Ants Playing Chess, Grasshoppers Playing Checkers

Let's move away from the Russian hack thing, since it will be proven to be a fact in less than two years and yet it won't stop Trump from being re-elected because the masses are stupid and his opponents are feeble.

Let's look at strategies.

I've said many times over the past 8 years that Obama played a mean long game. I believe the phrase I invoked the most was that time-honored and tired old cliche, "It's chess, not checkers." I even had to employ it recently, when the Obama Administration's Army Corps Engineers had to step in and take measures against the Dakota Pipeline.

A few curious things happened. The first: All the left-wing Obama haters were suddenly so quick to praise him. Even though he literally did nothing. It was his Army Corps that made the call, not him. And even then, it's more of a stall, a way to buy time.

The second: even though the Left gave him the credit, it was merely to take it away by saying "He should've done it sooner."

To which I say: it's chess, not checkers. Time and time again, the instant gratification that left-wing Obama haters seek is not only unrealistic but makes future progress down the line nearly impossible. You can't make the grab for the Queen piece right off the bat; Pawns must be sacrificed, Knights must be positioned, Bishops must be at the ready.

But Obama won't be President much longer. Now we have Trump, and Trump is definitely a man for whom the phrase "chess not checkers" does not apply. In fact, it may very well be that the opposite is true for Trump: it's checkers, not chess. Never have we seen a leader so impatient, so living-in-the-present-time-only... not even George W. Bush was like this.

It's as if every moment of a Trump presidency will be a push to be Kinged. His every diplomatic and political move from Day One has always been to bulldoze across the board and get to the other side, demanding "KING ME" and then repeating this until he is satisfied, which he will be never.

I wonder if the anti-Obama Lefties are secretly happy that Trump, the God of Instant Gratification, is now President, since he matches their penchant for NOW NOW NOW more than their preferred candidate, Bernie Sanders. It gives them a cause for the next four years, that's for sure.

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Another good analogy is the Aesop's Fable about The Ant & The Grasshopper. Guess which one is which.

And this makes me wonder: even if you aren't a big conspiracy theorist, you have to admit there are certain groups that have the President's ear, who have some sway over matters of the Oval Office. And it's my opinion that these special interests anoint our leaders by gauging what the global economic and political needs must be.

Much like the fable, there is a time to be idle and there is a time to put the nose to the grindstone. We had 8 years of Ant leadership; looks like the wind has changed direction and it's time for some Grasshopper trickle-down policies. And I'm sure that, more than any other reason, is why Hillary is not President.

It's also the reason why Bernie will NEVER be President, so stop all the bullshit about "Gee, I wonder what it would've been like if he'd been elected." Please wipe your ass with that already. I will agree with Trump supporters on one thing and only one thing: the Left needs to stop writing thinkpieces analyzing their losses and start doing shit. REAL shit. Even Bernie is actually doing something. But coming up with apps that lobby Congress for you? That's just fuckin' lazy.

Get over it. The next four years are going to be a razor fight in a dive bar. Get yours sharpened as soon as possible.

Because this is how the Grasshoppers play, LIKE IT OR NOT.