
The depth of corruption that generated two impeachments, numerous politically driven trials, and persecutions of conservatives and Pro-lifers has not dissipated. If the former head of the FBI still seethes with hatred for all things Trumpian, one can be very sure that there are others infused with similar hatred, harboring ill will.
But one doesn’t have to ferret out the TDS. Just go to a Bruce Springsteen concert in a foreign land, where the Boss stirs up anti-Americanism, specifically by saying Trump is a Nazi dictator totally incompetent and inimical to the good of the people. His logic? Well it’s there same logic expressed by those expats who moved after the last election: Trump is a rich bad guy.
There’s no specificity beyond the generalizations that Trump is destroying the Constitution, destroying Democracy, and destroying the American economy.
Apparently, most of the TDS crowd slept through the previous administration, cared little for the wasted hundreds of billions of tax dollars, and were happy with an imbalance in trade.
But you know all this—that is, you know all this if you are not infected with TDS, the insidious ailment that makes otherwise average and slightly above average IQs into dithering self-important academics and politicians, and many government employees into big spenders of others’ money with no accountability. You know all this if you can see the hypocrisy in the use of private jets for the Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez anti-oligarchy tour during which two socialists, one of them with extensive barmaid experience, have flown about the country to make Bruce Springsteen’s claims about Trump while failing to note their own support for waste, fraud, and abuse that occurred under their watch. (And, oh yes, spend more money on climate change)
Take the outrage against DOGE, Tesla, and Trump’s cabinet because they have a mission to tame the monster of Big Government gone wild through Biden’s prolonged nap. What’s the logic of disdaining efficiency? What’s the logic of scratching an EV that you formerly praised for “saving the planet”?
Do conservatives have faults? Certainly. They did not stop or even slow the decades-long growth of government. When they controlled both House and Senate, they made no reforms to stop the waste. Wimpy governing, if you ask me. Afraid to ruffle feathers.
And some conservatives take unmeasured generalities for granted. Obviously, illegal aliens are “illegal,” but of the ten to twenty million whom Biden let into the country in just four years, most were just heeding the invitation on the Statue of Liberty, albeit with the incentive of free stuff the Biden Administration granted.
And now with the release of the audio of the Biden-Hur interview, some TDSers are forced to admit they allowed a feeble mind to sit as a figurehead of America while others—we can only guess—ran the country, or allowed the country to run like the proverbial headless chicken.
So, in this week’s news, Trump has announced some progress on trade, met with Muslim leaders, signed some deals to enhance America’s economy, and forced the Houthis into a ceasefire (that they will no doubt break, bringing more destruction on their tribal heads). None of these accomplishments, however, mean anything to TDSers. Springsteen will continue to rake in money from his young and aging fans who will approve of his unfounded diatribes and scratchy old voice. Comey will probably appear on The View to say he knew the message was political but did not know it meant “kill the president,” and will receive the accolades of the TDS-filled audience who, if asked, will have no specific remedies for waste, abuse, and fraud they unknowingly support with their taxes.
Anecdote alert: Dive, dive, dive
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this past week, I went to a “hometown” restaurant for breakfast. Although I don’t eavesdrop, I could not help overhearing an “old guy” (probably younger than I) say he was “so thankful for what Biden did for Social Security.” Hmnnn. You tell me. I’m unaware, but I thought Social Security was written into law, inviolable, and solvent for a few more years. Was it possible—I have enough sense not to have intruded on his table’s conversation—that he watches only those liberal networks who further the notion that Trump wants to take away their Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and subsidies of all kinds, including payments for transgender operations in Guatemala? Has he not heard that Trump wants to eliminate tax on Social Security? That he wants the price of energy reduced? That he wants to…
TDS has spread like COVID, but unlike the disease, it’s flourishing in the minds of many today.