No good deed goes unpunished.
Those are phrases to at all times keep in mind, particularly in politics. When James Michael Curley was mayor of Boston, often he would get stories again from the neighborhoods that somebody or different had turned towards him.
Hizzoner would at all times feign shock, shaking his head and mentioning the back-stabber by identify.
“I can’t believe he would be speaking ill of me,” Curley would say. “I’ve never done anything for the man!”
I used to be fascinated about this phenomenon the opposite day when information got here that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House Speaker-in-waiting, had instructed different GOP congressmen in 2021 that President Trump ought to resign after the fedsurrection — I imply, rebellion — on Jan. 6.
McCarthy, a slippery swamp creature, tut-tutted that he’d “had it” with Trump, and that there was “no way” that he might defend him.
On Thursday morning, McCarthy denied he’d ever mentioned any such issues. On Thursday evening, the tape was performed on MSNBC.
Early stories are that Trump is keen to forgive and neglect. Maybe he’s mellowing — he’s additionally endorsed J.D. Vance within the GOP Senate main in Ohio.
I’m considerably stunned, as a result of to me Vance offers off severe Kevin McCarthy RINO vibes, and he’s been much more open about sliming Trump than McCarthy ever was in public — earlier than Thursday evening, that’s.
I used to be launched to McCarthy in 2020 — by Donald J. Trump. They had been having dinner collectively at Mar-a-Lago on the evening that Iranian terror boss Gen. Qasem Soleimani collected his 72 virgins after he was became a grease stain on the Tehran airport tarmac by a CIA drone assault.
“Who’d be better for me to run against?” a really relaxed Trump requested. “Bernie or Biden?”
“Bernie,” I immediately mentioned, and Trump nodded and seemed over at McCarthy.
“That’s what Kevin says too,” he mentioned. “That’s what everybody says.”
Everybody was proper, clearly. Even the Democrats’ COVID-19 mass hysteria couldn’t have saved Sanders.
The level is, for some purpose Trump appears to love McCarthy. He’s referred to as him “my Kevin.”
McCarthy was the primary nationwide Republican who visited him in Palm Beach after he left workplace.
But this wasn’t the primary time that any individual who’s been reasonably royally handled at Mar-a-Lago returned the favor to Trump with an “Et tu Brute” shiv within the again.
In reality, in the event that they ever wished to rename the palatial retreat, the Trumps might name it Casa de No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
Last week, Trump sat down for an extended taped interview with Piers Morgan, a Fleet Street hack who simply obtained picked up on waivers by Rupert Murdoch, the previous proprietor of this newspaper who nonetheless runs the Fox News Channel and a lot extra.
Morgan is beginning a brand new TV gig for Murdoch, so he wished a giant bombshell interview. Probably as a favor to Murdoch or perhaps Sean Hannity, Trump sat down with Morgan for a one-on-one interview at Mar-a-Lago’s “palatial” bar.
Afterwards, Morgan instantly put out a deceptively edited video teaser about Trump having a “meltdown” and stalking out of the interview. Luckily for Trump, he’s realized the “60 Minutes” lesson — run your digicam so you possibly can put out the actual model.
Which he did, and Piers Morgan seemed as dishonest as Leslie Stahl did after she was caught lecturing Trump on the journalistic “standards” of “60 Minutes,” that pioneer of Very Fake News.
Speaking of networks, keep in mind “Access Hollywood?” Trump might have been NBC’s number-one earner for all these years on “Apprentice.” (Morgan was one among his contestants.)
So for 12 years, NBC had that audio tape from the bus and so they sat on it — till October 2016, once they tried to take off his head for Hillary Clinton. Only the Peacock community didn’t have the stones to do it themselves — they farmed out the hit to the despicable Washington Post.
You know who else used to spend a good period of time at Mar-a-Lago? “Mourning” Joe Scarborough of MSNBC, who in a simply universe would have ended up at CNN+ with Comrade Chris Wallace.
Mourning Joe was once a jack-leg lawyer in Pensacola. Now he winters on “the Gold Coast.” I used to see him at one other bar at Mar-a-Lago. I used to be working a tab, however I can’t communicate for anyone else, if you happen to get my drift.
On New Year’s Eve 2016, after ripping Trump for months and parroting all of what has now turned out to be one preposterous Clinton-FBI hoax after one other, Scarborough and his third spouse confirmed up for the massive soiree — not in formal apparel, in fact.
When he obtained busted on social media for his duplicitous social-climbing, Joe claimed he was solely there to hunt out an interview with the president-elect.
If they’ll lie about one thing like that …
Then there was {a magazine} referred to as National Review. They’re on the Weekly Standard treadmill to oblivion now — RINO orthodoxy shouldn’t be good field workplace. But in 2016, their bosses had been in South Florida, rattling the tin cup.
They had a “time” at Mar-a-Lago. It featured the same old Trumpian unfold — top-shelf booze, spare-no-expenses hors d’oeuvres. I’m guessing the long run president charged them about as a lot because the late Anthony Athanas used to evaluate Billy Bulger for his annual birthday bash at Pier 4.
A month or so later, National Review devoted a complete subject of its moribund dead-tree version to a parade of RINO worthies denouncing Trump.
Sometimes as a boss you inherit a megalomaniac (Anthony Fauci) otherwise you get dangerous recommendation (Christopher Wray) otherwise you don’t pull the set off quick sufficient (James Comey).
Other instances, the man you choose simply seems to be in over his head (Jeff Sessions).
The worst factor, although, is whenever you get stabbed within the again by somebody you thought was your pal. Just ask James Michael Curley … or Donald J. Trump.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”