Anybody who is pretty familiar with baseball is familiar with the term, “Alphonse-Gaston” or an “Alphonse-Gaston Act.” The phrase has a specific meaning in baseball lingo: when two fielders allow a catchable ball to drop between them, it is known as “doing the Alphonse-Gaston Act.” Here it involves neither of the two involved players taking charge, and instead of shouting “I’ve got it! I’ve got it!” each remains silent, and thus the message to each other is, You take it.” In baseball the result of neither taking charge is that what should have been an easy out turns out to be a hit for the hitting team. In baseball doing the “Alphonse-Gaston” implies that each of the deferential players is at fault as neither took charge.
The other day I was listing to Senator John Kennedy (R,LA) questioning the head of the FBI and asking about security on Jan6. He asked, “How come the FBI didn’t call out the National Guard? As the FBI had informants in the crowd, how come the FBI didn’t act on what was being relayed by these informants?” The head of the FBI basically said that it was not the responsibility of the FBI to call out the National Guard. But Senator Kennedy didn’t stop there. “What about the House’s Sergeant at Arms. Why didn’t he call for the National Guard?” … He didn’t know.that answer. “What about the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms?” … Again, he didn’t know. “What about the Capitol Security? … Again, not in his bailiwick.
To me this sounds like a catastrophic immense Alphonse-Gaston Act!
Or could it be that this was a semi-planned Alphonse-Gaston Act? Could it be that prior to Jan6, the word was out that it would just be best if there was no security? Could it be that those who know best figured that some of the yo-yos in the crowd could be inveigled or perhaps even provoked to enter the Capitol. Could it be that some thought if we just open the doors to the Capitol, many of the lemmings will take this as an invitation?
Although I do not usually consider myself to be a conspiracy theorist, one must admit that Jan6 has led to many past and still continuing adverse consequences for Donald Trump. Personally, however, when having to choose between multiple simultaneous supposedly coincidental Alphonse-Gaston Acts by responsible individuals, verses a planned “open the doors, and they will come” scenario, I am going with the latter!
1/1/24
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