In any war of words...or worse...the choice of the form, text and themes for propaganda put out by the "enemy" is always extremely interesting for what it reveals about them and their view of the state of play. That the article was a juicy "mouse trap" for the Atlantic Journalist I have no doubt, but it was not necessarily all lies. The …
In any war of words...or worse...the choice of the form, text and themes for propaganda put out by the "enemy" is always extremely interesting for what it reveals about them and their view of the state of play. That the article was a juicy "mouse trap" for the Atlantic Journalist I have no doubt, but it was not necessarily all lies. The journalist was of course doing his job ...and doing it very well at that.
What the article says to me is that Trump/GOP has given up on even being seen to win on Nov 3rd and considers that it will indicate a Biden victory even without mail-in votes....which they will hope to have declared invalid as "obviously" tainted by Democrat's fraud and challenge every contrary vote as they indicate. The "kindly" legal adviser to Trump then gives the path that they would like this to follow from their cloned State Assemblies to their recently "cleansed" SCOTUS...and they would expect it to go their way despite significant recent judgements against them. Firstly, their plan adds fuel to the fire that is incinerating the legitimacy of an indirect election process for POTUS but it also adds more elements to the plans for much needed reforms....like getting rid of the States' power to invalidate the election and name their own choices.
Logic would suggest also that they would also challenge at the same time every Senatorial election they lost to ensure that McConnell was safe and the Senate would not become a centre of resistance. They won't necessarily waste any money on the House of Representatives as they believe they can ignore it anyway in the first instance and do away with it afterwards!
It also gives, on the one hand, a degree of confidence to the Biden camp that, as the polls suggest constantly, they are progressing in every part of the field of battle but, on the other hand, it is a warning that their will be no holds "Barred", no moral repugnance at any level of baseness, no stone unturned....but that we know already. Plans need to be made to counter every move laid out in the articleand and in many others like it ...and they were kind enough to give us a detailed foretaste....but I'm sure Biden is already knows it. The enemy does not have the monopoly on brainy strategists, tacticians and lawyers and most evidently their effective army is much smaller than the one the Democrats could put in the field to block the every move. If the Democrats can summon the same level of intense motivation and dedication to the cause...or greater...than their opposition and get their troops out there moving under the direction of daring and intrepid generals..then they will come through to a stunning victory...that's how we win wars. Time for structured action as well as intelligent words...just caring and bemoaning the iniquity is never enough! Time to redouble efforts to infect your neighbours with your active enthusiasm and get them out there too alongside you.
And I might add...if the TRUMP/GOP thought that the strategy laid out in the Atlantic article was the way to go and it was their fully detailed and appropriately staffed and financed Game Plan, an intelligent player would keep it secret and spring the surprise on the opposition while he was bathing in his apparent success. It tells me that they are far from sure of their ability to do this and are looking more to panic the enemy and change the headlines once again. Then it is also possible that they are a bunch of bullying braggarts that think they will scare us all so much by showing themselves as the the Beast of the Depths, that we won't dare go out and vote...SMOKE AND MIRRORS!
My God, thank you. Yes, of course, if they weren’t afraid, seriously afraid of losing, they wouldn’t be going to such extremes to be blaring the plans of how they will decry their loss! Perhaps they played us with the plans being asserted in the Atlantic. It’s what he’s done for 4 years! Dangling the shiny objects.... louder and more absurd than ever. I have a new perspective on the state of affairs now, we may be able to get this done. In the right way.
Stuart Attewell, I hope you don't mind but I am going to share your perspective "...an intelligent player would keep it secret and spring the surprise on the opposition while he was bathing in his apparent success. It tells me that they are far from sure of their ability to do this and are looking more to panic the enemy and change the headlines once again..." with a Facebook group I belong too. Last night's "The Rachel Maddow Show" scared the $hit of them. This point should make them feel better. It makes me feel a little better. I am getting ready to listen to "The Atlantic" on Audm. This perspective will help me make it through it. Thank you!
