If you read that NYT "anonymous senior official" OP-ED, make sure you don't miss this part.

[Miles Archer]

Don’t get me wrong. There are bright spots that the near-ceaseless negative coverage of the administration fails to capture: effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military and more.

But these successes have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

[bearsfootball516]

1. The whole OP-ED is a pathetic attempt to save their own skins in case Trump goes down.

It basically says "We did all of the legislative work you've seen and tried to keep Trump from burning down the building".

[AndJusticeForSome]

5. Agreed n/t

[Native]

6. just posted the same thought in another OP!

They obviously thought they could control him, & who wouldn't stick around for that?

All the power without having to take the heat? That they are now owning this tells me that they see the writing's on the wall, and they're working to create a narrative that insulates them from going down with the ship - the "Steady State." Gag me.

[Miles Archer]

9. Hence, my post.

It's a call for President Pence.

Because the author of that piece likes things JUST THE WAY THEY ARE.

What they DO NOT LIKE is the scandal / publicity surrounding Trump.

They don't like the tweets.

They LOVE the tax cuts, dismantling the Obama legacy, and everything else that goes with it.

They want the RESULTS without the SCRUTINY.

The article is horseshit, and cowardly.

[Gothmog]

2. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

12. This feels like the end of something...." - @maddow on now with @NicolleDWallace

Link to tweet

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

3. Harrumph!!!!

Historic tax reform! For who? Fuck the claim that historic tax reform is an achievement of this corrupt, inept administration.......

[AndJusticeForSome]

4. That quote, especially, makes me think the NYT is being played

by right-wingers for right-wingers.

The left who see this as heroism of any sort need to remember who these people are and what they want (as spelled out in that quote).

[Leghorn21]

7. I am feeling ever so gas-lit today. Forwards, backwards, "this is GREAT", "this is fucking HORRID".

Shit be cray today; I can’t help but think of Surkhov playing both sides of every conceivable issue



I think I’ll clean my bathroom now and then go from there

Oy

[madaboutharry]

8. Those are not bright spots.

These are dark and ominous clouds that are destroying the country just as much as the lunatic this coward is protecting.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Y'all, this is a nightmare. The writer is rationalizing authoritarianism.

[Donkees]

11. Proxy Presidents picking Supreme Court Judges

[procon]

13. If those are examples of what this pseudo president defines as 'bright spots'

Then he's no more suited for the position he has usurped than Trump is.