"The most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera." Sen. Bob Dole
October 11, 2017
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Every time I see him, I wonder, "How does the man get elected?" But Chuck Schumer does. In fact, he hasn't lost an election since 1974.
He knows he can say whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and it doesn't have to be true. He can promise voters the moon and not deliver.
And it works. He weeps, threatens, ridicules, and knows when it's time to leave a sinking ship. Then he cuts ties, like he did when his former right hand man, Anthony Weiner, ran into some trouble, and disgraced Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein bit the dust.
Chuck Schumer is Al Sharpton, just with a better vocabulary.
One thing we didn't know is that Schumer can channel the dead. And from the Senate floor.
"If we could talk to those brave souls who were killed and are now in heaven," Schumer said, speaking for the victims of the Las Vegas massacre, "they would say, 'Do something.' They wouldn't say, 'Let's wait.'"
"President Trump, are you gonna' wait to hear what the NRA says first," he added. "...Are you gonna' show that you are not beholden to anyone now?...Are you gonna' be the first president, Republican president in a generation, to buck the NRA?"
What bugs Schumer is that Trump isn't beholden to anyone, and as Rush Limbaugh observed, the NRA doesn't kill anyone. Planned Parenthood does. And it is the Democratic Party that is "owned," by Planned Parenthood.
"I feel like doing a monologue addressing all of those babies who've been killed by Planned Parenthood," Limbaugh said, "and asking them what they would be saying if they could speak. They would be saying, 'Do something. Shut down Planned Parenthood.'"
Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel loves the phrase, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste," and Democrats never do. Before the families of the victims in Las Vegas could claim their dead, Hillary, Schumer and Pelosi were pushing for gun control.
And it disgusted everyone.
The people were tired of the old Congressional Double Talk, the kind Schumer uses, and they liked the plain talk they heard from Trump.
They liked that he didn't hesitate to call out the NFL for disrespecting our flag.
They were glad about the "end run" former White House consultant Steve Bannon disclosed to FOX's Sean Hannity. "We are declaring war on the Republican Establishment that does not back the agenda that Donald Trump ran on, and as president of the United States."
Trump opponents had gloated and misrepresented that Bannon and Gorka "had been fired." They said they would turn on the president once they left the White House. But they didn't count on the loyalty these men have to the president.
And when Vice President Mike Pence walked out of the 49ers-Colts game, the people knew he wasn't just walking. He and the president were pushing back.
The usual bullies on both sides of the aisle missed the implications because they weren't used to anyone pushing back.
It's no secret the Establishment Republicans don't like Trump, and hate he won the election. They think if they block his agenda, if they work only two days a week, he would give in and give up. After all, they do it all the time.
But they forgot. Trump doesn't quit. And he, too, has a plan. For starters, he routinely sends them all out to chase Wild Geese, mostly so he could get some work done:
The media chased the NFL debate for weeks, and on whether Secretary Tillerson called Trump a "moron."
They anxiously chewed on the exchange between Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Trump.
Trump tweeted that Corker was partly responsible for the bad Iran deal, and "didn't have the guts to run for re-election!"
Then Corker told The New York Times Trump was treating his office "like a reality show," with reckless threats toward other countries that could put the U.S. "on a path to World War III."
"Trump can't do that!" the media and Swampites squealed, ignoring that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came out in support of Corker, not the president. "He needs Corker to pass tax legislation!"
But they, like Hillary, had never bothered to study Trump and why he won in the first place. They thought Trump would cave to the pressure. They thought he would play ball once they blocked his agenda, the one he promised to the people. But he didn't. He found a way around. And the people were solidly behind him.
If his opponents had bothered to do their homework, they would have known he didn't play by the old rules, because he didn't win by the old rules. They'd know that he would take on what needed taking on. Like North Korea. Like Obamacare. And Hillary wouldn't.
He had the common touch. He liked America. And Hillary didn't.
What they didn't understand was that his people will always be loyal to him because he is loyal to them.
It is something the Left definitely isn't used to. These are new concepts for politicians like Schumer and Hillary, for whom "loyalty" is a now and then thing.
Hold the line, America.
*R.I.P. Dear Tom Petty