“Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good.”
By: Bryan With A Why
Tags: Coronavirus, Politics, Perfectionism, Quotes, Government

“Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good.”

Garth Nichols (source: https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/files/2018/04/335quality-sign-graphic.jpg)

I first remember hearing this Voltaire quote when Nancy Pelosi was talking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN in October of 2020. Pelosi, against many of the wishes on those on the Democrat side even, rejected a bill for a $1.8 trillion stimulus package. It wasn’t enough. She wanted one that was $3.4 trillion.

Wolf Blitzer, to his credit, really pushed her for an answer and she would have none of it. The entire conversation was awkward to watch because it’s obvious that Pelosi was surprised and confused why a CNN anchor wouldn’t just suckle at the Democrat Party teet like they usually do. Blitzer asked her why they rejected the bill over and over again. She had bullshit, blanketed responses like “why don’t the Republicans accept ours?” Mind you, the $3.4 trillion bailout she wanted included $1 trillion in state bailouts and rule changes for the election.

The $1.8 trillion bill she rejected no doubt had plenty of pork and special interest bailouts that she disagreed with. But since when are ANY Republicans or Democrats afraid to spend money? They dropped $2 trillion on the first bailout in May, so why not another one?

Pelosi denied it was partisan, but of course it is! Blitzer’s point was that this $1.8 trillion bill would be a START in the right direction. Accept it, get relief out to the people, and work on the next one. Over and over he asked her why she wouldn’t accept the $1.8 trillion bill, as that money could help families in need.

Her response? She called him “an apologist for the Republican position.”

Wolf Blitzer?! CNN?! Is she certifiably insane?

After it was obvious she would just keep regurgitating the same typical politician babble like “the symptoms of the pandemic the President refuses to address” and “we represent the people” and “look at me and how important I am!” Blitzer became obviously annoyed. To his credit, though, he stayed very professional and he didn’t back down to her belittling him and acting like she was so much wiser than him. After multiple attempts, it was obvious that she would continue to ignore Blitzer’s questions about why they can’t approve the $1.8 trillion stimulus.

He then stated, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

Meaning if you wait and hold out for a perfect bill, you’re going to miss out on the good that would otherwise have come from this $1.8 trillion bill.

In other words, pass the $1.8 trillion bill and then work towards another bill!

He even asked “when is the last time you talked to the President about this?” and she replied, “I didn’t speak to the President” as if such a thing was beneath her. Of course, for the almighty Obama she certainly would have! (she even says “Thank God for Barack Obama” randomly in this conversation)

The hatred toward Trump cannot be over-exaggerated.

She then went on a tirade about how “you all think you know more about the suffering of the American people than those of us who were elected to represent them.”

Yes, this coming from a woman whose net worth exceeds $114 million and who showed off her TWO $12,000 refrigerators with freezers full of ice cream in the MIDDLE of a pandemic?! While millions were losing their job and their business — and with that, their hope and purpose in life — she thinks it’s a good idea to go on the Late Late Show with James Corden to show off her ice cream? What the actual fuck does she know about any suffering of the American people?

That’s almost as bad as Gal Gadot’s idea to have her and her friends sing a horrible rendition of a song whose famous lyrics include “imagine there’s no Heaven” to people whose parents and grandparents were literally dying from a mysterious worldwide virus.¹

At least Pelosi just stuck with flaunting her wealth I suppose?

“We will get that deal, and when we do it will be retroactive.”

Retroactive for who? The people who are still unemployed? The people struggling daily to take care of their family? And what will your retroactivity fix for those who have committed suicide waiting for your political game to end?

I’m not saying I’m for or against the bailouts, the details of the bill are certainly something to be discussed and whether or not the government even has the Constitutional authority to pass ANY stimulus is another question.

But if a politician’s goal is for the government to spend more, and if other politicians are in agreement to spend $1.8 trillion but you wanted to spend even more, take what you can get and get the $1.8 trillion bill passed and work towards the next one!

“With all due respect, you really don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said to Blitzer.²

You know someone is about to say something offensive when they start a sentence with “with all due respect” or “I’m not racist, but…”

Meanwhile, throughout the ENTIRE conversation, she had the fakest clown smile that would scare even the smallest of children (if her botox face didn’t already do that). An 80-year-old without a single wrinkle on their face — how does anyone think this is a good idea in 2020 still? It’s like a bald man wearing a toupee. We all know what’s going on!

And how did their conversation end?

Blitzer: “These are incredibly difficult times, and we will leave it on that note.”

Pelosi: “No, we’ll leave it on the note that you are wrong about this one.”

There’s a word for people who act like this…I can’t remember what it is…

Then as Blitzer is wrapping up, again, saying “It’s not about me, it’s about the millions of Americans who struggle to put food on the table — ” she interrupts with (no joke) NINE repeats of “and we represent them” over and over with her smug smile while he’s speaking.

CCCUUUUUNNNNNTTTTTTT

Ohhh she just reminded me of the word!

And then his last words, he quotes Voltaire for the 3rd time in the conversation:

Blitzer: “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

Pelosi: “Oh it’s far from perfect!”

For fuck’s sake woman, have you learned NOTHING from this conversation?!

It’s like talking to a child who at the same time holds the keys to the kingdom.

It is infuriating watching her speak to him. Not just because she has that smug fake-smile clown face. Not just because she repeatedly interrupts him but then says “I’m speaking!” if he comments. It’s the pure politics that really causes any decent human to want to scream at the top of their lungs. She’s not just being funny or coy, she’s playing politics with people’s lives!

It was obvious in May, after the first stimulus passed that the Democrats — led by Pelosi, mind you — would NOT approve any further stimulus packages because they did not want to risk giving Trump any credit or making him look better before the election.

That’s all this was. Politics 101 — if you’re in an election year, do NOT do anything to help your opponent. Do the opposite, and then blame your opponent for not acting fast enough, spending enough, doing enough, or saying enough.

How many thousands of lives would have been saved if this pandemic happened in 2018 or even 2019 when we had no election to contend with? If politicians had no ulterior motive to pass something with overwhelming bipartisan support?

Unfortunately for millions of Americans, we got a pandemic on an election year and every politician milked it however they could. In Pelosi’s case, it meant making others suffer so that Orange Man couldn’t get credit.

How is it possible that Pelosi is not only still in power, but that she’s not in prison?

How much longer will Californians let her get away with this? Do we have to wait for her to die in order for her to lose office? I mean they’ve re-elected her since 1987 so why would they stop now?

How much longer will politicians get away with this? Do they not realize how much we’re paying attention to what they’re doing? It’s like watching a child with a fork approach a light socket. We know what you’re about to do!

Do they not realize that we can not only tell they’re lying but that we have documentation and video proof of them doing it repeatedly? Memes become popularized for a reason.

The damage is done. The lies have been told. The truth is coming out, as it always ultimately does. We know what they’re doing. The internet certainly doesn’t forget.

We will not forget, either. They better hope we will forgive. Things are about to get a lot worse. Karma is knocking and it doesn’t fall for political tricks from political hacks.