BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sunday, January 22, 2017 and Monday, January 23, 2017 - Defenders of the Mainstream Far Left Media are aghast. Those who support and voted for Donald Trump are cheering. And that was only about the press briefing turned press excoriation that took place early Saturday evening. This was after hundreds of thousands of women braved foul weather to protest Trump's election as President of These United States, and that was only after some hundreds of thousands of Americans piled in to the nation's capital, Washington D.C., on Friday to cheer for Trump as he was inaugurated as the nation's 45th President.
How much have I left out? Well, there was the acceptance speech Trump gave on Friday after the Chief Justice of These United States, John Roberts, did the honor of swearing Donald J. Trump in as President. It was virile, tough, patriotic, pro-American, populist, stark, real, in your face, and, well, Trumpian.
And don't forget those hundred or so ultra far left wing hoodlums who warmed Washington up for the Saturday women's march by rioting, absolutely full scale, just blocks from the Inaugural Parade. The riot included burning vehicles, smashing the windows and property of small businesses, starting fires, and actions representative of pure anarchy. Or am I misunderstanding what we saw?
There were also any number of slightly less compelling events and squabbles just off the main event that spiced up those involved and those who watched. For instance, in his acceptance speech, Trump graciously thanked and praised former President Obama and the former First Lady for their help and understanding during the transition, then, about one paragraph later, laid into Obama and the other ex-Presidents on hand, for the way they conducted their administrations and at the expense, literally, of the American People. Trump expressly promised to change that, saying he would always put "America first," and "never let you (the American People) down." I happened to be listening to the speech during the moments that Trump light into the way Washington took advantage of America's people, and the station I was listening to, Rush Limbaugh's, featured even Rush aghast at the candor and no-holds-barred language Trump freely used.
What does all of this mean for These United States going forward? I cannot act like I am sure I know. I do have some ideas.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority leader, was permitted to speak at the inaugural podium and, central to his remarks, he read from a letter written by a civil war soldier. The letter was wonderful. But Schumer edited it to make it politically correct. Left out was a phrase about the bravery of the men in the fight. Schumer has to know that the people who voted for Trump have had it with political correctness.
Speaker after speaker at the Women's March on Saturday took the new President apart. I am certain that Trump deeply regrets some of his ridiculous statements about women and other politically incorrect subjects. Don't get me wrong. He regrets some of his incendiary words, but he does not regret his messages, for the most part. Similarly, the throng of people on Saturday caused some of the speakers to lose their sense of personal pride, or whatever it is they themselves called it. The ever-incendiary, purely valueless Madonna, for instance, said that she thinks often of blowing up the White House. All present assumed that she meant the White House after Obama cleared out. In the aftermath of Saturday, the Secret Service let on that they need to interview the aging warbler. Perhaps sensing that she'd gone too far, Madonna put out a statement saying she is non-violent. Huh?
Another speaker who managed to carry the momentum over the edge was Ashley Judd. Her "nasty" speech had even pro-left speakers cringing.
A lot of speakers were far more reserved, and far more powerful. Some moderate reporters actually asked average attendees whether there was any chance Trump could win them over. A few winced but said yes, he could, but only if he changed his ways. What ways? Well, that's the thing. The man was just sworn in. He didn't exactly campaign on a theme of rolling back women's rights. Some Hillary folk dug up some very old recordings of Trump acting like one of the boys, and this got him in a whole lot of trouble with a whole lot of people that were never going to like him anyway. The ones who are willing to see if he can act like a leader without acting like a wimp probably had other things to do come Saturday.
If President Trump can pull off the things he wants to pull off, he will be more amazing than President Reagan. If Schumer allows the Trump Presidency to get up and running, America will find out if a populist with superb ideas and a completely unconventional management style can get things accomplished in a capital city far more interested in milking the status quo than in serving the citizens in a noble manner.
Lines are being drawn. Battle plans are percolating in a lively sort of way. The moribund Democrats are proudly showing off their full-to-the-top reserve of good ideas by dragging their feet approving Trump's cabinet. When I see real junk like that, I wonder if today's Democratic leaders were even paying attention when John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey were speaking so eloquently about the country they too profoundly loved.
It sure as hell doesn't look like it.
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