So What? I'm still a rock star I got my rock moves And I don't need you And guess what? I'm having more fun Now that we're done I'm gonna show you tonight I'm alright I'm just fine And you're a tool So, so what? I'm still a rock star I got my rock moves And I don't want you tonight...
So What, Pink
Pink had the best "So What?", and the most famous, until Wednesday, when the court in DC ordered a partial disclosure of the evidence against the former president #45 and here's one of the things it showed:
After the former president posted on X (formerly Twitter) that "Mike Pence (formerly the vice president) had let them all down", it enraged his supporters (formerly Americans) and the mob focused their attention on finding and harming (killing) Mike Pence which then caused the Secret Service to take extreme actions to save the Vice President.
According to the Smith/Special Counsel pleading that was unveiled, that caused an aide to rush into the room the President was in watching television. The aide told the President what was occurring and the mob's desire to find and kill Vice President Pence, which caused the President to say.... wait for it....
"SO WHAT?'
From the special counsel's pleading: "The content of the 2:24 p.m. tweet was not a message sent to address a matter of public concern and ease unrest; it was the message of an angry candidate upon the realization that he would lose power."
The "so what" utterance has become the most infamous idiom in American Presidential History.
Lincoln spoke about our better angels.
FDR told the nation that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself.
JFK challenged citizens to ask what they could do for their country.
Ronald Regan spoke of a shinning city on a hill where it would always be, for him, morning in America.
And POTUS 45, after inciting a mob to storm the capitol and kill the vice president, sneered "so what" when told the secret service was worried about their ability to protect the vice president.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition that causes people to have an inflated sense of self-importance, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy for others. People with NPD may appear boastful, arrogant, or unlikeable.
SO WHAT that we are not a doctor; we can make a diagnosis.
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2 comments:
While scandalous, this is old news. We've known for years that Trump said something to the effect of "maybe Pence should be hung" on Jan 6. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/trump-hang-mike-pence-chant-jan-6
The number of times that Trump made his intentions to commit a self coup clear are shocking.
And more shocking is that his supporters refuse to see what is right in front of them.
This is not partisan. I would like nothing more than to vote for a Republican who loves this country. Give me Mitt Romney. Give me Nikki Haley. Resurrect G.H.W. Bush or McCain. The speed with which I would fly to the polls might cause a sonic boom.
Donald Trump is a Chavez/Putin wannabe and has no place in power in our constitutional democratic republic.
If Romney was running I’d vote for him. He’s a Ronald Reagan /GHWB Republican and the most qualified American I am aware of to be President. Shame in the Republican Party for squelching him.
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