The “so-called” president of the U.S. has
created so much chaos within such a short time. We all knew this would happen.
Those who supported him believe it’s because he’s keeping his promise of “draining
the swamp” and “shaking up the system.” Those of us who are sane realize it’s
because he hasn’t a clue of how to govern and that governing the most powerful
nation in the world isn’t like the celebrity apprentice. It’s difficult and the
media will report facts. So, for a man who continually refers to factual media
as “fake news” and fake news as factual media this is a tough time.
This is a man who won because of the massive
ignorance and enormous frustration with the difficulty of making ends meet. The
cost of living rises higher and faster than wages. We, the sane, know that when
he says, “I inherited a mess,” he is full of shit. Sorry for the vulgarity, but
this man is vulgar. He is not presidential. He is not sane. He is not in touch
with reality. Those are facts. There are numerous ways to verify those facts –
just watch what he says at any given moment. You don’t have to have a degree in
psychology to know that this man is not right in the head. Because if he truly
believes the things he says he is insane. If he knows he is full of shit every
time he opens his mouth – he’s pathological with his attempts to lie.
He did not inherit a mess. He inherited an
economy that had been turned around by his predecessor; a real president.
President Obama inherited a mess. Trump inherited a pristine, clear water lake.
Then he came in and dropped a boulder of petrified shit into the center;
himself. That ripple effect has created a mess and he is to blame. He
continually refers to his campaign victory at the most inappropriate times when
asked questions about serious issues that have nothing to do with the number of
electoral votes he won. That is insane. His inappropriateness and detachment
from reality is insane. His hatred for any news organization who reports the
truth is insane.
I find myself wanting to tune out everything
now. I find myself wanting to disconnect from watching this circus because it’s
just too much. I feel terrible for the real journalists and news anchors who
have to cover his minute-by-minute, shit show. There isn’t enough Valium, Xanax
or Ativan in the world to help them nor me during this disharmonious and
dysfunctional time in U.S. history. But before I take my sabbatical I want to
point out something that speaker of the house Ryan said today during his press conference
about repealing the ACA. Paul Ryan said something that we’ve all been
speculating about for a while and his saying it makes me believe there’s no
need to speculate. Either that or he’s trying to cover up the mess that Trump
is making so quickly.
Paul Ryan told a reporter (and I’m paraphrasing
because I didn’t DVR the interview) something to the effect of “we’ll do this
and then there will be more chaos that you guys will have to report about.”
Again, that isn’t verbatim because I didn’t record the interview. But think
about the fact that he was announcing repealing the Affordable Care Act while
being asked a battery of questions about the Flynn debacle. When he made that
comment I remembered two days ago when the news was breaking about General
Flynn’s resignation. Speaker Ryan and a bunch of his republican comrades were
giving a press conference to announce the repeal of Obamacare. There were three
or four republican congressmen that were speaking about taking away healthcare
for millions of Americans followed by Paul Ryan wrapping up the announcement
and as soon as he started taking questions he was hit with nothing about the
repeal of Obamacare. Not one question about the fact that millions of people
will lose their health care coverage without a replacement.
Yes, you read that right. The “ticker-tape”
underneath their faces that was broadcast on television said, “congress moving
to repeal ACA.” I listened to every one of them make their statement and not
one of them said a thing about a replacement. I was stunned with the thought of
a repeal only move and thought to myself that this freak show taking place with
Flynn is a gift to the GOP who has taken heat in their districts for wanting to
repeal Obamacare. I live in one of the reddest states in the country; Utah.
Jason Chaffetz (one of many here in Utah I hate) was met with heavy protests
and anger at a recent town hall where they were protesting the repeal of the
ACA. Do you know how happy the GOP is with the amount of crazy coming out of
the White House right now?
I am here today to remind people to “keep your
eye on the ball.” I know that it’s like trying to keep your eye on one, particular gum ball within the gumball machine to see if it is the one that drops down the shoot when you put your quarter in and turn the knob right now. But pick one issue and focus people. However, with the numerous number of very, important issues it is hard to pick
one. So, maybe, pick your top five. The average human being can retain five
things within their short-term memory. Once a person memorizes five by repetition those five things will
penetrate into the long-term memory of the brain. Once the initial five issues have entered into the long-term (permanent) memory you can pick five more. But only after you have permanently memorized the first five issues most important to you.
Things you don’t want trump to destroy (like healthcare, the environment, public education, women's choice, civil rights, etal). In my opinion, we should be pursuing the release of his tax information, investigating illegal and impeachable offenses regarding Flynn as well as the numerous ways in which there can be (and likely has been) pay-for-play/conflicts of interest type offenses via the businesses in which he hasn't divested.
Then we need to continue to bombard our congressmen and senators with calls, letters and email as well as showing up to townhalls. We all need to unite and send the GOP home in 2018 (just like we did in 2006). We need to unite with our demands for the investigations making it, perfectly, clear to legislative republicans that they need to follow through with these investigations - if not for us - for their own self-preservation. Those of us on the left have always known that the GOP doesn't have any real care or concern for "us," the citizens who make up the 95-99% of those who aren't wealthy. Their care, which is shown with their policies, is for corporations, lobbyists and the wealthiest one to five percent. They talk a good game to their voters because their voters believe things that are just not true. Their voters watch Fox News, listen to Rush Limbaugh and believe fake news stories passed along social networking sites like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter (mostly the first two).
