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Assisting the Enemy


Right now many people are wondering who the anonymous op-ed writer is. I was more interested in the timing of the article. After all, we are approaching the midterm elections. It just seems far too coincidental that this article comes out a few months before the elections, at a time when establishment Republicans like James Comey are urging voters to elect Democrats in order to save the country. I can’t believe this article is a coincidence. In my view, The New York Times got played.
The article wasn’t meant to ease the concerns of Democrats or independents by letting them know that “wiser” people in the White House were keeping the President from really going off the rails. No, this article was all about keeping this administration from losing what was left of its establishment voters. How The Times didn’t see this I just don’t understand. More likely they did see the craven desperation of the writer and wanted to be able to get the scoop and perhaps ultimately gain more access to the White House (especially when Trump is booted out). Of course if the article works, and the Republicans hold both Senate and House, then we are probably all doomed (so much for access then).
If we’re lucky the article will upset Trump’s base, perhaps causing them to doubt it’s worthwhile to support people who don’t support their guy. They may also be turned off by the full-of-himself attitude (I think it is a man who wrote the op-ed) and naiveté of the writer of the article. It’s clear that even though this person is anonymous right now, they’re going to want to be revealed at some point so they can bask in the accolades of glory for saving the nation. The hubris of these people always amazes me, and it’s been evident long before Trump took office (remember Cheney’s belief that the U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq?). The reality is Trump will paint the person a traitor and try to sue or jail this individual once the identity is revealed, while the establishment Republicans will just want to forget about the whole fiasco. This certainly will be a career-ender for someone.
Those of us in the real resistance need to make sure to vote this November (and any other time it’s allowed) because even though 2016 should have been the most important election in modern history, it’s really this one that’s going to count.

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