This DePat Tuesday Open Thread honors the author of the original Tuesday open thread on this site, namely the late Susie Sampson, a.k.a. Deplorable Patriot, among her other handles, pen names, etc.

For more on the untimely passing of Dear DePat, please see these three posts.

At one time, DePat handled FOUR daily open threads here, in addition to taking care of her relatives, choir duties, and numerous other responsibilities. She was a powerhouse – a dynamo – a true force of nature.

DePat’s faith in Trump, Q, “The Plan”, the White Hats, and “the anons” in general, was legendary. Although I didn’t always agree with her quick acceptance of some sketchier evidence and fringier theories, I will gladly admit to “coming around” to numerous so-called “conspiracy theories” which she championed first. I was always careful to give her credit for being right, too, when I had been wrong.

It is impossible to overstate how much DePat did for not only this site, but for her country. I urge all to say a quick prayer of thanks, whenever you think of her, for the privilege of knowing, in life or after death, such an exemplary human being, and lover of God.

And thank you, Susie, for the firm foundation which you left us, when you were called to your true home!

Did Amy Acton Help Light the Federal Fires of COVID Doomerism?

TL;DR –

In my opinion, the answer is yes, and I suspect that you will find the full answer fascinating.

Everybody in Ohio knows that Amy Acton – DOCTOR Amy Acton – a.k.a. “Lockdown Amy” – is why Ohio locked down for COVID, and why so many of Ohio’s local restaurants and other businesses closed down, never to return.

But what most people don’t know, is that Amy also apparently had a role in influencing the White House to join the party to “flatten the curve”.

Don’t take my word for it – take the word of Amy Acton’s own staff members, as I will explain in detail, below.

Background

I recently posted about a couple of Amy Acton videos, and how they were evidence of “two Amy Actons” – (1) the real one, who talks like a drunk and curls up on a fetal position on the floor of the restroom – and (2) the imaginary one created by her staff and party – the one who is competent, the heroine of the COVID years, and has zero issues.

As I noted in that post, both videos are a bit tragic.

In the first video, by the New York Times, we see some of the cringiest left-wing media propaganda ever. It’s like an ad for Kamala’s Best Nutritious Word Salad – made in California. Yes – Amy Acton sounds like Kamala’s lost sister. The vocal similarity is uncanny, and I would not be surprised if white wine coolers are to Plame. Blame. Whatever.

Not to say that the CIA is definitely involved here, but Acton was clearly being made a heroine for adopting the left’s favorite captured agency’s COVID panic control script, while authentically heroic character seems a bit lacking.

Here’s the video.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007111965/coronavirus-ohio-amy-acton.html

If you watched the whole thing, congratulations. I was repeatedly cringing out, every time I tried to watch.

The second video is a lot more fun. Amy Acton is quite lovable in it, but in a way that makes her absolutely unfit for higher office. I can’t tell if she’s tipsy, floating on Xanax, or just high on her 15 minutes of fame, but there is no way such a woman can be allowed into the Ohio Statehouse as anything but a tourist, or perhaps as a mom testifying on an educational issue, where a courage drink or two is socially acceptable for first-time speakers, as long as they have a designated driver.

What’s most interesting, however, is that the TRANSCRIPT doesn’t match the video at all. And while it’s not really a problem that Amy’s staff chose not to document her rambling, emotional, and sometimes incoherent, group-hug psychobabble, what IS interesting is what they released in its place.

Tell me if this doesn’t sound like Amy Acton single-handedly saved America from COVID-infected J6-er kidnappers, and was personally responsible for Trump choosing to follow her advice to BE A HERO, locking down and flattening the curve!

https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/healthmatrix/vol34/iss1/3

Yes – according to Amy Acton’s aides and handlers, SHE was responsible for Trump doing the right thing on COVID.

In the midst of several pages of breathless, Barnes & Noble-grade COVID doomerist “historical fiction”, this paragraph appears…..

During the last week of February, as the stock market crashed for
the second time, I was at the White House as a Health Department
Director representing the entire Midwest for the Association of State
and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Mick Mulvaney, the
President’s Chief of Staff, and some of the best people who have served
multiple presidents were in attendance. One bioterrorism expert was
literally shaking. But they were still not talking about the disease on
the news. Even though I had taught global health for years, I Googled
the word “pandemic.” I could not understand why we were not using
the word. We went around the room, and each person gave their best
virology and epidemiology advice. When it was my turn, most had been
said, but I was struck by what was not being said to the country. Just
like everyone else, I was longing to hear the hard truth. So I told Mr.
Mulvaney, “Please tell the President that this is the higher angel’s
moment. The people need to hear from him.” This is that FDR,
Winston Churchill moment where communication is vital, and my gut
sense was that we really needed the President to make meaning out of
all we were facing. To help us bear the shared sacrifices, we needed
someone to lead the war. Only this time, the entire world was on the
same side.

UGH!!!

Some of that account may be a bit self-serving, but the point is, THIS was a moment when both COVID doomerism and “the opportunity for heroic response” were pushed on POTUS, and yes – Amy Acton was there, helping it happen.

Dramatically or not. Sober or not.

Now, I wasn’t ready to believe this statement without at least a wee bit of validation – so I chose to find out what Mick Mulvaney might have to say about that era now. And he does indeed have a lot to say.

It seems clear to me that Mulvaney fell for what most of us fell for – the possibility that we were dealing with something comparable to SARS, MERS, Ebola, and all that jazz. That we were dealing with an exotic “coronavirus” with double-digit mortality in young adults – NOT with something that had a very normal flu-like mortality curve – like all influenza-like illnesses, including the known, endemic, human coronaviruses.

Once the real numbers came out – once I saw those real numbers in public – it should have been over – but the Democrats just kept pretending, to the power-enthralled audience of their captured states and institutions.

Amy never corrected herself on this error. Trump, Vivek, and even I did. Some sooner than others.

SO – does Ohio REALLY want to elect this ditzy, pretending, overly dramatic broad to be governor? “Lockdown Amy” Acton?

PLEASE. Let’s be serious here.

W

And remember…….

Until victory, have faith!

And trust the big plan, too!

And as always….

ENJOY THE SHOW

W