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Feb. 12th, 2017 10:08 pm I tend to feel that, if asked a direct question by the vice-president-elect of the United States on a matter of international relations and national security, if one is a professional subordinate, lying is the incorrect answer. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's treason, but it seems like something that should be met with something a little stronger than 'well, he said he was sorry.'
I also tend to feel that the sheer volume of Russia-related conspiracy theories are over the top, but since our intelligence agencies are treating this White House as penetrated by the Kremlin, I won't soften my stance past that. It's a leaky boat.
Speaking of leaks, the White House staff seem to be going into a paranoid mania about their associates leaking things. This only seems to cause more leaks along the lines of 'they're being really paranoid, I think I'm going to edit my social media accounts,' to reporters. Never have I more appreciated a free press than I do in the past few weeks. I mean, I would never want the free press to be eyeing me like they were hyenas and I was a limping wildebeast, but since I don't like or sympathize with these people, it's fine that they're going to get torn to pieces. Metaphorically speaking.
The Democratic party has a pretty long way to go to get back to governing, and I don't really understand why they're so extinct in state houses. (I paused to google.) Though, looking at a graph, it's less that they're very extinct in state houses and more that they've been doing badly for years. It looks like they lost most of their seats in 2009 or so, as part of the anti-Obama anti-Obamacare backlash. I predict good things for Democrats in 2018, though that does seem a long way away. Not having one singular voice for the party does make the whole thing seem much less organized, but I think it could be good - a chance for new voices.
I also tend to feel that the sheer volume of Russia-related conspiracy theories are over the top, but since our intelligence agencies are treating this White House as penetrated by the Kremlin, I won't soften my stance past that. It's a leaky boat.
Speaking of leaks, the White House staff seem to be going into a paranoid mania about their associates leaking things. This only seems to cause more leaks along the lines of 'they're being really paranoid, I think I'm going to edit my social media accounts,' to reporters. Never have I more appreciated a free press than I do in the past few weeks. I mean, I would never want the free press to be eyeing me like they were hyenas and I was a limping wildebeast, but since I don't like or sympathize with these people, it's fine that they're going to get torn to pieces. Metaphorically speaking.
The Democratic party has a pretty long way to go to get back to governing, and I don't really understand why they're so extinct in state houses. (I paused to google.) Though, looking at a graph, it's less that they're very extinct in state houses and more that they've been doing badly for years. It looks like they lost most of their seats in 2009 or so, as part of the anti-Obama anti-Obamacare backlash. I predict good things for Democrats in 2018, though that does seem a long way away. Not having one singular voice for the party does make the whole thing seem much less organized, but I think it could be good - a chance for new voices.
