Resistance Anonymous

"It's not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall. The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations".

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The latest parlor game is Washington is trying to figure out who it was that penned the op ed that appeared Thursday in the New York Times....that is, I am assuming it's the latest parlor game. To be frank with you, I don't think I ever stepped for inside a Washington parlor. Do they even still play parlor games in that city? Someone get back to me.

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I am of mixed feelings about the piece. Although it wasn't a very courageous act on the part of the person who wrote it, I think that it demonstrates that the president of the United States is imploding. You would think that no further proof would be necessary - but you'd be mighty wrong, pardner! A full one third of the citizens of this place couldn't be happier knowing that someone as completely corrupt and unhinged as the Donald is eating gallons of ice cream in the Oval Office with his gnarled little fingers just inches away from the nuclear football. We should expect his poll numbers to drop a little further in the months to follow, but not too much lower. There are a lot of people of voting age in this country who are just as twisted and delusional as Trump.

As I write these words, the president (according to multiple sources) is in a blind, barfing rage. Many are using the word "volcanic" to describe his wrath. I would think so. The First Twit went a'twitterin' yesterday, demanding that the Times reveal the name of this treasonous letch and that he or she (more-than-likely a he) ne handed over to "the government" for performing this unpardonable act of "TREASON" - his exact word, upper case). Since treason is a crime that one could conceivably be executed for (remember Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?) we must reasonably assume that Trump's authoritarian tendencies have just slammed into overdrive. Last I checked, writing an op ed to any paper was not yet a capital offence. But they're working on it I'm sure. Of that I have no doubt.

My guess is that the author of the piece was Chief of Staff John Kelly or National Intelligence chief Dan Coates. Whomever it was, I thought it was wickedly tricky how they inserted the word "lodestar" in there. An obscure word that is used - a lot - by Mike Pence. It would be just like some of these clowns to deflect attention to poor old, pathetic Mike. He seems to be the one a lot of people are pointing the finger od suspicion at, but I don't believe if for a minute. First of all it was too well-written to have been composed by Mike - and secondly: The writer was implying that we should all just hang in there; that the "resistance" will continue to keep Trump from blowing up the world. I'm almost certain that if Mike Pence had written the piece the message would have been:

"HE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL!!!

That would have been more Pence's style. He's got the most to gain from the complete disintegration of the Trump administration. And if you've noticed lately, he's even starting to look presidential - that is, the president as portrayed in any Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie.

From the same op ed:

"Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people. At best, he has invoked these ideals in scripted settings. At worst, he has attacked them outright."

That particular paragraph is revealing. It explains the GOP's strategy for dealing with the fallout from when this disgusting administration finally destroys the American economy. You see where if says that Trump, "shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives". When the shit finally hits the fan, they'll accuse Trump of being "a secret liberal Democrat". Just you wait.

With all the events happening from day to eye-popping, jaw-dropping day, you must admit that these sure are interesting times to be alive.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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Here's a link to read the anonymous op ed piece from Thursday's Times in its entirety?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Strange days indeed.