This is hilarious.

Mirengoff says this was 2008. Which scans, because Kissinger’s political capital was at its nadir — Bush 43 was feckless; McCain was certainly going to lose to Mr. Obama — this was clear by early Summer of that year. And… Nixon/Reagan style dirty war political thinking was all but vanishing from the Earth.

We were about to try again to become the beacon on the hill — the second Camelot, as an Obama presidency promised so much new hope. [That all of it came up somewhat short of the wildest parts of the dream really doesn’t matter now. Much was achieved. 45 million Americans have basic health care. That alone is… a victory for a century.]

So — Kissinger’s theories on things… had become just about as relevant as a wall covered with buggy whips, for sale in the center of the DC Metro in 2008.

And so… he appeared at a Powerline dinner, and we are told, observed a debate among these village idiots about… wait for it! — whether to bomb Iran. Mirengoff reports that Kissinger looked “bemused” by the debate. Perhaps it was his gin, kicking in, and he was glassy eyed — or perhaps he was thinking… how far his star had fallen… listening to this drivel.

In any event, under Trump he did have a few last, fleeting flashy moments of public appearances, mostly for show (by the GOP regulars, trying to legitimize the lunacy of Tangerine and all he stood for).

And my point, then: Paul, John and Scott and Steve (who likely hadn’t joined yet)… forever think of themselves as being important in national political conversations, when they really aren’t even relevant in mainline conservative ones, any longer. They are so filled with racial invective, and bias against anything other than evangelical X-tain talking points… no one of consequence listens any more — to them.

Just as it is sure Kissinger was NOT listening that night, to these mental midgets.

And, in truth — very few were listening to Kissinger himself, any longer. It was an Island of Misfit Toys moment — if ever there one was.

Finally, to correct Paul — Mr. Obama disdained Kissinger, as we all did and do… for his war crimes, covert wars and genocide, all committed in our name — without any of us (or at least not most of us) knowing, until many years later.

Exhibit A? Cambodia, at left, and top left, above. Anthony Bourdain wanted to beat Kissinger to death with his bare fists — if he ever met him, based on what he did to the Cambodian people in our name.

Sure — he was… a crafty sociopath — much like a latter day Goebbels, behind the 1960s and 1970s GOP scenes. Sort of a thinking man’s Dick Cheney.

Out.