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Absolutely the flip side of

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:12:57 +0000

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Absolutely the flip side of political correctness! One of my pet peeves that more don't see that.

Yes. Trump is fragile. But he

moat — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:32:07 +0000

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Yes. Trump is fragile. But he does imitate his critics.
In terms of what Gingrich did in a particular moment, it is not the object of his scorn that is interesting but the method of mocking employed.
That is what is on the other side of the "political correctness" meme. You want to make fun of people and suddenly everyone gets upset when you do. It is all good fun, why are you offended?
Trump did not invent that part.

Good catch on the sing song

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:47:14 +0000

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Good catch on the sing song thing. I think the difference, though, is that Trump doesn't do it to imitate his critics, he's a true delicate snowflake.

Mayer is correct that

moat — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:41:35 +0000

In reply to How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief

Mayer is correct that McConnell and Trump represent separate elements that need each other to survive. But it is also true that they are Romulus and Remus, siblings who suckled on the same teats of a Wolf. And that Wolf is named Newt Gingrich.

As Coppins notes when Newt was carrying out his Contract on America:

Pundits, aghast at the brazenness of the strategy, predicted backlash from voters—but few seemed to notice. Even some Republicans were surprised by what they were getting away with. Bill Kristol, then a GOP strategist, marveled at the success of his party’s “principled obstructionism.” An up-and-coming senator named Mitch McConnell was quoted crowing that opposing the Democrats’ agenda “gives gridlock a good name.” When the 103rd Congress adjourned in October, The Washington Post declared it “perhaps the worst Congress” in 50 years.

On the "populist" side, Coppins says:

But when I ask Gingrich what he thinks of the notion that he played a part in toxifying Washington, he bristles. “I took everything the Democrats had done brilliantly to dominate and taught Republicans how to do it,” he tells me. “Which made me a bad person because when Republicans dominate, it must be bad.” He adopts a singsong whine to imitate his critics in the political establishment: “ ‘Oh, the mean, nasty Republicans actually got to win, and we hate it, because we’re a Democratic city, our real estate’s based on big government, and the value of my house will go down if they balance the budget.’ That’s the heart of this.”

Hmmnn, a "singsong whine to imitate his critics." Who the hell does that?

Author Jane highly recommends

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:19:48 +0000

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Author Jane highly recommends a forthcoming related book about the Republican populist plutocracy:

Thanks so much- your forthcoming book brilliantly synthesizes what’s happened to the Republican Party: the rise of plutocratic populism.
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) April 13, 2020