First of all, friends, let me make clear that I in no way endorse the hackneyed smear that Marie-Antoinette ever said, "Let them eat cake" in reference to the French people. She was neither that callous nor that dumb...but that's neither here nor there. The fact is, haughty disdain for the "peasants" is the demeanor that most of our elite politicians have adopted, and with the unwarranted castigation of President Trump we're now seeing, plus the attempt to silence alternative voices in the media and social media, what we are witnessing is the final, decisive attempt by that elite to secure itself in power. Never again do they wish to deal with an upstate populist like Donald J. Trump. The question at stake is nothing less than: who rules this country? The stuffed shirts of our (America-hating) leadership class, or the people?
I actually prefer "Off with their heads!" (lol)
ReplyDeleteTucker said it right, "The main problem, and this really is the main problem on the right, is that the people who run the Republican Party don’t really like their own voters..."
I have always been some what misguided by our Constitution "We the People" and happily take it at face value. "WE THE PEOPLE" not for "WE THE GOVERNMENT". I think folks need to revisit the concept of WE THE PEOPLE. Plain and simple. There is great debate on why the Founding Fathers chose those words, perhaps to be more relatable? No one really knows. I also want to say government is suppose to be about check and balances, something the government has forgotten...or perhaps it is because WE THE PEOPLE have allowed them to take power. Oh, the great debate against / for power and vs. security. One thing is for sure, there 70 + million voters who are not happy. Honestly, it is going to be a rough ride for awhile if not for years, how will these 70 million people deal with it? That remains to be seen.
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DeleteThe Constitution of our country is a great and wonderful document, but it not infallible or inerrant. It was drafted by human beings and was not handed to them by God or angels. Do you see any amendments to the 10 Commandments? Also dictatorships around the world have constitutions, and some of them look really good and all that, but in reality sure as hell do not reflect the realities of their screwed up societies.
Again, can't argue. Although, I will say I am an Originalist and believe the Constitution is not a living breathing thing, unlike some mainly the DC folks think.
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ReplyDeleteLet me be very clear about this. By getting out in public and ranting and raving about things his supporters already knew about, Trump hung himself by his own petard. Sorry, but he could have done a farewell address over TV, or at this point not much at all. All he did was fanned the flames and poured more gasoline on the fire, and a bunch of left and right crazies took advantage of that to cause loads of trouble. It may have happened anyway, with or with Trump's speech, but his enemies could not have blamed him with any justification.
It would have been best if he had done nothing at all. Now he has set the Republican cause back, and opened himself to more vicious attacks in the future. He should and could have quite while he was ahead, so to speak.
Also, to use a Left term, he was beginning to develop a "cult of the personality" with his rhetoric. He should have stayed away from Georgia also, since all he managed to do there was gunk up the works.
Sorry, but Trump has dug his own grave. In any event, the Republican cause is NOT all about Trump, and there are other real Republicans who can pick up the torch.
Well, Ray...I can't argue with this... I would say though, fault is 50-50 (ok maybe 60 Trump and 40 other). Here is to hoping "real" Republicans will pick up the torch.
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DeleteI believe that "real" Republicans will pick up the torch, somehow. It might be past time for a really tough Republican woman to run for the presidency. How about a really qualified Republican "woman of color"? Not that it has to be a woman, but why not? I don't care what race she belongs to, as long as she is strong, and a real Republican.
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ReplyDeleteYou also know that for many decades that a lot of elite (and very often rich) Democrats and Republicans have been running the country. At the last minute, they just ganged up on a rich elite outsider so they can start running the country again. The Bush clan are excellent examples of this. Go figure.
The people who really run this country are a lot of hard working Americans who get out there every day and do their jobs, while having to put up with a lot of assholes they sent to Congress, who they thought were going to work for their interests. Surprise! Surprise!
Dr.Waddy et al from Jack: The Schumer/Pelosi it's hyberbolic and disingenuous reaction to the Capitol riot is but the opening salvo in the certainly inevitable leftist onslaught on the real America. You will be familiar with historical examples of victors following up by "harrowing" the defeated. Eg: the Brits to the Highlands after the 1745 rebellion or William the Conqueror's "harrowing of the North".
