new rulers stymied
by incompetence, infighting
self-sabotage
Once Trump won, decent outcomes for the country were probably off the table. The institutions are unlikely to hold. Establishment Republicans cannot be counted on to protect us. The best we can hope for is that our new rulers will be stymied by incompetence, infighting and self-sabotage. In that respect, Gaetz may be just the man for the job.
From the article, Matt Gaetz Is the Perfect Man for the Job by Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times, Nov. 14, 2024.
I am trying to stay out of politics so the topic of the article is incendental and I want to salute the word craft in the marvelous sentence “The best we can hope for is that our new rulers will be stymied by incompetence, infighting and self-sabotage.“
… stymied by incompetence, infighting and self-sabotage.
In many ways, this was the underlying foundation of the Allies war on Nazi Germany and it worked out okay and I can easily imaging these words being strung together by Mr. Churchill.
That being said, I am reminded of a discussion of the so called ‘End Times’ I had with a friend of mine.
The End Times in Evangelical circles is when the world as we know finally falls apart.
As we talked about this I thought outloud:
The amount of sin in the world gets to the point where the only thing that can make any difference is the return of Jesus.
Then I looked at my friend and asked: “This would be a bad thing … why?“
Then I asked, “Do we want to encourage bad behavior?
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