D.C. Rap War

You don't want to be dissed by a woman. Hell, Carly Simon built her whole career on it. "You're so vain..."

"After she returned to Capitol Hill, Ms. Pelosi said that for Mr. Trump, the wall was 'like a manhood thing for him.'

'As if manhood could ever be associated with him,' she said."

https://nyti.ms/2BkJ7ZN

She's playing Trump's game, but better.

In other words, you can teach an old dog new tricks.

The Republicans have defined the debate for decades. They are the ones who kept screaming about Pelosi. It was a very good strategy, to a degree the Democrats bought it, but Pelosi navigated and appears to have emerged victorious, she will be the Speaker.

And the Donald will have to deal with the adult in the room.

Men are afraid of strong women. Their tricks don't work. Furthermore, most men are pussy-whipped. The woman sets the agenda and the man follows, except for the occasional blow-up, when the woman lets the guy have his way.

Or, you can marry a slave. That's what Richard Lewis used to do. He got involved with women who would do whatever he wanted. Watch Scorsese movies all day long? NO PROBLEM! But he married a woman with power, who could stand up to him.

With Trump it's "my way or the highway." Sure, you can surround yourself with acolytes who never bark back, but when you encounter professionals, especially women, you're unprepared.

That's what we don't like about Sheryl Sandberg. She's a woman, but she's playing a man's game, like a man. Whereas Nancy Pelosi is being a woman, and it's working for her. She's not raising her voice, she's not ranting and raving, and she's got no problem getting in the ring with power.

Furthermore, she's experienced.

Somehow, experience has been waylaid. Sure, you need new perspectives, but in every profession time spent playing the game pays dividends. In music, we embrace the young and new and throw the old overboard. And the disses are never over anything important. It's a girlfriend or misbehavior in a club. Musicians used to be seers sitting atop the social pyramid, now they're bozos running around in the circus, it's pure entertainment.

And Pelosi is not playing Hillary's game. Hillary was like a deer in the headlights, so worried about what people thought of her that she couldn't and still can't be honest. We know acts like this in the music business, they have their hit(s) and are forgotten. We're looking for someone more honest, more singular, evidencing their truth, that's what we're drawn to.

And the problem with Trump is the lack of truth. But Pelosi called him on this, she refused to be pushed around and misrepresented.

Guys know how to mess with guys. Women? They don't know how to play, especially in public. Do they bend over backwards and then stick the knife in in the dark?

It's been a long time coming.

And it won't be a long time gone.

It's here to stay.

One thing's for sure, Trump has woken up the country. I don't expect Fox News and Trumpsters to celebrate Pelosi, anything but, but the truth is the game is not one of snapshots, but rather an entire movie.

Fox is running out of ammunition. Fighting the war of Clinton and Obama when the last I checked, they held no political office. Hell, the entire Republican agenda is a blast to the past. And Me Too has evolved. Now it's not about who you mistreated as much as how you treat women today. And women who embrace their newfound power are the winners.

Come on, a 78 year old rock star?

Who'd you rather talk to, who'd you rather hang with, Nancy Pelosi or Cardi B?

You use your power to move the needle.

You don't bitch about the old game, you redefine it. Hell, there are still rockers lamenting streaming. Meanwhile, the game is about audience and touring. How do you develop your own fan base that will support you.

OH NO! I need the help of the label and radio and the press, I can't do it alone.

Yes you can.

The power of one can never be underestimated. One person changes the world. We're looking for beacons, we want to follow in the footsteps of leaders.

And every leader has those who don't support them.

But living in the past under falsehoods never wins.

Martin Mull once said "Politics is show business for ugly people."

But it turns out show business is politics for beautiful people. All the maneuvering, all the falsehoods, all the TMZ...or, as another performer once said, "Show business is high school with money."

And I never want to go back to high school, do you?

At some point you have to grow up and become an adult. But the music business is stuck in endless adolescence. And if you are an adult you're pushed to the side.

I gave up on the circus long ago, hell, it was canceled by society just a few years back.

Meanwhile, the rank and file get caught up in the sideshow, the comic book movies, while the adults rule the world.

Like Nancy Pelosi.


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