On the other hand, cold-blooded hubris would suggest that when you know you will go nuclear to accomplish your goals and you know that the adversary is weak and will not know how to respond, and you have all the elements in place to accomplish your brilliant final move, part of the joy of the kill is telling the victim about how you will do it ahead of time and watching them cringe and whine and wring their hands. Who is going to stop them? I'm with Dan Rather.
But methinks you give them a little too much credit! Going nuclear as you put it is extremely complex and requires massive ressources and military-like planning and coordination. Their record to date has been a trifle amateur and with only local and haphazard success. The only mass movement they have managed to make appear in their propaganda mirage being the tea party talking shops: their only attempt to create an impression of popular support. Much as this is very noisy and a useful symbol for those being elected with Koch money and amplified by internet moles and trolls of every stripe, but the popular movement has not moved onto the streets in any significant numbers.
I hope you're right. I would say their 50 year plan is going pretty well, with minority rule in many states and Congress, an Overton Window far to the right, and lots of ideologue judges, etc.. We'll see. (https://newrepublic.com/article/61560/swimming-sharks)
That's what happens when the Democrats are asleep at the wheel and just can't believe that people would be so "naughty" . It's not "nice" after all. I don't say that we deserve it...but we surely deserve better Democrats!
Absolutely! The Democrats have been asleep at the wheel for too long---Florida 2000, Flint 2016. Can they get ready for ground warfare at the vote count???????
Its a fair test of the "charactor" of a people whether they will fight when their back is against the wall and their lives threatened. Nobody has invaded the US since Columbus and external threats are often "charactor builders" . This time the threat is internal; a virtual 2nd Civil War. I hope they will fight and not just look on as if it was just another facet of the Warcraft computer game.
tRump & the gang may be amateur hour, but enlisting each state Republucan party to amass 50,000 volunteers to harass and endanger voters will be a well orchestrated terrorist plan. Who is going to stop them?
Oh. You are right. So creepy and foul. And my heart went to my throat when you wrote "will go nuclear", reacting literally. I had forgoten that this monster has access and responsibility for the nuclear warhead codes. Who is going to stop them?
In any war of words...or worse...the choice of the form, text and themes for propaganda put out by the "enemy" is always extremely interesting for what it reveals about them and their view of the state of play. That the article was a juicy "mouse trap" for the Atlantic Journalist I have no doubt, but it was not necessarily all lies. The journalist was of course doing his job ...and doing it very well at that.
What the article says to me is that Trump/GOP has given up on even being seen to win on Nov 3rd and considers that it will indicate a Biden victory even without mail-in votes....which they will hope to have declared invalid as "obviously" tainted by Democrat's fraud and challenge every contrary vote as they indicate. The "kindly" legal adviser to Trump then gives the path that they would like this to follow from their cloned State Assemblies to their recently "cleansed" SCOTUS...and they would expect it to go their way despite significant recent judgements against them. Firstly, their plan adds fuel to the fire that is incinerating the legitimacy of an indirect election process for POTUS but it also adds more elements to the plans for much needed reforms....like getting rid of the States' power to invalidate the election and name their own choices.
Logic would suggest also that they would also challenge at the same time every Senatorial election they lost to ensure that McConnell was safe and the Senate would not become a centre of resistance. They won't necessarily waste any money on the House of Representatives as they believe they can ignore it anyway in the first instance and do away with it afterwards!
It also gives, on the one hand, a degree of confidence to the Biden camp that, as the polls suggest constantly, they are progressing in every part of the field of battle but, on the other hand, it is a warning that their will be no holds "Barred", no moral repugnance at any level of baseness, no stone unturned....but that we know already. Plans need to be made to counter every move laid out in the articleand and in many others like it ...and they were kind enough to give us a detailed foretaste....but I'm sure Biden is already knows it. The enemy does not have the monopoly on brainy strategists, tacticians and lawyers and most evidently their effective army is much smaller than the one the Democrats could put in the field to block the every move. If the Democrats can summon the same level of intense motivation and dedication to the cause...or greater...than their opposition and get their troops out there moving under the direction of daring and intrepid generals..then they will come through to a stunning victory...that's how we win wars. Time for structured action as well as intelligent words...just caring and bemoaning the iniquity is never enough! Time to redouble efforts to infect your neighbours with your active enthusiasm and get them out there too alongside you.
