Unintended Consequences

One thing that children are very bad at is thinking things through and understanding what the consequences of their actions will be. They just want what they want, and what they want is all that matters.

A child will throw a rock through a window because it sounds like fun. The thought process ends there. A child will steal something because he wants it. A child will tell lies, never thinking about how those lies may harm someone else or come back to hurt themselves. These things just make them feel good and they get what they want.

The Democrats, being Leftists/children, have the same mentality. It never occurred to them that welfare would cause poverty or that gun-free zones would encourage mass shootings in those places. Those are just two examples of thousands. But the common denominator is that, once the Democrats do something that makes them feel good about themselves or gets them what they want, the thought process ends.

Because when you are, emotionally, a child whose self-esteem has been battered during childhood and have always felt bad, feeling good about yourself is the most important thing on earth. It is why Democrats, no matter how disastrous their policies, will never admit - even to themselves - that they were wrong. The horrible policy was never the point. Feeling good and feeling morally superior was the point.

The "collusion" investigation against President Trump is exactly the same thing. The Democrats didn't want Trump to become president, so they began to use illegal means to undermine his candidacy. And, when that failed, they continued the illegality to drive him from office. It never occurred to them that they would fail and it would blow up in their faces because they never even thought about the possibility. It just made them feel morally superior. It gave them a "righteous" cause to fight for.

And now, the Democrats are in a panic, because they're realizing what the consequences of their actions may be.

First, the American public - the normal kids in Leftist's eyes - are becoming increasingly fed up with the Democrats' constant tantrums. This poll which CNN tried to bury, shows that 69% of people, including 76% of Democrats (!) think that all of these shenanigans should be investigated.

That is disastrous for the Democrats, especially 18 months form an election, because they have no choice but to not just continue, but to crank the noise level up to 11. Admitting that they were wrong is not an option.

And, come election time, the American public will go to the polls relating Democrats to the highly disliked "collusion" narrative and not any policies that the Democrats have put forth (not that their policies are anything that the public wants; Green New Deal, anyone?).

Second, Attorney General Barr is investigating all of the crimes that have been committed and many Democrats are going to have their careers ruined and/or quite possibly go to prison. Everyone from Democrat staffers, members of Congress, CIA and FBI officials and media figures may face ruined reputations and prison time.

And, again, this will all happen just before the 2020 election. Americans are going to go to the polls with all of this in mind. But the Democrats have no choice, in their minds, but to plow ahead.

There is one way to possibly save themselves, or at least mitigate the damage: admit that they were wrong. They would have to sacrifice some people and beg forgiveness from the American people, but at least they wouldn't be utterly destroyed.

But they will never do that. It won't even occur to them that it's a possibility. The only thing that may save them will never even cross their minds. Because they're really bad at seeing the possible consequences of their actions.