The game is afoot

| 6:00 pm EST January 13, 2023
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There is a game afoot in the Republican Party and we mustn’t fall for it. This game is performance art. In the upcoming months, the Republican House will conduct a performance of epic proportions. They will engage in the art of pretending.

All of this will be done to sully the reputation of the democrats in an attempt to dirty us up in the 2024 election. Fake investigations will be launched. Nothing of importance will be found because Democrats, for the most part, don’t break the law. We leave that to our frenemies on the other side.

But republicans in the house will appear on various television networks. They will all wear the same expressions as befitting the game they are engaged in. Righteous indignation will be their rules of choice. Ah, yes, all games have rules. And this particular game comes with the rule of righteous indignation.

The house republicans will attempt to stir up trouble. They will lie shamelessly; they will pretend democrats are the worst thing since Hannibal Lecter (and possibly worse), and they will assume the masks of false outrage that the democrats did — something wrong.

Expect Fox to play up all these fake stories. They will, of course, aid and abet republicans in whatever ways they can. Your job is not to fall for it. Do not fall for the game and understand that the game comes with stringent rules, including lying, quivering in anger, and saying the word “woke” perhaps hundreds of times.

They will want to get a rise out of democrats. Democratic politicians know this. These politicians are well acquainted with the rules of the game and expect all of this. Keep your blood pressure down by not engaging in the stupidity of the game they will play. Please ignore it and concentrate on the democratic agenda and amplification of the democratic message.

Ignore the game and understand that it is nothing more than politics at its most sleazy. That will save you hours of ruminating. Do not fall into their trap, and in 2024 , we will be the ones firmly in control of the house.