Remember Judith Miller? The WMD run-up to the Iraq war?
The Bush administration would privately provide “evidence” of Iraq’s WMDs to Judith Miller, who would put it in her NYT article. The next day, they would act all surprised by it, and say “See, even the liberal NYT says we need to face this threat.”
Fast forward to today. We have a supposed high level of resistance in the administration. It puts forth the idea of 25th amendment and an insider admission that the system is off the rails. They now have a path to political cover with their base to act on it.
Remember DJT’s offer to Kasich? He offered Kasich to be the actual President, but nominally be VP. Let’s say Pence has the same deal, and the GOP leadership knows it. They have two months to correct the system before the election.
Here’s how I see it:
- The idea of 25th amendment is now out there from inside their tribe (old news to us, but we don’t count — we’re not in their tribe)
- Bleed this idea into their press bubble — Fox, talk radio, etc…
- Act on the 25th amendment
- Pence, Ryan, McConnell, and a whole bunch of others immediately take credit for all of the things their tribe supports, and blame DJT and the “Democrat Party” for all the chaos and what went wrong.
- Much like child prisons, deficit increases, and porn star hush money, their base rotates to the new reality without the slightest hesitation. Their team is still in the white house, with the same players. They just have a new coach. They’re still winning.
- Point at the liberals and laugh. “Look who thought Trump had power. You idiots with your idiot fake press never knew Pence was the real president all along. Besides, everyone knows Trump was a lifelong Democrat. He was probably a Hillary plant.”
- And then the election happens…..
Please throw stones at this guess of the future. Prolly just a fever dream.