Let's face it America, the only reason that the GOP has united behind Trump is because they believe they will be able to use his (obvious) ignorance about how government works along with his narcissism (by giving him constant praise) in order to make him their puppet. It's this delusion of the majority of congressional and senate republicans that has brought upon their sudden approval of a man that they despised (openly) until he was elected.
Let's keep up the resistance. Let's use our voices to ensure this "so-called" president is impeached. Then let's take back the House and Senate in 2018 and the White House in 2020. We may not be able to change the minds of conservative voters because they are made up of a populous that denies science, facts, believes lies as truth and are (primarily) closed-minded individuals who believe things like sexual preference is a choice, etc. But do not despair about the fact that you can't have an intelligent argument with the ignorant or that you can't reason with crazy. We, the Democrats (liberals and progressives) make up the majority of the population. Also, every generation (for the most part) improves in intelligence and open-mindedness. The Baby-Boomers were more liberal than their parents. The Gen Xers were more liberal than the Baby-Boomers. The Millennials - more liberal than Gen Xers (and so on and so on it goes).
It's because of each generation progressing and surpassing its predecessor that we were able to make so much progress with the rights of the LGBTQ community and the legalization of (first) medical marijuana and (then) recreational marijuana. It's sad that it took the civil rights movement so long to progress, but it did eventually (although there are still areas in demand of more progress in the areas of racism and equal rights/equal pay for women and minorities). Also, it's very disheartening that the progress made for the LGBTQ community has regressed, which many of us expected to happen with the confirmation of Jeff Sessions.
That's why it is so important to send our message loud and clear to the legislative republicans that their jobs are on the chopping block if they continue to go along with this unpresidential president's agenda and if they don't act quickly with the multiple investigations and hearings they should be conducting. Investigations and hearings that will inevitably impeach this "so-called" president. Investigations and hearings they would already be conducting if Hillary Clinton was the president refusing to release tax returns, divest, placing a political analyst in her security council and having a national security advisor entangled with Russia as well as having won her presidency due to hacking that she instigated by a foreign government; Russia.
Things you don’t want trump to destroy (like healthcare, the environment, public education, women's choice, civil rights, etal). In my opinion, we should be pursuing the release of his tax information, investigating illegal and impeachable offenses regarding Flynn as well as the numerous ways in which there can be (and likely has been) pay-for-play/conflicts of interest type offenses via the businesses in which he hasn't divested.
Then we need to continue to bombard our congressmen and senators with calls, letters and email as well as showing up to townhalls. We all need to unite and send the GOP home in 2018 (just like we did in 2006). We need to unite with our demands for the investigations making it, perfectly, clear to legislative republicans that they need to follow through with these investigations - if not for us - for their own self-preservation. Those of us on the left have always known that the GOP doesn't have any real care or concern for "us," the citizens who make up the 95-99% of those who aren't wealthy. Their care, which is shown with their policies, is for corporations, lobbyists and the wealthiest one to five percent. They talk a good game to their voters because their voters believe things that are just not true. Their voters watch Fox News, listen to Rush Limbaugh and believe fake news stories passed along social networking sites like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter (mostly the first two).
Let's face it America, the only reason that the GOP has united behind Trump is because they believe they will be able to use his (obvious) ignorance about how government works along with his narcissism (by giving him constant praise) in order to make him their puppet. It's this delusion of the majority of congressional and senate republicans that has brought upon their sudden approval of a man that they despised (openly) until he was elected.
Let's keep up the resistance. Let's use our voices to ensure this "so-called" president is impeached. Then let's take back the House and Senate in 2018 and the White House in 2020. We may not be able to change the minds of conservative voters because they are made up of a populous that denies science, facts, believes lies as truth and are (primarily) closed-minded individuals who believe things like sexual preference is a choice, etc. But do not despair about the fact that you can't have an intelligent argument with the ignorant or that you can't reason with crazy. We, the Democrats (liberals and progressives) make up the majority of the population. Also, every generation (for the most part) improves in intelligence and open-mindedness. The Baby-Boomers were more liberal than their parents. The Gen Xers were more liberal than the Baby-Boomers. The Millennials - more liberal than Gen Xers (and so on and so on it goes).
It's because of each generation progressing and surpassing its predecessor that we were able to make so much progress with the rights of the LGBTQ community and the legalization of (first) medical marijuana and (then) recreational marijuana. It's sad that it took the civil rights movement so long to progress, but it did eventually (although there are still areas in demand of more progress in the areas of racism and equal rights/equal pay for women and minorities). Also, it's very disheartening that the progress made for the LGBTQ community has regressed, which many of us expected to happen with the confirmation of Jeff Sessions.
That's why it is so important to send our message loud and clear to the legislative republicans that their jobs are on the chopping block if they continue to go along with this unpresidential president's agenda and if they don't act quickly with the multiple investigations and hearings they should be conducting. Investigations and hearings that will inevitably impeach this "so-called" president. Investigations and hearings they would already be conducting if Hillary Clinton was the president refusing to release tax returns, divest, placing a political analyst in her security council and having a national security advisor entangled with Russia as well as having won her presidency due to hacking that she instigated by a foreign government; Russia.
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