My wife has been predicting a resignation by next weekend. I repeated the rumors I’d heard about a resignation tomorrow. There’s no doubt that the pressure is unrelenting and increasing:
A canceled fundraiser—because the donors backed out. The kiss of death in politics.
The House Oversight chairman demanding testimony from Zhou’s physician.
A Black radio host fired for accepting scripted questions for Zhou from the White House.
The list goes on—and on. David Axelrod is weighing in—again. Which puts the weight of the Obama wing behind the resignation push. Again—I think this has gone too far for a simple, ‘OK, I won’t accept the nomination.’ The House Dems are howling for Zhou to be gone—no way do they want him hanging around DC. God only knows what he’ll say next, not to mention Doc Jill.
Yeah, of course I could be wrong, but this is starting to be fun. So, while we wait, how about the timing? Tomorrow, or next weekend?
The attractive thing about next weekend, at first glance, is that it allows Zhou to get through the Big NATO Meeting, T-W-Th. The dummies from Europe won’t be embarrassed by showing up to talk to Zhou, only to be told there’d been a switcheroo. The guy who’s “running the world” turned out to be nutso, so we present you with … Kama Sutra? Awkward.
Then again, suppose they show up and talk to the crazy uncle, and then on the flight home hear that he’s no longer “running the world”? Why did they bother? Still awkward. They still look like the nobodies, the flunkies, “America’s streetwalkers” (h/t Bill Haydon), that they actually are. In front of the whole world. As if US politicians actually care? Can you imagine how hard Putin, Lavrov, Xi, and the new guy in Teheran are laughing? The guy in Sana’a, too?
Sometimes it’s best to just get it over with quickly, to stop the bleeding. Or as that Scots guy put it, If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly.
OK, I go away for the weekend (again) and (again) all heck breaks loose. Maybe it is a good thing I am not a Solipsist. Anyway, my guess is that it is going to take more than a week for Jill and the most dysfunctional family ever to throw in the towel. Heck, it will take longer than that to arrange all the pardons. IMO, they will not throw Kamala to the mentally impaired wolves at NATO nor throw NATO to the mentally impaired Kamala. How much longer than that? Well, I am not betting on Biden longevity that is for sure. He IS toast. That becomes more apparent by the day and hour. I don't think he will make it to the convention. Even THEY know what a clown show that would be. More popcorn, please!
Thanks, Mark, for all your posts. My best wishes to you and Mary Ellen for the success of her treatments! And now I go back and try to catch up (with pleasure).
Bold prediction: Kamala will be President and she will pardon the Bidens, or at least Joe. A damning paper trail of his “deals” exists. In a less corrupt environment it would already be a huge scandal. Of course I believe the real question is who will be standing behind our historic lady president, figuratively and literally. Will she get her very own Dick Cheney?