Greetings, People of Earth
Welcome, dear PJ Media VIP friends, to the first installment of my weekly column, “Worst Week Ever.” I mean that from the bottom of whatever it is in me that generates my semi-annual feeling.
I would like to begin by introducing myself to any of the VIP Gold members who may have wandered over from one of our sister sites, and to any PJ Media readers who are still wondering how in the heck I stumbled in here. I would also like to go over what I want “Kruiser’s Worst Week Ever” to be about. Then I promise I’ll do a little of the actual column stuff.
I’ve been a professional stand-up comic for around thirty-five years. In that time I have had the great pleasure and honor of performing all over the world entertaining U.S. troops.
At almost the same time that I began doing stand-up, I wandered into the even more dysfunctional world of conservative/Republican political activism. The entertainment industry being what it is, I kept my work life and activist life very far apart.
That all changed in 2009, when I co-founded the Los Angeles Tea Party. While I had never really been “closeted” as a conservative in the entertainment business, all any of them knew was that I was a Republican. During the Tea Party movement years I was flying all over America doing speeches and rallies for Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks. My activist ways were out of the bag.
The two worlds then collided and it’s been a hot mess fun ride ever since then.
When I first began writing about politics years ago, my focus was mainly on liberal media bias. As a lifelong conservative in entertainment, I’ve been asked to do a fair amount of cultural commentary and critique over the years. I would like this to be a fun combo of me beating up on the thoroughly awful MSM and fighting the culture war from my relatively unique perspective.
I may do an extensive rundown of the worst of both the news and entertainment media that week or I may do a deep dive into something I couldn’t go into detail on in my Morning Briefing.
I would also like to incorporate some interactivity with you. Use the comments to ask me anything, as they say on Reddit, and I will devote some time each week to responding.
Fun will always be the operative word. Ideally, this would be done in person around a gathering of fine spirits. We can be passionate and have a good time. There are plenty of online outlets for constipated conservatives. Let them have their harumphing and “Kids today!” rants. If I see anyone wearing a bow tie I’m cutting it off.
The “Worst Week Ever” part of the column’s title alludes to the fact that the Trump-era media keeps finding ways to sink to new lows.
Whichever route we end up taking each week, it will be more in-depth than anything I do on the other side of the paywall.
There is my initial vision of this endeavor. As with everything I do professionally, I like to leave a lot of wiggle room for it to evolve. This is all for your informative entertainment pleasure. I hope this can be a collaborative effort.
Thanks for indulging this lengthy intro to Project “Worst Week Ever,” now let’s move on to this week’s THING.
I’m No Neurologist, But This Looks Like Amnesia To Me
This was an actual op-ed headline on Thursday from our “Democracy Dies in Darkness” friends at The Washington Post:
Can Republicans relearn how to accept political outcomes they don’t like?
Yeah, we’re the problem.
Many people were surprised when Democrat Andy Beshear beat incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in Kentucky’s gubernatorial election this week by 5,000 votes, but the fact that Bevin isn’t ready to concede hasn’t shocked anyone. And that decision raises questions we ought to be prepared for in the eventuality that President Trump loses in 2020.
I said amnesia, but it could just be a chronic case of the stupids. After their spectacular crash and burn in 2016, it looks like these nimrods have learned nothing and are merely going to dust off the attacks that didn’t work for them then. (More from PJM’s Matt Margolis on the free side here.)
One of the more fascinating aspects of the ongoing collective delusion of the Democrats these past few years is that almost all of it is projection. Almost everything they wail about Trump, Republicans, and conservatives doing is really something they’ve been up to. The coarsening of the dialogue, sowing seeds of division, intolerance, bigotry…all them. Sure, there are people on the Right who are guilty of such behavior too, but everything I just listed is part of the unspoken mission statement of the Left.
The notion that it’s the Republicans who have a difficult time accepting the results of elections is so outlandish that one would have to have been a non-participant in reality since November 2016 to believe it even for a moment.
Her Drunken Eminence Granny Maojackets Clinton has been traversing the land for the past three years complaining about her loss. I would list her litany of excuses here, but this is a column, not an 8000-page book.
If they ever build a Mt. Rushmore of not accepting political outcomes they don’t like, it’s going to be her face four times.
The poster-girl for state-level-elections political denial is also a Democrat. Stacey Abrams still thinks she’s the real governor of Georgia a year after losing her election.
It’s like the election results are walking out the door and these two are clinging to their ankles, begging them not to go.
It’s bad enough being falsely accused of something. It’s the absolute worst to be falsely accused while your accuser is doing the very thing you’re being accused of.
There isn’t a Democrat in this country who has gracefully accepted Trump’s victory.
This projection is merely one of the myriad symptoms of the Democrats’ inability to accept the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
While I will admit that it’s fun to watch these idiots flail about in a permanent grown-up toddler tantrum, every once in a while I get the urge to just grab one, shake him, and say, “Dude, get a mirror.”
Shaking people is bad, I’ve been told.
Stupid rules.
Thanks for hopping on board. Don’t forget to ask away in the comments. See you next week.
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PJ Media Associate Editor Stephen Kruiser is the author of “Don’t Let the Hippies Shower” and “Straight Outta Feelings: Political Zen in the Age of Outrage,” both of which address serious subjects in a humorous way. Monday through Friday he edits PJ Media’s “Morning Briefing.”