I’ve decided that I’m going to keep posting these “Nah, there’s no mainstream media bias!” essays until one of the bias-deniers who hangs out in these parts finally screams, “All right! All right! We’ve been lying! Of course the mainstream media is actively trying to undermine the President, especially the Times!“
This one is especially timely after a prominent member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers pleaded for support in arguing that Trump should be removed from office because he was mean to the Pope. The member also had the—something—to insist that this was not a partisan issue. I wrote, before refusing to read the many replies supporting the “non-partisan” who wants the 25th Amendment used…you know, like the Axis was claiming during Trump’s first term—to forcibly remove him from office,
“Oh for heaven’s sake. This is not a non-partisan issue, and anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded, dishonest or being paid by the Democrats.
And it is not a proper topic for conversation here, not that this has stopped the majority Left-leaning political bias on this listserv from leaking out with regularity. Did anyone here ever breathe a bit of concern that the previous President was showing ominous signs of being unfit for office? I don’t recall any, but I’d take seriously their arguments on why this is a legitimate APRL concern now. Anyone else is prohibited by what I call “ethics estoppel.”
But I digress. Here is yesterday’s headline on a large Times feature (Gift link):
Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate
“As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”
The second I read that, I thought, “Hmmm, I wonder if I can guess who the ‘former allies and advisers’ are. Let’s see if you can guess: I’ll give you 30 seconds..
Ethics Alarms 
So Democrats are willing to thumb their noses at the Catholic church by fully embracing a willingness to butcher the unborn for any reason…or no reason at all. The Left mocks God, mocks Jesus, mocks the Bible, mocks almost any form of moral restraint, and mocks almost every tenant of the Catholic church, daring parishioners to speak a word in protest.
But let the President call the Pope weak in a written message, and THAT’S offensive.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Nice intro to the next post….
I call it making selections from the Ideologically Certified Lefty World View Cafeteria
PWS
the left is perfectly willing to have the moral boost that churches can provide. Mostly they’re all about black churches and mosques, but they are more than happy to have the pope on their side. As long as he doesn’t press too hard on that abortion thing, they love having him around to tell the president that what he’s doing is wrong and he is going to be on the outs with God if he doesn’t stop this war against Iran and throw the borders open again. It’s easy for him to say when no one is shooting at him and no one is sending a bus of illegal immigrants to St Peter’s square.
Just so I am clear: America seems effectively to be going nuts. The pressure-cooker of madness is about to blow. You cannot make moral statements or ethical statements anymore because all sensible bounds are no longer clear. Maybe an atomic bomb (though I think about the neutron bomb certainly has potential) really is the necessary choice now? Why not?
The nation of America is sliding into literal mental derangement. It is Network News multiplied many times. And it is impossible to look at Donald Trump and hear the crazy things he says and not suspect “Il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas”.
One perspective to consider, quizás …
https://youtu.be/VzR7kARyKc4?si=WQTx0tRMbfScYkfM