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy et al from Jack: Dr. You have made plausible predictions as to what is on the leftist wish list. Their goal remains: totalitarian control, by their ruling junta, of all aspects of our lives. They have defeated President Trump, our resolute champion ,by the certainly extralegal means they believe justifiable in their cause.
ReplyDeleteDr.Waddy et al from Jack: Now they turn to the suppresion of the real America which was his constituency. In the complete power which they may think is high, they would destroy the America which offers all Americans freedom and opportunity and substitute for it the 20th century condemned, "scientific",inhuman Marxist model! Stand by!
ReplyDeleteHiya Jack...excellent points. smiles
DeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: " is nigh" not high.
ReplyDeleteReality dictates that what needs to happen now, and probably won't, is that Trump should pack up and head to wherever he is going to go, so the White House staff can tidy up. It would be a smart gesture on his part, although it would probably not be appreciated by anyone. He could then turn the helm over to Vice President Mike Pence, who has already been invited to the inauguration, and life would go on.
ReplyDeleteAmericans who don't like the new President have the right to basically ignore him by watching more movies and less news. I voted for Obama his first term, but became so disappointed with him in his second, that I hardly watched any news for four years, but so what.
Good luck to all of you in the next four years and beyond. I think it will be a miracle if you find any news sources that have not been taken over by those to the Left of the political spectrum, and I do mean Left, or the radical right. Maybe the weather channels are apolitical. Ha! Find some good movies to watch, and some good books to read. Make some good friends. Be as happy as you can be.
ReplyDeleteLinda, you forgot to mention the possibility that the Founding Fathers put "We the People" in the Constitution as self-satire. Maybe they knew it was a joke that "the people" could ever rule the state... I jest, but they DID know that our new system would be inherently fragile.
ReplyDeleteRay makes a good point. The USSR under Stalin had a great constitution. Stalin repurposed it as toilet paper, but hey -- the words themselves sounded lovely!
Ray, I agree that Trump "fanned the flames," but he fanned the flames of anger and alienation, not violence. Trumpers have almost never been violent. You have a point, though, that he kept fighting and fighting the election results long after it was obvious that the courts and Congress weren't having it. I assume he was trying to build up a "stabbed in the back" myth to fire up his supporters for 2024, or maybe he was naive enough to believe that Congress would reelect him by acclamation. Anyway, he's certainly guilty of obstinacy and stupidity.
Yes, we need a "real Republican" to run in 2024. Don Jr., Cruz, Hawley. Those all sound like great options to me. And I never tire of my main man Rand Paul. We may well have some top-notch women on the short list as well, but I'm honestly not as familiar with them.
Ray, yes -- the elitists have been bossing us around for years, but really they are just parasites. They feed off of the spoils of American capitalism, which produces wealth DESPITE the government, but because of it.
Jack, all that is true. The Dems are making the most of this opportunity to try to silence their enemies and gain a permanent monopoly over the public sphere. If the media was all about broadcast tv and newspapers, they might succeed, but the internet is a slippery thing, and I suspect information and news are so decentralized now that no one will ever control them again. There's still hope for free speech and the American Way!
Ray, I don't believe for a second that Trump would resign, and nor should he.
I can relate re: the Obama years. I almost never watched the news in those dark times. Of course, I don't watch it now, but I do consume lots of articles online. I imagine I still will. There's going to be a giant outpouring of anti-Biden, anti-Dem commentary and satire. That's inevitable. The market for it will be vast. 75 million people is a conservative estimate. And you're absolutely right that we can refocus on movies, tv, fly-fishing, crochet, badminton, ballroom dancing, or wine-making, according to our individual tastes. The absolute WORST case scenario is that we're forced to shut up and "take it" -- "it" being corrupt, self-interested, incompetent rule. Well, most humans before us have been in the same boat. There's nothing new under the sun, as the old saying goes...
Linda from Jack: Thank you! Yeah, we are the deplorables (no need for quote marks anymore; it is an honorific!)All 74 + million of us are and we will be joined by multitudes as the left prosecutes it's vindictive campaign of political cleansing. Of course the disestablishment of deference to the majority, in favor of the untrammeled rule of an "enlightened", miniscule elite ,is a cherished dream of theirs. In its now renewed pursuit of it they will manifest characteristic radical overreach and it will be their undoing if we stay true!
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