenting on the IQ thread.
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at April 12, 2015 10:48 AM
As Margaret Thatacher once said, and I'm paraphrasing, "One does not mention they have grace."
When crimes are not brought to justice, they are justified.
Posted by: ghostsniper at April 12, 2015 5:31 PM
Joan: Refreshing and insightful, thank you for the beacon.
Posted by: chasmatic at April 12, 2015 10:43 PM
Ha! It's not like I wasn't tempted to comment, but the melee was popcorn worthy without adding my own ambitions. ;)
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at April 12, 2015 10:57 PM
Wait until Joe Biden finds out Hillary is running!
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at April 13, 2015 6:09 AM
Joan:
What we lose on the swings
We make up on the merry-go-round
Posted by: chasmatic at April 13, 2015 2:02 PM