OVER AND OUT

While watching the local news last night, I was shocked by what appears to be an abrupt change in coverage regarding Donald Trump. This part of the program is always based on feeds from the MSM. So, one must assume, that this was similar throughout the country. Previously every station was reporting primarily the Democratic Spin and a short segment on the Republican response. Anyone watching this would have assumed that the legal noose was closing in on Donald Trump. That all changed last night.

Suddenly, the reporting was fair and balanced and if anything, it was Democrats who got the short shift. There was this ridiculous video of all those Democrats solemnly marching in like Monks on a Mission to deliver their proposed articles of impeachment. They consisted of two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Abuse of power was based solely on asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Obstruction of Justice was blamed on Trump claiming executive privilege. Recent news reports and the pathetic response by Joe Biden have obviously had an impact. The result was that this impeachment announcement looked pathetic. There were no comments even hinting at support for the validity of this impeachment. What was presented was the Republican rebuttal, the interview with William Barr and comments by President Trump.

If the reporting is similar across the country, this is an unmitigated disaster for Democrats in the House. As Lyndon Johnson said when Walter Cronkite turned against the war: “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.” LBJ was wrong, most of the country still supported the war, but LBJ did lose support among Democratic members of congress. Cronkite’s report was based on a single visit to Vietnam and he did not have a clue regarding what was going on. Cronkite’s reporting on the Tet Offensive was not only wrong, it was absurd. The Tet Offensive was a military disaster for the NVA and the Viet Cong, but Cronkite viewed this as evidence we were caught in a quagmire. Facts, however, did not matter. What did matter is how LBJ responded to this and that was devastating for the Democratic Party and ultimately the country.

If the reporting I saw last night continues, then Democrats in the House have lost the MSM and ultimately the country. When you combine this with the IG report this is a stunning change of the political environment. This is as bad as it gets. Any Democratic member of congress, who plans on running for re-election, should be very afraid. This sure appears to have made a 180-degree turn.

Perhaps the real question today is who is in control of the Democratic Party? If it is the traditional establishment, they will be desperately seeking an exit. But they may not be able to do that. It is increasingly clear that the Democratic primaries are totally dominated by the extreme liberal left. Incredibly, it is distinctly possible that contrary to what is increasingly obvious, Democrats just make continue to follow the radical left off the cliff of self-destruction.

TDM