This is a tasty serving of raw political meat from one of the president's top supporters. It is a reliving of the campaign and the initial years of what Charlie hopes will be the first of two presidential terms. Sometimes we have historical narrative, sometimes a recapitulation of extended talking points. Those on Charlie's wave length will relish his accounts and those who are skeptical may actually be convinced, persuaded or at least impressed by his recital of a number of hard facts.
Charlie pulls no punches; he does not attempt to hide his contempt for such figures as John Kerry, JFK, his 'runt of the litter' brother Ted, and, yes, Mitt Romney. He is unswerving in his candor and generally spot-on with his facts. Like Fox News at its best, he reveals the facts which others are quick to suppress (e.g., JFK's treatment of interns). The writing is never dull and it is often florid/funny:
"The lobby industry attracts some of the most morally bankrupt politicians from both the House and the Senate. These former members of Congress, having sated themselves at the public trough, now sit like bloated toads on the swamp's lily pads, flicking their tongues out for the sweetest of delicacies" (p. 52).
If there is a key theme it is the shock at the endurance of the corrupt status quo. I once had a Marxist colleague who said that many looked at America and thought everything was alright. He looked at it and thought that everything was wrong. Adopt that and you have Donald Trump (and Charlie Hurt). The swamplike status quo was good for the inside-the-beltway occupants but horrendous for America. Trump saw that it was bad and vowed to change it. The swamp (including an array of republicans as well as the gamut of democrats and, now, socialists) does not want its status quo disrupted and it will do anything, literally, anything (witness the Kavanaugh hearings) to sustain that status quo.
There are few epiphanies or new revelations here, but the argument is insistent, fact-laden and (as with most of CH's commentary) cathartic. He confirms all of your suspicions and gives you heart by displaying the courage of his own convictions and his willingness to declare the unvarnished truth. You don't need to fear lawsuits if the facts that you announce are supportable, indeed, undeniable.
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