Timing [View all]

[H2O Man]

"Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor."
-- Hesiod


Timing is everything in making love or war. Donald Trump imagined that there would be portraits of him at the Capital on January 6, in the spirit of George Washington crossing the Delaware. Bad timing.

Today, he is splattering out messages, denying he really knew Cassidy Hutchinson, and everything she testified to today. Again, bad timing.

In many sports, one must practice form, then train to add speed to that form, which results in power. Yet that potential for power depends upon timing. It wasn't just that the great Henry Aaron could swing a bat hard -- he timed those pitches that he knocked out of the stadium. Trump mastered none of these, hence he choked when he stood at the plate of history. Then he threw the plate against the wall.

The January 6 Committee has shown a mastery of form, speed, power, and timing. Although I recognize that advances in technology have added to the appeal of their public presentations, I think these hearings are the very best I've ever seen. Better than Watergate, better than Iran-Contra. And the Senate's Watergate hearings set the bar high.

Today's hearing has been compared already to two of the most important Watergate hearings witnesses, John Dean and Alexander Butterfield. Dean brought the scandal into the Oval Office in his testimony. Butterfield was a surprise witness, who had confirmed that there was a White House taping system three days before his public testimony. when the Committee allowed republican counsel Fred Thompson to ask the key question.

While I like historical comparisons, I think that Cassidy Hutchinson is unique. Dean was testifying with "use immunity," and looking to make a deal with the Department of Justice. Butterfield was an Air Force veteran, who was simply doing the right thing. Hutchinson has had threats to her safety, and will now endure the attacks on her character that the Trump cult is famous for.

Yet there are some interesting post-testimony indicators that things are crumbling for Trump and Mark Meadows. Former chief of staff Muck Mulvaney said Hitchinson is honest, and others must now testify. If a muckraker like Mulvaney is abandoning ship, things are growing far worse after today.

I might disagree with 99% of Hutchinson's social-political views, but I respect what she is doing for this country.

Peace,
H2O Man