The Week in Review 9 Feb 2020

We are living in truly great times because we are alive to witness important history being made. This week was quite the week and history will probably break it into two divisions: Either Trump got away with a crime or the Democrats abused their majority power in the House to attempt a coup on the Presidency. Both theories will persevere long after we're gone, but one will gain more traction. I'm thinking it will be the latter, not the former that wins out. If it doesn't, history is sure to repeat itself down the road and I'm not sure the next bite at the apple is going to be as bloodless as this one was.

America witnessed a dose of politics, the likes of which have never been seen to date this past week and we should keep the memory of what happened alive in our minds, at least until election day later this year.

On Tuesday evening, the President gave his State of the Union (SOTU) address to Congress. The cheers were louder than the jeers and it doesn't take Einstein to figure out which party was responsible for either one. It was a good speech; it touched on accomplishments and was clean. There was no mention of impeachment or the acquittal that was almost guaranteed less than 24 hours later. Undoubtedly, the President used the platform as a kickoff for the political season as have many others that preceded him.

The Speaker of the House clearly saw his speech was a good one; she knew it would resound with the electorate and she sat behind him stewing. I'm not sure if she pre-planned it or came up with the idea during the speech, but as he stood giving his speech the video clearly shows her starting to tear the pages of her speech copy. When he was finished and waited for the applause to die down before leaving the podium, she seized her opportunity to make history and, in full view of the audience and cameras, stood and tore up the speech. It was a moment in history that America will never forget.

Nance the ripper had her 15 seconds of special fame with her stunt and may think she damaged the President, but it is obvious she made a big mistake. The undecided voters in America didn't really think much of her little show; the end result is Democrat blunders (impeachment and her tantrum) have pumped energy into Donald Trump. His popularity numbers have never been higher than they are as of this date.

The next day, the Senate acquitted the President. The required 67 votes (out of 100) required to convict Trump fell short by 19 votes on one count and 20 on the other. Only 1 Republican voted to impeach and that was only on one count, not both. The end result of the votes (52-48 and 53-47) did not even reach the halfway mark, much less the two-thirds mark needed. Mitt Romney broke ranks with his party and again we witnessed history as he was the first ever to break ranks in a Senate trial. Again, history will judge him, but for the short term, his vote will undoubtedly impact his constituency negatively.

Nancy Pelosi can explain away her SOTU actions and pretend she occupies the high road, but look no farther than the Democrat complaints of the video playing in an endless loop for the real truth: She damaged her party again; this time she nicked it real good.

Capping off this week was the fiasco called the Iowa Democrat primaries. They really have an insignificant number of delegates to elect and in reality, they were divided up so badly that nobody won. Watching how they campaigned and botched the voting results was theater in the absurd. Before the count was even in, the Dems were on the way to New Hampshire to gladhand for votes. As an aside, Fauxcahontas aka Elizabeth Warren came in 5th in Pocahontas County, Iowa! Yes, Toto, there really is a county in Iowa named ... Pocahontas. (You can't make this stuff up!)

It was also nice to see her deplane from a chartered business jet in New Hampshire and when she saw the cameras, she tried to hide behind the taller people in front of her. If you can't tell what a fake she is from that stunt, take a pill and think about how you can increase your intelligence so as to be cognizant of what is going on around you.

Also, take a look at the Democrat copycats trying to emulate Trump: Biden wants to look like a tough guy by verbally attacking people. He's trying to be the Joe the Trump wannabe and ... well, it's not going very well for Sleepy Joe. Time will tell; we'll see.

Anyway, that's some of what happened this week. If we can only survive the deluge of TV ads that are already coming our way (Mike Bloomingidiotberg for President, yeah, right) we'll be all right. In German, the phrase that comes to mind is Irgendwie, wir werden überleben. Yes, somehow we will survive, in spite of the ration of bullshit from Democrats headed to our homes this year.

As it stands right now, Donald Trump is in the pole position to be re-elected and after watching the circus freakshow we saw from the left this week, I'm not thinking that's a bad thing.