And I might add...if the TRUMP/GOP thought that the strategy laid out in the Atlantic article was the way to go and it was their fully detailed and appropriately staffed and financed Game Plan, an intelligent player would keep it secret and spring the surprise on the opposition while he was bathing in his apparent success. It tells me that they are far from sure of their ability to do this and are looking more to panic the enemy and change the headlines once again. Then it is also possible that they are a bunch of bullying braggarts that think they will scare us all so much by showing themselves as the the Beast of the Depths, that we won't dare go out and vote...SMOKE AND MIRRORS!
My God, thank you. Yes, of course, if they weren’t afraid, seriously afraid of losing, they wouldn’t be going to such extremes to be blaring the plans of how they will decry their loss! Perhaps they played us with the plans being asserted in the Atlantic. It’s what he’s done for 4 years! Dangling the shiny objects.... louder and more absurd than ever. I have a new perspective on the state of affairs now, we may be able to get this done. In the right way.
Stuart Attewell, I hope you don't mind but I am going to share your perspective "...an intelligent player would keep it secret and spring the surprise on the opposition while he was bathing in his apparent success. It tells me that they are far from sure of their ability to do this and are looking more to panic the enemy and change the headlines once again..." with a Facebook group I belong too. Last night's "The Rachel Maddow Show" scared the $hit of them. This point should make them feel better. It makes me feel a little better. I am getting ready to listen to "The Atlantic" on Audm. This perspective will help me make it through it. Thank you!
As always i have every confidence in you always doing what's best. Feel free to share.
On the other hand, cold-blooded hubris would suggest that when you know you will go nuclear to accomplish your goals and you know that the adversary is weak and will not know how to respond, and you have all the elements in place to accomplish your brilliant final move, part of the joy of the kill is telling the victim about how you will do it ahead of time and watching them cringe and whine and wring their hands. Who is going to stop them? I'm with Dan Rather.
But methinks you give them a little too much credit! Going nuclear as you put it is extremely complex and requires massive ressources and military-like planning and coordination. Their record to date has been a trifle amateur and with only local and haphazard success. The only mass movement they have managed to make appear in their propaganda mirage being the tea party talking shops: their only attempt to create an impression of popular support. Much as this is very noisy and a useful symbol for those being elected with Koch money and amplified by internet moles and trolls of every stripe, but the popular movement has not moved onto the streets in any significant numbers.
Work for the best.....plan in case of the worst;.
I hope you're right. I would say their 50 year plan is going pretty well, with minority rule in many states and Congress, an Overton Window far to the right, and lots of ideologue judges, etc.. We'll see. (https://newrepublic.com/article/61560/swimming-sharks)
That's what happens when the Democrats are asleep at the wheel and just can't believe that people would be so "naughty" . It's not "nice" after all. I don't say that we deserve it...but we surely deserve better Democrats!
Absolutely! The Democrats have been asleep at the wheel for too long---Florida 2000, Flint 2016. Can they get ready for ground warfare at the vote count???????
We can't rely on that. https://choosedemocracy.us/
Its a fair test of the "charactor" of a people whether they will fight when their back is against the wall and their lives threatened. Nobody has invaded the US since Columbus and external threats are often "charactor builders" . This time the threat is internal; a virtual 2nd Civil War. I hope they will fight and not just look on as if it was just another facet of the Warcraft computer game.
tRump & the gang may be amateur hour, but enlisting each state Republucan party to amass 50,000 volunteers to harass and endanger voters will be a well orchestrated terrorist plan. Who is going to stop them?
First verify that words are followed by deeds.
I think Catherine L offers an excellent path of action in the link she shared above: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/09/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-stop-a-coup/
Oh. You are right. So creepy and foul. And my heart went to my throat when you wrote "will go nuclear", reacting literally. I had forgoten that this monster has access and responsibility for the nuclear warhead codes. Who is going to stop them?