In short, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his Democrat Party patrons are an enormous gift to Donald Trump and his administration. Trump is the Obi Wan Kenobi of modern American politics, leading his ragtag band of Jedi warriors trying to restore American greatness and employing his greatest Mind Trick yet with Abrego Garcia. Run-of-the-mill Democrats can certainly be cast as mindless Galactic Empire stormtroopers, but I would hardly credit Chris Van Hollen or any of the other Democratic boobs trekking to El Salvador as special pleaders for Abrego Garcia with possessing the evil genius of Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine. That would be stretching the analogy into unbelievability.
But the embrace by the Democrats of Abrego Garcia is of a piece with their truly head-scratching positions on so many issues that defy political sense. Why do they insist on letting males (sorry, “biological males”) compete in women’s sports – driving many otherwise rational Democratic women into the Republican camp? Why are they in favor of pushing pornographic literature (mostly homosexual in orientation) on elementary school children, confusing young minds about the most basic human truths at the most formative ages? Why do they want to put tampons in elementary school boy bathrooms (looking at you, Tim Walz)? None of this makes any sense when looked at through a political lens.
I’m old enough to remember when former Vice President Walter Mondale, running against President Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, openly declared that he planned to raise taxes on millions of American citizens. Reagan’s political consultant, Stuart Spencer,
told CBS at the time, “I've never heard a politician say he is going to raise taxes to 30 million, 40 million, 50 million people in a campaign.”
Indeed, a real head-scratcher. Even if that was your plan, based on what you perceived to be in the best interest of the American economy, or if you were just a died-in-the-wool leftist who simply liked to impose high taxes on working Americans, why would you announce it in the heat of a presidential campaign?
My sincere hope is that Obi Wan Trump keeps exploiting the gifts the Democrats offer. May the Force be with him.