Defeat is an Orphan
As the saying goes, “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
After the heavy losses sustained by Republicans in last week’s election, defeat may be an orphan…but there are plenty of folks pointing out who the fathers of the orphan defeat are, and claiming they knew this would happen all along.
Perhaps we need Maury Povich to run some DNA tests on the father of the orphan child.
The number of Republicans in essence saying “I told you so” is surprisingly high. Even curiouser when you consider how few of them said anything publicly in advance. I’m guessing they were pretty quiet in private, too…but see this now as a chance to put some distance between the White House and themselves, knowing that the President cannot run again–but the opportunistic politician will and needs to posture in front of voters.
I get the idea of moving along quickly, but it’s the “throwing your team under the bus” part that is unique. And not terribly helpful given that the administration has more than two full years in office.
Then again, I am glad some of these folks–the ones who only tolerated President Trump when it served their purpose, but failed to move important legislation to show that they were really in charge–are at least confirming what we thought. The quicker they are to distance from Trump, the more certain we are that are in it solely for themselves, and not their party, their president, or most importantly, their constituents.
And again, these are people supposedly from the same political party. Truth is one thing, but gleefully making up your own truth to score points is why so many shy away from politics.
