Tennessee Calvinball

Here's Charles C.W. Cooke: "Against the Tennessee lie"

In the New York Times, Thomas Edsall follows much of the rest of the media and lies through his teeth about what happened in Tennessee last week.

Well, the NY Times is gonna NY Times.

In the long term, however, I believe that the media’s decision was a poor one, if just because it has reminded many conservatives that progressives — and the press, but I repeat myself — do not actually believe in anything. For the last two years, Americans have been told — correctly — that storming into legislative chambers and interrupting their work is “undemocratic” per se, and that, if we do not want to see more of it, it must be punished wherever it happens. For the record, I agree — and have agreed — very strongly with this proposition. And yet, the moment — the very moment — that a couple of lawmakers whom the media likes chose to invite a mob into a legislative chamber and to deliberately interrupt its work, the moral poles were reversed and it was those who objected who were deemed to be “undemocratic.” This is Calvinball. It is cynicism. It is a nihilistic disgrace. And, in the long-run, it will prove to have been a tactical mistake.

Believe me, we're taking notice and in my opinion it's only a matter of time until Kamala Harris is shouted down by a bullhorn.  Watch how quickly that situation will be (D)ifferent.