The Nazis under Josef Goebbels’ direction soon discovered that the accuracy and character of what they stated to the masses mattered less than its frequent angry repetition. Trump has learned the same lessons, and to many, seems to be winning the media wars. As Patton once said from his own far right perspective, “Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser.” The Democrats don’t just appear to be losing. They ARE losing.
Many voting Americans hate both political parties. While a corporate fascist, Trump appears to them as something other that the two. They may not trust the Republicans, but half of Americans don’t trust the Democrats either. Many ears are closed to all the damning facts and information which every day emerges about Trump and company. Impeachment alone will not do the job, as we all know by now it will probably fail to convict. The Democrats must learn how to really do damage to Trump psychologically, and adapt it to television.
Sound a bit nuts? Well Trump has played the media like a fiddle, and Pelosi has played without any instrument at all that can be heard. She is too controlled and speaks too softly in the face of all of Trump’s outrageous behavior. I hate to say it, but we need a young angry face to lead the Impeachment process, at least outwardly. Trump has gone “all in” as in Texas hold’em. The Democrats can only beat him by calling his bluff.
I’m not suggesting that such a young face babble and lie like Trump, but whether we like it or not, Trump does not act like a learned statesman. He acts like a bar room brawler and bully. In the same way that John Gotti, despite being cut in the same mold, at the time of his trials was more popular than Giuliani, Trump remains popular to many Americans. Every trial lawyer knows that theatrics can be critically important to winning their case to the jury. So it is that theatrics matters in politics, and that is not Pelosi’s strength. Alexandria Ocasio and Elizabeth Warren are good examples of someone who is intelligent, logical, yet presents herself as a fighter. Trump is an expert liar and con-man and should not be underestimated.
The founding fathers never imagined the likes of Trump could ever become president. We need someone like Ocasio or Warren with that kind of theatrics to be the face of any Impeachment hearings. And some arrests for those who defy the House’s investigating ability and subpoena powers. You can’t beat Trump with one hand tied behind your back. The law, the political system, and the Constitution have been compromised to such as extent, that they alone cannot guarantee victory over Trump.