What can one say about the anticlimactic drama of it all? Rep. Liz Cheney had been losing her race to reelection for so many months, its finish — with the Trump-darling competitor more than 37 strides ahead — elicits little emotion.
Said Cheney in her concession speech: "Our nation is barreling once again toward crisis, lawlessness and violence." It's a good thing she now recognizes these dangers, which unhappily she overlooked when her father, Dick Cheney, was fomenting crisis, lawlessness and violence in Iraq during the Bush II administration. Still, good for her — today.
The Wall Street Journal notes that Liz is "the last House Republican to face a primary among the 10 who voted to impeach Mr. Trump for his actions related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot." Only two have survived. Thus "the other losses and retirements mean that if Republicans regain control of the House in November, as expected, the caucus will be dominated by members loyal to the former president."
With his customary grace, Trump extended what he thinks is a joyous farewell to Ms. Cheney: "This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs. Now [Cheney] can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion." Hardly. I imagine Liz is already interviewing for her presidential campaign staffing.
And then there is Palin, as in, Sarah, positively the dumbest, goofiest, most inept politician to ever emerge from the hyperborean wilds. She made the cut for the state's only House seat in the general election. The WSJ reports that "a separate special election" — to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rep. Don Young — "has yet to be called."
If elected and she chooses to serve, Ms. Palin will look forward to quitting this job, as she did her governor's job in 2009. See: goofy.
Said the dumbest, most inept pol at a recent tele-rally with America's meanest, most corrupt pol: "Let the RINOs and their corrupt establishment buddies come after me. I’m going to keep fighting for you." Dear Sarah, my dear, dear Sarah, ain't nobody gonna be payin' no attention to you's in the GOP Hovel.