Charles Pierce: "the pitter-patter of little feet as they begin to jog toward the lifeboats"

[muriel_volestrangler]

As always, Mr. Pierce has the good prose for the situation:

On the other side, there are clues within the Post stories that folks are feeling the ground shift under their feet as well. Consider:

Besides Bolton, several other administration officials said they did not know why the aid was being canceled or why a meeting was not being scheduled. The decision was communicated to State and Defense officials on July 18, officials familiar with the meeting said. By mid-August, lawmakers were acutely aware that the OMB had assumed all decision-making authority from the Defense and State departments and was delaying the distribution of the aid through a series of short-term notices. Several congressional officials questioned whether the OMB had the legal authority to direct federal agencies not to spend money that Congress had already authorized, aides said.

Between the lines there, you can hear the pitter-patter of little feet as they begin to jog toward the lifeboats. "Don't quote me, but we all knew something was screwy here and, by the way, I was against the whole business from the start." Some people are hearing the klaxon of the political termination alarm ringing in the near distance. There's more of this in The New York Times' account of events.

American government officials were left in the dark as well. When staff members at the State Department and Defense Department who work on issues related to Ukraine learned of the holds in July, they were puzzled and alarmed, according to current and former government officials familiar with the situation.

Yes, phony-baloney jobs are at risk here, and it's every apparatchik for themselves.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a29205363/donald-trump-ukraine-military-aid-impeachment/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. it's cover your ass time! every rat for himself!

Now, if it was Dems jogging to the lifeboats, I'd have to say, "every rat for him- or herself", but Repukes are different.

[Hekate]

2. Good thing DU has a Titanic smilie!

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Pass the popcorn, please.