As IF Times

Source: Barack Obama Says He Would Have Beaten Donald Trump | Politics | US News

There’s a famous scene in the classic 1975 movie, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, in which the heroes encounter the Black Knight in the forest. After a series of mortal wounds suffered in a fight including loss of limbs, the Knight insists that he can still win if only by biting his antagonist.

This scene pops to mind when you hear the braggadocio by the outgoing President on what would have occurred in the recent election had he been allowed to run again.  The delusion displayed by this opinion is perhaps the most apt summary of the worldview prevailing during his entire term in office.  The disconnect from observable reality has been a defining characteristic of the Democratic party and more extremely so in the past generation. The reality of course is the wholesale rejection of the Democratic worldview, demonstrated not only by the loss of the Presidency and both houses of Congress in the latest vote, but also manifest by the over 1000 federal, state and municipal seats lost by Democrats during the 8 year term of the sitting President.

Seventy six year old Nancy Pelosi was re-affirmed to lead the Minority house even after the massive rejection of Democratic candidates by voters under her watch.  Her re-instatement prompted her to conclude that “the party doesn’t want a new direction”, again invoking the Black Knight.  As odious a person as they portray Donald Trump to be, the voters chose him instead of them.  What does that tell you?

Usually, the bubbles of delusion are burst when they fall upon the unyielding pins of reality. The abstract world of reality is an unfriendly place for much of the left these days, due in large part to the echo chamber in which they exist.  When the closed intellectual ecosystems of academia, media and ideological thought constantly reinforces a paradigm, it’s easy to believe that this represents reality.

This explains the abject horror and disbelief displayed when their candidate didn’t prevail in the last election.  From the non-stop wailing and moaning, you’d think that Justin Bieber announced his retirement in front of 12 year old girls.  In fact, the puerile antics of many grieving drama queens are just as juvenile in their displays of petulance.

For his part, the new President-elect Trump has signaled that he will move to dismantle many of the glass houses built over the past few generations such as the EPA and that many sacred cows, (like the U.N.) may be sacrificed.  Not only will he repudiate many of the ideological goose chases by the last President, he vows to rid the country of deep rooted rot in its institutions.  This is the mandate he was given; to push back and fight for rational policies; instead of riding unicorns battling straw men.

Source: Michelle Obama says America is entering a time of hopelessness – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW

It may be odd that a discussion about hopelessness is being carried on by two of the most privileged people living not just in America, but on the planet.  When one of those people declares that ‘now we know what lack of hope is’, it’s either the height of arrogance and entitlement or the depths of delusion.  To pontificate about hopelessness given the influence that they wield means they are operating with their check engine lights on.

“We” must mean the “royal we” because if one cared to ponder which group of “we” no longer has any hope, it’s unclear which constituency that might be.  Neither of these two women will ever have to hope for their next meal or worry about their next mortgage payment, so it’s not their personal financial circumstances that concerns them.  Naturally, this also applies to their circle of friends, who must face first world problems such as which of the Hawaiian islands has the best beaches.

If they are in angst on behalf of those not so fortunate as themselves, then it’s non-sensical since the trend of poverty has been on an incline during the last 8 years of the present administration as measured by people unemployed and whom are dependent on food stamps.  This is a direct result of her husband’s policies. Do they think that for those people, hope meant anything more than a campaign slogan? If they think incoming President Trump’s vows to turn hope into change equals hopelessness, then let’s put that in their delusional column.

If they are in angst on behalf of the subset of society which are women, then this can also be classified as delusional, since the incoming administration has already appointed more qualified females to positions of influence than the outgoing one…if you don’t include singers and rappers.

If they are in angst on behalf of the subset of society which are minorities, again this also falls into the delusional column since they are represented at the highest levels of government, commerce, education, entertainment, sports and culture and have been for a generation at least.  The entire narrative of institutionalized discrimination because of sex, race or gender is a straw argument that appeals only to the disinformed.

If they are in angst on behalf of the subset of society which are self-described liberals, well there you may have something.  This is that segment of society that has foisted increasing levels of preposterous views and turned them into sanctioned public policy under the Orwellian claims of tolerance and inclusion.  If this is the reference, then Michelle Obama’s fears are valid.  And a Happy New Year it may be.