Bedlam on Tap!

When one is a blogger covering political news,

one never runs out of subject material. Not for 

a week, not for a day, not for even a minute.

Over a mere 1 1/2 weeks so much has happened 

that your dazed Peasant almost couldn't keep up with 

it all! An attempt on the life of a former U.S. pres-

ident-turned candidate for the same office, at a 

rally for the again candidate for the office, two 

days before his political party's national convention 

right here in Milwaukee, at which the ex-president

(and hopefully president again) gave a most rousing

acceptance speech to cap off the event; the current 

president stepping aside from the top of the

ticket of the opposite party in favor of another

candidate, at this particular time most likely 

the vice president --- but the Democrats' ticket

will be established at their national convention

in Chicago next month, so be on the lookout for

a possible surprise; then an investigation into the 

assassination attempt on the ex-president and the 

Secret Service detail assigned to protect the one-time 

POTUS as some carelessness on their part made it  

possible for the gunman to get off some shots --- 

one grazing the ear of the former president, 

two, each wounding two bystanders, and most tragically

killing a former fire chief defending his family

who was with him at the rally by throwing himself 

over them to protect them; finally, the head of the 

Secret Service, after stating that she would not resign

from her position resigned from her position in disgrace.

Bear in mind that all this happened in the space of 

ten days!

A twenty-year-old gunman tried to shoot former 

President Trump and was finally shot dead by the Secret 

Service only after the harm was inflicted to the aforementioned

people. Kimberley Cheatle, the freshly-resigned Director of

the Secret Service, e-mailed her resignation to her staff.

Her resignation followed a hearing on Capitol Hill on Monday,

July 22 in which Cheatle testified before the House Oversight

Committee. Numerous lawmakers from both sides of the aisle

had called for Cheatle to resign. All during the hearing, Cheatle

refused to divulge information, citing the ongoing investigation

into the assassination attempt on former President Trump,

angering the lawmakers. Meanwhile, Trump commented on the 

news in a post on Truth Social, the social media platform he 

had founded: "The Biden/Harris administration did not properly

protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for democracy ...

IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO! (emphasis Trump's)"

In written testimony, Cheatle stated that the tragedy was "the most 

significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades."

She continued "I am keeping him and his family in my thoughts,"

and that "I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the 

family of Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief and a hero,

who was killed in this senseless shooting. I would also like to 

also acknowledge those who were injured in Butler, Pennsylvania,

David Dutch and James Copenhaven, and I wish them a speedy

recovery." Cheatle, however, also had to do some explaining 

in regards to the terrible incident, as eyewitnesses reported that they 

tried to warn authorities about the shooter minutes before the attack,

but the Secret Service agents failed to stop the gunman, let alone 

capture him, before he could get off any shots. A tidbit about Cheatle:

in 2003 she said in a CBS News interview that as Director of the 

Secret Service diversity would be a major priority. In other words,

Cheatle would be more concerned with having certain percentages

of agents from certain categories such as race, skin color, gender

and gender preference, and so forth rather than hiring the best 

qualified candidates for openings on the Secret Service team. 

There is so much of this occurring in government these days, and 

to the detriment instead of the benefit of all concerned. Could this

also be applied to the squad assigned to protect Trump that fateful

day in Butler, Pennsylvania? And what of the fatal consequences 

to Corey Comperatore? And the wounding of the two bystanders?

Furthermore, the former president has dangerous enemies in certain

areas of the federal government that would love to remove, or see 

him removed, from the presidential election and were certainly happy 

to see him lose the presidency in a re-election bid marred by accu-

sations and possible electoral fraud committed from within the 

government. Could this be a factor in the almost successful 

assassination attempt on former President Trump? 

The Republican National Convention held in Milwaukee last week  

came off without any such incidents, and was a success in terms of, 

among many other things, the security of Donald Trump, his family, 

and the attendees. I had an opportunity to chat with a few of the  

delegates to the convention and found them quite galvanized in their 

mission to nominate and come November re-elect Trump. The attempt 

on Trump's life made these folks all the more bold and determined.

On the other side, President Biden announced that he was going to 

resign as the nominated candidate for the presidency, necessitating the 

Democrats having to choose a new nominee. The buzz from 

Washington has it that Biden was pressured by some within his party, 

including some big-money donors, to step aside due to concerns about 

his health, especially his cognitive powers. This has long been 

troublesome for the Dems, and the matter became more serious in the

wake of the disastrous showing by Biden in the one and only debate 

with Donald Trump, punctuated by ever-declining poll ratings which

were dropping like a stone in the Potomac well before the fateful 

debate and its bitter fruits.

The favorite choice of the moment for the Dems is Vice President 

Kamala Harris, but she's no sweetheart among the nation's electorate

either; as a matter of fact she is not terribly popular among the Demo-

crats themselves! Not much personality, not much of a grasp on the 

issues of the day, and an irritating cackle which she makes when asked

a question to which she has no clue as to how to intelligently answer.

Also, she has been a put-off to many Democrats in part because of 

these aforementioned drawbacks. Besides, let us not forget how short 

her last campaign for the White House went; she bowed out of the 

Dems' race for the party's nomination before the Iowa caucus --- 

Iowa is the first stop along the presidential campaign trail for both 

Democrats and Republicans. Not a positive harbinger for Harris.

So there's going to be a tussle over who's to head the Democrats' ticket

in Chicago, and we'll have to wait and see who the Dems will pick

as their new presidential hopeful. 

In closing, The Peasant is going to conclude with this bit of advice 

to you, my wonderful readers: buckle up good and tight, because the 

next four months are going to be a wild ride!

MEM