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Home Front: Politix
The Speaker Flubs His Lines
2015-09-27
It was as if John Boehner had a confession to make after all these years of troubled conscience. His recent resignation had the effect of suggesting the pro wrestling in Congress is fake. The Washington Republicans, dear fans are supposed to lose -- after making some effort to heighten the drama -- to the Capital Democrats. All those heart stopping moments toward the end lost due to some error or a sudden reversal of fortune -- well that was in the script.

...Boehner's depature is yet one more sign that the narrative is breaking down. Both in Europe and in America, the same old nostrums are having increasingly less effect. The problem is growing without an answer in sight. The players are still going through the motions, but they are only making things up as they go along.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#3  He's either crying or Nancy's perfume is particularly strong...

Or perhaps his own...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-09-27 14:54  

#2  Notice that every picture you see of Boehner these days shows him crying.
Posted by: Iblis   2015-09-27 14:48  

#1  Another way to say this is: In both major US political parties - and evidently also in many European nations with (ostensibly)"competing" political parties - the electorate has become increasingly aware that all "traditional" candidates of the major parties are all simply competing to "ride the decline" of their respective nations - in the ground.

It is this complacent aspiration toward "it's my turn to ride the decline" that has finally caused electorates to turn to characters like Donald Trump. It isn't that he projects a particularly sensible and coherent platform - it is simply that he says "Let's do (something) to make America great again" - and this projects something other than "join me and hang on while I ride the decline."

Can a Presidency be built on just that one resonating concept? 'Hell if I know. But - if we are going to descend into third world chaos, let's at least go down fighting.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2015-09-27 14:03  

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