What a time to be alive!
Right now we are witnessing the attack on our Democracy by a president has the lowest integrity that we have ever seen. We are also witnessing a Congress GOP that is toting the line of complicity along with him. There have been a few to speak out against the insanity, but only a few and only for so long. The others are just towing the line and doing his bidding. It makes you wonder why they are doing it. Who is paying them? Where is the leverage that is causing them to be a part of this heresy? It is there somewhere. Even with the threat of losing the midterms elections for those of them that are at risk of losing their seat, we are still seeing a surprising sense of fortitude in continuing the push of their tainted agenda.
I really hope that we see a wave of Blue in the Midterm elections take over many of these red states. The country desperately needs to shut this agenda down. It is doing nothing except to hurt the country and the lionshare of Americans. It is sad that we have allowed this craziness to get this far, isn’t it? Or maybe this is how the churning of Democracy works: the ruling party gets to run with their agenda for as long as they can and of course, there are the death cries whenever they are called to task for the things that they have been getting away with. I know that when we look at history, maybe it’s true that the Dems orchestrated unfair practices when it comes to seeking justice in regards to President Bill Clinton and his affairs while he was in office. However, when we compare notes of what he was doing while sitting in The Oval with what Mr. Trump is doing, is there any comparison? If we were to put the charges side by side, would we see that they are of the same caliber or are they drastically different when it comes to the crimes committed? Are there crimes on both sides or is it a case of bad judgment and behavior with the first and actually real, true to life crimes with the second? Which president is accused of crimes against the United States and stands in violation of the Constitution? I think we know which is which.
We live in a surreal reality to say the least. I wouldn’t even think it was true if you told me of this in another space and time from our collective past, and yet it is.
I think that for those who lived through the Nixon Era as adults and saw first hand what was happening to our Country and what that crisis put the Nation through will not be fooled. It’s interesting that a lot of Trump’s base consists of people who, indeed, did live through Nixon Era politics and it’s my bet that they are not fooled. I think a lot of them believe that they were sold a bill of goods and a large majority of those voters are having ‘buyer’s remorse’. I think that we have already seen evidence of that by the flipping of many seats already in this past year in our Congress from Red to Blue. I sincerely hope that we, as Republicans and Democrats, going forward will work together and create National Policies that benefit our Country, strengthen our Democracy improving the lives and families of all of us and Restores our Democratic standing on the World Stage.
We need to do it fast. This populist agenda and extreme right-wing movement is taking a wrecking ball to our Constitution and our American Way of Life: Our Democracy is at stake. Nothing less.