Day 1159 – When will THEY stop blaming HIM?
Sunday March 22, 2020
224 Days until the election on November 3rd
304 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
Some of my Trump supporting friends are asking this question.
The “HIM” being Trump; The “THEY” being, I guess, anyone who questions Trump.
Two people have recently been inducted into the pantheon of “Nasty question” and one into the high office of “Terrible Reporter.”
This honor is bestowed upon individuals who have the temerity to ask straightforward questions that he, Trump, does not like.
Questions that ask “What do you mean?” or “How is that so?” or “What would you like to tell the American people?”
These are in Trump-Speak “Nasty Questions” asked by “Terrible Reporters.”
The answers to these questions in Trump-Land are:
A.”I don’t know. Maybe, someone else in my administration did it, but I did not. (Turn to one side and ask whomever happens to be standing there, “Did you do that?” [This is a riff on the Joe Tex song, ‘Who Wants the Woman with The Skinny Legs?” e.g. Ask “Do you want the woman with the skinny legs?” Reply “No I don’t want the woman with the skinny legs!” Ask “Hey [insert name here] Do you want the woman with the skinny legs?” Reply “No I don’t want the woman with the skinny legs!” etc.]
B. “We are doing a tremendous job. You know we inherited a mess, a real mess. But everyone is getting everything they need and a cure is on the way.
C. “That’s a nasty question and you are a terrible reporter.
Now in the rest of the world these are standard questions. They are designed to allow the president to explain himself because in the real world what he says makes no sense. But that is a different world to the world of Trump.
Governors and mayors are asking the president to act. They have stopped criticizing if they did and are asking him to do his presidential duty. They have told him specifically in phone calls and press conferences exactly what they want and need. He has reassured them that he has done whatever it is they have asked for.
Except, here’s the problem, none of it has happened.
If you tell someone that masks are on the way, they expect to find masks.
If you tell them ventilators are on the way, they expect to see more ventilators.
None have showed up. The only thing that anyone can find is an order for millions of masks. That order will take a year and a half to fill.
Titans of industry are saying they can make masks and ventilators and whatever else is needed. “Give us the orders and we’ll do the job!” is their call.
No one has given them an order.
We are on pace for thousands, no millions, to get sick and die. When will they stop blaming the president? When they are dead. Okay, you have your answer.
In the meantime, get out of the way, put someone in charge who knows how to get things done. You don’t. Mike doesn’t. We need a real leader. Appoint someone, then sit on your hands and watch.
Want some names? Oh no, that would be nasty wouldn’t it?
224 Days until the election on November 3rd
304 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
PS Peacock!
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