BloggeRhythms

Today’s one wherein the goals and objectives of the two major political party’s couldn’t be clearer. While it will be up to voters to determine which one they’ll prefer in the future, at this point the choice seems to be between having a desire for common sense and practicality in government versus irrational obstinance.    

A step toward resetting the nation’s important relationships takes place today as the POTUS meets with British Prime Minister, Theresa May.  

Conservative Party politician Iain Duncan Smith,  who served in former prime minister David Cameron's Cabinet, summed up the British side saying: “We have always had a strong relationship with the United States, but under the last president (Barack Obama) there's been a sense over here that it wasn't as strong as it could be. Obama appeared to spend the first four years in office forging relationships with everyone else. Now we have an opportunity to reinstate what we once had." 

Trump and May are expected to discuss terrorism, ending Syria's civil war, relations with Russia, NATO cooperation and a bilateral trade deal once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, probably by 2019. Trade between the two countries is worth about $187 billion, and the United States is the largest single investor in the U.K. 

According to Kim Hjelmgaard and Jane Onyanga-Omara @usatoday.com, there are those who are already drawing comparisons to the relationship between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher who were ideologically and personally closer than any U.S. and British leaders since Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during World War II. Both were free-market, anti-Communist skeptics of government bureaucracies agreeing on issues ranging from the Soviet Union to Northern Ireland. 

Despite the similarity’s, Conor Burns, a Conservative Party lawmaker, believes it’s too early draw too many comparisons between Reagan-Thatcher and May-Trump whereas: “We won’t know what the chemistry will be. I have no doubt that both Trump and May are going to come out of this meeting and say everything is wonderful because they are both quite lonely out there at the minute.” 

The article’s authors then went on to include commentary from Quentin Peel, a political expert at Chatham House, a London think tank, who said "She has few friends because of her determination to push ahead with Brexit (Britain's withdrawal from the European Union). And Trump is also, quite deliberately, alienating the world with his 'America first' talk." 

"Can they be best mates? Well, they need each other," Peel said. "May wants to be able to say that Brexit isn't the disaster everyone is saying it is. Trump, too, wants a trade deal with the U.K. so he won't be presented as this 'terrible protectionist' who only wants to pick fights with people." 

And this is precisely where the MSM continues to reflect its profound bias. Because despite the article's authors mention of caution and negative suspicions from Burns and Peel, Trump and May have not only both vowed to revive the closeness of their countries during the Reagan-Thatcher years, there’s been significant public acceptance of their actions to date.   

Although Peel’s stated that May “has few friends because of her determination to push ahead with Brexit,” in the referendum vote held on June 23rd “Leave” won by 52% to 48% with a turnout of 71.8% and more than 30 million people voting.   

In the breakdown, final results showed England itself voted for Brexit, by 53.4% to 46.6%, as did Wales, with Leave getting 52.5% of the vote and Remain 47.5%. Scotland and Northern Ireland both backed staying in the EU. Scotland backed Remain by 62% to 38%, while 55.8% in Northern Ireland voted Remain and 44.2% Leave.

As for Trump, he received 304 electoral votes compared to 227 and 3,084 of America's 3,141 counties versus just 57.

Therefore, the bias in reporting in the MSM is not only evident, it borders on purposeful negligence.

The MSM is not alone however in making itself irrelevant due to its refusal to accept political reality as seen in a comment from Washington’s Governor, Jay Inslee, who said today: “They were entitled to a grace period, but it was midnight the night of the inauguration to 8 o'clock the next morning, when the administration sent out people to lie about numerous significant things. And the damage to the credibility of the presidency has already been profound. They were entitled to a grace period and they blew it. It’s been worse than I could have imagined, the first few days."

Added to that is information found in an article by Gabriel Debenedetti @politico.com, who illustrates that Governor Inslee’s certainly not alone whereas: “That mind-set has permeated every outpost of the party from governors' mansions to Congress. Whether it’s in statehouses or the offices of state attorneys general, the Democratic National Committee or the constellation of outside left-leaning political groups, Trump’s benefit of the doubt is gone. 

“At a forum this week for candidates running to be the next DNC chair, the very idea that the party should try to work with the new president was dismissed as absurd.

When New Hampshire party Chairman Raymond Buckley was asked whether the Democratic Party should try to work with Trump where it can find opportunities, he replied: “That’s a question that’s absolutely ridiculous.” 

In confirmation, TV commentator Jehmu Greene offered: “If you saw the millions of people who marched in the streets this weekend and participated in it, they are looking to the Democratic Party. We have an opportunity as a party to be that place of resistance. So we have to form a solid resistance as a party. And no, it is not about working with Donald Trump.” 

And by taking that stance, the Democrats have positioned themselves in what very well may be a shrinking corner. Because, as mentioned here several times in the past few days, they leave themselves with no way to recover if Trump is successful as POTUS. What's more, early indications suggest significant voter approval of not only his first few days in office, but his “style,” attitude and plans for the immediate future.     

Responding to a different article, reader JefftheK summarized the situation this way: “Dems vow not to work with Trump and are applauded. 8 years ago Republicans did the exact same thing yet we were criticized for it. Democrats had everything going for them. 

“So time shall tell if the tactic works. In 8 years, we gained the House, Senate, 1000+ state seats, now POTUS (and SCOTUS to follow). Hopefully, Americans see our POLICIES are better for America, and we keep the majority.” 

Thus, although the new POTUS has barely finished his first week in office, if he maintains his positive pace and voter-pleasing results, Democrats not only need a new strategy for the future, they should seriously consider suicide counseling.   

 And now, here’s the last of the list from Steven Wright:   

“21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name
25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?” 

That’s it for today folks. 

Adios