I have spent this afternoon staring at my computer
screen, wishing, so much wishing, that what I was watching was fiction. Sadly,
it was not. Tragically, the lawless and misguided, in concert, managed to cause
a death in their ‘protest’, as well as a lot of quite possibly permanent damage
to their country. It is clear to any even slightly informed and objective
onlooker that this mess was instigated, facilitated and admired by President
Trump. It is even more clear to this onlooker that the United States of America
is presently in trouble and that a great deal of time, ink and money is
going to have to be used to try to fix it. If it is fixable. I think that what
is the most frightening is that so many people believe the foul concoction of
lies and half truths that have been Trump’s stock in trade since before even he
ran for president.
How can anyone not see that the only thing Trump
really cares about is himself? (Rhetorical question – a lot of people don’t see
it, that much is clear.) ‘Make America Great Again’ should actually be read ‘Make
Trump great … and keep him that way.’ And as for the election being ‘rigged’,
there is no way it was. Too many eyes on it for that to happen. The eyes of the
whole world on it, for goodness sake. I could almost feel sorry for McConnell.
Almost. He is going to have to deal with the fallout in the Senate. The person
I do feel sorry for is Biden. I do not see how he is going to be able to clean up all of this toxic confusion, let alone get on with his agenda.
The article that was accompanied by this photo is worth a read, I think.
Oh well. Up here in the Great White North we have our
own political idiots, in some number. Do you think it would help if Trudeau
were to shave and get a haircut? Or if he would just stop talking? I take some
comfort from the fact that Canadians are not about to storm Parliament in any number waving
the British Ensign or even white flags. (In fact, there were a few, quite Canadian, demonstrations. (See news article on Canadian protests).We will just endure our lockdown, wear
our masks and mutter to ourselves. And that is just fine with me.
Good article linked. I had my post ready to go already. The timing of publication is somewhat synchronous.
ReplyDeleteI think all of us were glued to our news feed and feeling helpless and having to vent. If I were not a lady (well, somewhat trained to be ladylike) I know what I would call Trump and his unspeakable enablers.
DeleteI'm still in shock, though sadly not surprised that it has come to this. All of that maniac's enablers are culpable. All of them. Thank goodness the Senate runoffs took the republicans completely out of the majority. The country needs to try and recover somehow. January 20 cannot come soon enough, and invoking the 25th Amendment would save us all a great deal of stress.
ReplyDeleteI do wish that were likely to happen. Damn, where are there some backbones?
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