With Friends Like These. . .

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Clarissa

November 19, 2016

. . . who needs any enemies?

Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, took a break from planning the next administration on Friday night by attending the popular Broadway show “Hamilton.” Though Pence received a smattering of applause when he arrived, the New York audience mostly greeted the Indiana governor with boos.

The only goal this achieves is ensure the success of the narrative of “the Trump administration didn’t fulfill its promises because it was sabotaged and persecuted by nasty liberals even before the inauguration.”

In the midst of all the self-righteous virtue-signaling, people don’t even stop to think that the world didn’t end after this election. And the only chance not to keep failing at the following elections is to think first and pout next.

Just imagine what it would look like to you if Tim Kaine came to see a show a week after getting elected only to get booed and lectured about, say, the rights of “the unborn” from the stage.

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9 responses to “With Friends Like These. . .”

J. Otto Pohl

November 19, 2016

Given the current state of “progressives” in the US there is good chance that their favored candidates will not come to power again for decades.

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 19, 2016
  
  If they continue in the same vein, I’m afraid you are right.
  
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cliff arroyo

November 19, 2016

They’re not protesting, they’re celebrating their escape from responsibility….

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 19, 2016
  
  Yes, it’s a celebration of complete infantilism. Had Hillary won, we’d be seeing these displays from the other side.
  
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  1. Clarissa
    
    November 19, 2016
    
    This ridiculous story is now being reported all over the world: http://elpais.com/internacional/2016/11/19/actualidad/1479562175_724389.html#?ref=rss&format=simple&link=guid
    
    We look like total freaks.
    
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Vic Crain

November 19, 2016

This seems like massive over-thinking. I’m sure Pence was aware of the greeting he would get, and one article talks about the Hamilton cast itself directing a message to Pence. This is trivial.

The Cabinet appointments are of more pressing concern. Trump and Pence are setting the stage for conflicts within the GOP as well as across the aisle. What happens there is going to say more about long term prospects than the audience at a Broadway show.

With pro-Putin appointments like Flynn, what are the odds of a Russian invasion of Ukraine the day after Trump is inaugurated?

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 19, 2016
  
  One article? I have seen at least 15. In 4 different languages. And that’s just the ones I speak.
  
  And yes, this is bad for Ukraine, very bad. Manafort is asking to be the US ambassador to Ukraine, and we all know what that means. 🙁🙁🙁
  
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Shakti

November 19, 2016

It’s venting, and ineffectual venting at that.

But I don’t agree with this:
The only goal this achieves is ensure the success of the narrative of “the Trump administration didn’t fulfill its promises because it was sabotaged and persecuted by nasty liberals even before the inauguration.”
Of course it’s going to confirm their bias. However the narrative would succeed even if the nasty liberals didn’t do anything.
It was quite a successful narrative of prosecutory liberal saboteurs prior to this election. These are the same people who freak out over Starbucks cup designs, retail worker greetings and phone tree prompts as “persecution.” Clearly the hysterical style (as you would call it) has worked very well for them in achieving their goals. Look at the president-elect! “I’m an adult who is reasoned to the point of stoicism” went over like a lead balloon and is not understood or appreciated.

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 19, 2016
  
  There are those 90 million who didn’t vote and those 5 million who can be persuaded back to the Dem side. But it won’t happen if the filthy rich New Yorkers throw these tantrums for the next 2 years.
  
  Yes, the narrative will still exist but there is no need to work so hard to ensure its success. The people who are experiencing true hardship in this country aren’t showing up to vote because there is no way they can identify with these spoiled rich brats. Is there anything at all that will make the brats shut up for 2 minutes? This is not about them. They will only grow richer and more spoiled no matter who’s elected.
  
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