Smoke and mirrors
There is something both fascinating and deeply twisted in watching what is being done to Non-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy right now. Look — Kevin’s job was always on thin ice. We knew that in time he’d be swallowed up, unable to handle the differing demands of his caucus.
But still – so soon? Kevin McCarthy is now going through what I refer to as the “psychological warfare” stage of his speaker-ship. Psychological warfare. It is often used in times of war. What is happening in the House IS a sort of war.
Matt Gaetz has been the leader in tormenting McCarthy. On and on he goes, like he is McCarthy’s personal fire=breathing dragon, no end in sight. The motion to remove Kevin left in a bathroom was, in my opinion, no accident.
This is because Matt Gaetz seemingly despises Kevin so much that this is just the type of stunt he’d pull. It’s all a part of the game of psychological warfare. Why has the notion to vacate the chair not been done yet?
Because they want Kevin to suffer, to ruminate, to obsess. They want the desperation of Kevin to fester inside him for as long as it can. And by “they” I refer to the alt-right crazies in the House of Stupid. Because Gaetz is not in this alone, he has help.
As Kevin squeals like a pig and takes incoming from everywhere, his legislation is failing. He tried to put forth a bill to fund the Defense Department. It failed. So what did ole Kev do? He sent his caucus home! This will likely give Kevin some breathing space to hatch a new scheme to save his job.
Alas, all the lamentations of Kevin for his “job” will not save it. This is because Kevin continues to show weakness. And he continues to give the crazies determined to take him down, the reaction they want.
And there is something else. The job was never his in the first place. You’ve heard the expression, I am sure, “Smoke and Mirrors.” Smoke and mirrors refer to something that isn’t real, that’s an illusion, that is unpleasant.
Kevin McCarthy’s job is not, and was never reality. It isn’t real. He is not a leader. The group taunting him let him think he was. They gave him the gavel. But one gavel does not a speaker make as we see.
They knew his weaknesses, and for Kevin, that title — Speaker of the House — was ALWAYS his weakness. He sold everything but the kitchen sink to GET that title. Dorian Gray would be proud. But smoke and mirrors coupled with psychological warfare can be VERY effective. Kevin does not understand that he’s already lost. His speaker days were numbered from the beginning. They had to be.
This is because he is in a battle against people with no souls, no moral compasses, and indeed no hesitation in teasing Kevin, playing with Kevin, mocking Kevin – before pushing him overboard forever. And that, my friends is NOT smoke and mirrors.
