I think its even more complicated than whats stated but good article nonetheless.
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By Monica Showalter
Name an assassination, and it nearly always has horrible, far-reaching, consequences.
Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I. Charlotte Corday's assassination of Jean-Paul Marat intensified the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Fanny Kaplan's attempted assassination of V.I. Lenin in 1918 left him enfeebled for years, giving an opening to Stalin.
In the U.S., another such disaster with far-ranging consequences, according to Paul F. Petrick, writing for Issues & Insights this morning, was the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled campaign worker.
Guiteau's evil act ushered in the dawn of the Deep State.
Petrick writes:
It's shocking to think that the Deep State came as a consequence of a terrible 1881 assassination. And scarier still, a look at the assassins who did get away with murder in the U.S. of its presidents are such a familiar bunch — John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln in 1865, was a disgruntled Democrat who hated Republicans and sympathized with the Confederacy. Garfield's 1881 assassin was a campaign worker who expected to be handed a government job. William McKinley's assassin in 1901 was a crazed Antifa-like anarchist. John F. Kennedy's assassin in 1963 was a Soviet sympathizer with some kind of relationship with the CIA. These types remain all around us.
Garfield's assassination seemed particularly traumatic. As a little kid, I remember reading about Garfield's desperate attempt to recover following the attack, taking in sea air and other useless remedies of the pre–modern medicine era. A look at the number of the Old West counties being settled at the time, bearing the name "Garfield," attests to popular moves to memorialize him.
The reform, though, has proven worse than the crime it attempted to stomp out, and President Trump is right in being on top of this matter and in wanting to get rid of it. Once again, Trump is right and ready to strike at the head of the snake.
Petrick's essay is simply terrific history, enlightening and concise, with an important call to action. Read the whole thing here.
Ever wonder where the Deep State came from?
Name an assassination, and it nearly always has horrible, far-reaching, consequences. Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I. Charlotte Corday's assassinati...
By Monica Showalter
Name an assassination, and it nearly always has horrible, far-reaching, consequences.
Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I. Charlotte Corday's assassination of Jean-Paul Marat intensified the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Fanny Kaplan's attempted assassination of V.I. Lenin in 1918 left him enfeebled for years, giving an opening to Stalin.
In the U.S., another such disaster with far-ranging consequences, according to Paul F. Petrick, writing for Issues & Insights this morning, was the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled campaign worker.
Guiteau's evil act ushered in the dawn of the Deep State.
Petrick writes:
From that, the Deep State emerged from the depths:
The op-ed goes on to note that there are passages within the laws that can enable a president to reduce the Deep State just as they can enable a president to entrench it further. Joe Biden, of course, is in that latter category, while President Trump is in the former, not only making large categories of these hacks fireable during his presidency, but now vowing to make these nasty Deep State hacks fireable again as part of his 2024 campaign pitch.
It's shocking to think that the Deep State came as a consequence of a terrible 1881 assassination. And scarier still, a look at the assassins who did get away with murder in the U.S. of its presidents are such a familiar bunch — John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln in 1865, was a disgruntled Democrat who hated Republicans and sympathized with the Confederacy. Garfield's 1881 assassin was a campaign worker who expected to be handed a government job. William McKinley's assassin in 1901 was a crazed Antifa-like anarchist. John F. Kennedy's assassin in 1963 was a Soviet sympathizer with some kind of relationship with the CIA. These types remain all around us.
Garfield's assassination seemed particularly traumatic. As a little kid, I remember reading about Garfield's desperate attempt to recover following the attack, taking in sea air and other useless remedies of the pre–modern medicine era. A look at the number of the Old West counties being settled at the time, bearing the name "Garfield," attests to popular moves to memorialize him.
The reform, though, has proven worse than the crime it attempted to stomp out, and President Trump is right in being on top of this matter and in wanting to get rid of it. Once again, Trump is right and ready to strike at the head of the snake.
Petrick's essay is simply terrific history, enlightening and concise, with an important call to action. Read the whole thing here.
