When, Not If
The first story up this morning is that, per AP’s WH correspondent—are you sitting down for this, coffee safely place away from your lips?—Zhou’s “competence” is coming into question after his most recent disastrous week. Zhou has never—ever—in his life been other than incompetent. Even his continence has been called into question. This, coming from a certified MSM source is a clear sign that Zhou is being told: Sooner, not later.
Of course, this raises a lot of questions.
Start with, Was there some straw that broke the camel’s back? It seems clear that this hit was coordinated. The discoveries and leaks had to have been coordinated with the National Security agencies, working with political leaders—no doubt with the Gang of Eight members playing a significant role. The lack of any pushback from prominent party leaders and the collapse of any defense of Zhou from the usual pundits—after only the briefest flurry of defenses, mostly by way of attacking Trump—is another clear indicator of coordination.
But what about the timing? Some have suggested that this now puts Kama Sutra in place to run for two full terms as POTUS. But Kama Sutra is one of the few political figures in this country who can make Zhou look remotely competent and/or savory. She’s a disaster waiting to happen, and everyone knows it. She will undoubtedly be replaced in 2024—if not sooner. What was the sense of desperation that led to jumping from the frying pan into the fire—if that’s what’s going to happen? We’re in the middle of a war that has developed into an existential crisis for the American Empire, and it’s going badly. Just as bad, and closely related, all knowledgeable forecasters are expecting a sharp economic crisis in the coming year. How could putting Kama Sutra in the Oval Office be an improvement, unless something far worse were going on behind the scenes? There is nothing in her past that makes her remotely qualified to guide the Empire at this critical juncture.
We’re unlikely to know the truth of what’s really going on any time soon. Not if the Deep State has anything to say about it. On the other hand, the existential nature of the challenges facing the American Empire could lead to unexpected consequences. For the time being, keep your eyes peeled for some quid pro quo for the GOP. This had to be a collective act, a collective hit. To go along with it, there had to be something in it for the GOP establishment.
Lastly, where does Trump fit in all of this? Could the hit on Zhou be used to justify a fake prosecution of Trump, in a desperate attempt to derail his political operations? Tit for tat, fair is fair—ignoring the very clear differences? We’ll need to wait on events. But this much seems beyond question: Zhou is a dead man walking, in political terms.
Look for any NS team moves. Note McCarthy's remarkable slams on Dem NS committee members. Will there be a shakeup of the people that led us into this Russia disaster?
U.S. elections, when conducted fairly, usually turn on voters’ perception of their economic well-being. The mid-term election was somewhat different following reversal of Roe, the outright falsehoods regarding job numbers just prior to election day, and the continuation of dubious mail-in ballots that, when counted, always go the way of democrats.
All that to say the economic headwinds facing any democrat on the presidential ballot will be challenging. Add to that the corruption, waste, and fraud that the GOP House committees will turn up as they look into Ukraine, the Afghanistan cut and run, and the pandemic and vaccine scam. Then there are the culture wars where public school administrators have become enemies of the parents whose children they are entrusted to educate, e.g., northern Virginia counties all run by democrats.
A political party that sees its titular head removed, for whatever reason, suffers. And the void, in this instance, cannot be filled by the vapid and incompetent VP. Add to that the once outright control of the major social media giants has been fractured by Musk’s takeover of Twitter. The inability of the DNC and MSM to completely control the narrative heading into the 2024 election must scare the hell out of them.