{"id":25716,"date":"2025-09-12T09:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/?p=25716"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:51:16","slug":"rearguard-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/rearguard-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rearguard Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There may be no creature on Earth lower than Jim Acosta. You may remember his interminable badgering and hectoring of President Trump during his first term. Trump showed more restraint at his antics than I would have expected, far more. He even managed to restrain himself when a court ruled that he could not, on his authority as the president, expel the troublesome tosser from the White House press pool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This might have been the supreme example of Acosta\u2019s arrogance and entitled-ness: <b><i>demanding<\/i><\/b> that Sarah Sanders, then the White House press secretary, contradict her boss in public:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u82s9zzdR9k?si=KdHPrNpMwh2oCvb6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CNN fired Acosta awhile ago, perhaps out of recognition that he was the opposite of an asset to their viewership and sponsorship. But one of his ilk doesn\u2019t disappear quietly these days. (Cf. Keith Olbermann) He\u2019s sought out alternative channels by which to pump his vitriol into the national discourse. And of course, as there are many today, he\u2019s found one:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"640\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jim Acosta: The real worry is the right\u2019s \u201cexploitation&quot; of Charlie Kirk\u2019s death causing violence.<\/p>\n<p>CNN presented this loathsome, unhinged radical as an \u201canchor\u201d for years:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#39;s exploitation going on of his death and it&#39;s happening on the right and it&#39;s absolutely\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TqCvYIPhgY\">pic.twitter.com\/TqCvYIPhgY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1966274820238135691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would be foolish to expect Acosta to focus on the actual impact of the Charlie Kirk assassination. No, his bent compels him to look for a way to downplay the actual killing in favor of his political allies. So he trumpets that the Right is <i>exploiting<\/i> the atrocity! <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is not something to dismiss with a growl. Acosta is something of a standard-bearer for his ilk. He may be the most obnoxious of them, but he represents their attitudes and preferences very well. His approach has already been adopted by other Left-aligned commentators in the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That\u2019s the Leftist approach to anything terrible their allies precipitate. They don\u2019t reflect on causes and consequences. No, it\u2019s always \u201cRepublicans Pounce,\u201d or something to that effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It\u2019s been clear from all the open Leftist jubilation over Charlie Kirk\u2019s death that the killing of an effective conservative activist gladdens their hearts. A few have actually said that they wish it had been their deed, rather than that of an as-yet-unknown assassin. Do we really need any more evidence that they\u2019re at war with us? Real, flying-lead, take-no-prisoners war in which Charlie Kirk\u2019s death is something to celebrate?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other conservative activists have been pondering whether they should adjust their schedules, perhaps take additional security measures. May God watch over all of them at every moment. It\u2019s clear that the cream-pie phase of this struggle is over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As distasteful as it is, we must keep watch on the mainstream media and their favored mouthpieces. Yes, they\u2019re wounded and falling back, but \u201ca wounded lion is a lion still.\u201d If the Acostan message \u2013 i.e., that what matters most about Charlie Kirk\u2019s death is how the GOP can benefit from it \u2013 should gain traction, the national discourse will be twisted to their advantage yet again. It wouldn\u2019t be the first time the reptiles of the Left have pulled the rhetorical rug out from under us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There may be no creature on Earth lower than Jim Acosta. You may remember his interminable badgering and hectoring of President Trump during his first term. Trump showed more restraint at his antics than I would have expected, far more. He even managed to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/rearguard-actions\/\">Would you like to know more?<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Rearguard Actions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waaaaah","wpcat-119-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25717,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25716\/revisions\/25717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}