Pelosi as the Grinch Who Stole the SOTU Address

Trump’s superpower is that he is a great showman. He showed that talent at its apex in his State of the Union Speech. He was like a confident ringmaster, with little pieces of business coming up regularly to maintain interest.

Nancy Pelosi tried her own hand at Trumpian showmanship with her dramatic visual, ripping up his speech as it ended. But she did not get it right.

My Filipina wife does not follow US politics closely. Currently in the Philippines, she was unaware of the Iowa Caucuses snafu.

But she knew all about Nancy Pelosi ripping up Trump’s speech.

“That was so uncivilized,” she commented. “She should be impeached.”

Coming right after Trump’s feel-good performance, his relentless recitation of good news and audience heartstrings jerked, and just as he was saying "God Bless America," Pelosi looked a lot like the heavy in a wrestling match, doing something cartoon-level evil.

People love to watch the villain; but they do not cheer her. They are more likely to come out for the opportunity to vote against her.

My wife's next observation was that Pelosi looked either drunk or drugged. I actually thought so too.

It seems to me significant that Pelosi has now come out with the charge that Trump, during the address, seemed to her "a little sedated." 

Viewers can watch and judge for themselves just who of the two looks sedated; but the fact that Pelosi would come out with the charge seems to me corroborating evidence that she was indeed on drugs of some sort. She realizes she looks drugged, and seeks to distract attention with the charge. It is a typical ploy.

Kinf of like charging Trump with Russian collusion after Hillary and the Democrats engaged in Russian collusion; and then with Ukrainian bribery after Biden engaged in Ukrainian bribery. There is a distinctive pattern forming here.

Perhaps the bigger takeway is that we may be watching some great beast entering its death throes.