Now that Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia appear to be beyond the reach of Cheez Doodle's half-assed dream of overturning the 2020 election, it's time to start the process of thinking about him in the past tense (even though we're stuck with him for two more months).
The media chatter seems to be transitioning away from things Cheezy already did, or things he's doing now, and is gradually being replaced by chatter about things he's going to do in the future. The crux of the discussion is apparently the 2024 election and Cheezy's role in it (as if most people aren't electioned out by now).
I despise the hideous motherfucker for hundreds of reasons I've already written about, so my personal hope is that his future includes a lot of financial ruin and legal jeopardy. I may be wrong, but I expect that after he's not in the most powerful government position in the world anymore (and he never should've been), a good bit of his mystique will vanish. When he has the ability to start wars on a whim, he's interesting in ways that he can never be as just another show biz personality, which appears to be his destiny for the next few years, assuming he can put together the financial support it will require..
One notable characteristic of Americans these days is their short attention spans. For four years, Cheezy has been front-page news damn near every minute of every day. Even his goddamned Twitter activity is headline material. To the extent that his media coverage is reduced (as it should be), I don't see most people spending time trying to locate reports on his opinions and activities. Maybe they will, but I have doubts. It's easier to ignore Cheezy when he's not in your face all the time.
Assuming therefore that Cheezy no longer commands constant media attention, and that some of the focus he does receive will be all about his desperate efforts to hang on to his properties and stay out of courtrooms, how will he maintain his grip on the (R) Party? In four years, he'll be 78 years old. He's not going to transform his rotten personality, or get any smarter or less corrupt. He'll still be a sociopath, but more demented. Are all those younger hotshots, ambitious and anxious to rise in the party's hierarchy themselves, willing to piss away the next eight years of their careers while they wait for Cheezy to finally sail off into the sunset? Is this where the party wants to pin its hopes and dreams? We'll see. Never underestimate the stupidity of people who would vote for something like Cheezy in the first place.
Update No. 1 3:05 PM: Daily Kos @ Cheezy loyalists in Georgia are so mad they're threatening to boycott the Senate run-off election. Wouldn't that be terrible?
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