As I listen to our so-called “liberal media” reporting on the fiasco which is unveiling itself in America as individual 1 continues acting like a “baby” who didn’t get his way and is having temper tantrums in the middle of the Oval Office leaving a lengthening trail of disgusting behavior in the wake of his actions (or, inactions) during the previous 9 months of his administration they continue blaming the “partisan divide.” Virtually everything individual 1 has done since he was warned about the coronavirus back in January has been wrong – him acting as if the democrats created this virus to “take him down” instead of acting like a real president whose number one interest was the safety of the American people. The issue isn’t a “partisan divide,” it’s a combination of obstinance and incompetence coming from the “White House” and they should call it as it is.
Honestly, as much as I wanted individual 1 to LOSE in November (which he, of course, did), I believe, had he chosen to put the health of “we the people” ahead of the election he would have won in a landslide. He would have shown enough people he could handle a crisis to gain enough support to prevent all the states which “flipped” from doing so. Instead, when you look at the statistics of the raging pandemic, he has left a trail of sickness and death in the wake of all the “rallies” he insisted on holding during the last month of the campaign. Not a recipe for attracting voters. Eventually, all the statistics will be available to EVERYONE who chooses to look at actual FACTS, and it’s going to look really bad for individual 1. Ultimately, he’s going to be responsible for the DEATHS of hundreds of thousands of Americans – many who will die between right now and Biden’s inauguration due to individual 1s petulance. This is actually, in my view, a travesty which is hard to imagine! (And, reportedly, our IMPEACHED so-called president is planning to run again in 2024! Yikes! The nightmare continues)
As I’m writing this, it’s not quite 5 PM in the East, (I live in the West) there are already over 150,000 NEW cases of people infected with this virus despite 10 states yet to report, including Texas, where the virus is, once again, out of control. It won’t take long for the totals to be in excess of 200,000 per day and republicans will find creative ways to “spin” all this so that the BLAME doesn’t fall where it should – which is right at the feet of individual 1. The scientists, doctors, nurses, and others in the health care industry have been pleading with our IMPEACHED so-called president to institute an organized national strategy to “crush the virus” (in the words of Nancy Pelosi). Along with the Senate republicans there has been a refusal to even pass a bill which would bring relief to all those affected negatively by this pandemic. To me, when the reporters complain about the “partisan divide” – which is true – they need to be clear about the effects of the republicans refusal to FIGHT against this virus! When democrats pass a bill and republican refuse to consider it, that’s not an issue with “both sides.”
For heaven’s sake, Mitch McConnell won handily in Kentucky despite his refusal to even bring to a vote the “HEROES Act” which would have benefited Tens of thousands of Kentuckians let alone MILLIONS of other Americans around the nation. The misinformation swirling around places like Facebook (and other right wing web sites) has created a large swath of Americans who believe stuff which is so far from reality it makes people like me want to use derogatory words like “stupid” when discussing people who believe this stuff. I “get” there are MILLIONS of Americans who care about the so-called “pro life” movement and nothing else. When I talk to these people – I’m a Christian and I go to church (when there’s no pandemic) – I just come away shaking my head. Isn’t protecting as many Americans as possible from this virus “pro life?”
Individual 1, when all is said and done, will be considered the WORST president in the history of this nation. His attempt to turn over virtually every success of Barack Obama, apparently out of spite (racist spite?), will ultimately be a really bad LOOK. He was unable to even do ANYTHING to stop the coronavirus and we’re staring the Climate Crisis straight in the face and he’s still denying it exists. He’s, to me, about as intelligent as many of the people I hang around with. I believe had I inherited half a BILLION dollars I could have become an (actual) BILLIONAIRE over the previous 50 years (we’re about the same age). And, I think I could have done this without getting myself tangled with the mob and without routinely violating the laws.
When I listen to some of the commentators on MSNBC I just think they’ve fallen into the same ruse as individual 1’s cult – and, that is refusing to simply accept our IMPEACHED so-called president is a pathological LIAR so you can’t believe a word coming from his mouth. He’s a ten on the scale ten of narcissists so you can assume EVERYTHING he says is intended to benefit him, and only him. He’s an authoritarian, likely a “mob boss.” And, he’s been the most CORRUPT president in modern times if not EVER. MSNBC has now, at least, started pulling away from his press briefings once the LYING begins, but, to me, they should have long ago simply refused to show them – reporting ONLY on anything which was newsworthy. individual 1 got over 70 MILLION Americans to vote for a dictatorship in this country. To me, that is startling and means the future of this nation remains on the line going forward and couldn’t have happened without the help of our “liberal media’s” unquenchable “thirst” for MONEY at all costs.
I’ve already started to think of the importance of the 2022 mid-term elections. Traditionally, the party in power in the “White House” usually loses. It is of paramount importance that the Biden administration does NOT lose in the next mid-term election. Individual 1 will create as much harm as he can in the remaining 68 days until he’s evicted. Once we get past that point it is paramount “we the people” don’t relax. Trust me, individual 1 will be ginning up his white nationalist base for the mid term – if, for no other reason, spite. Generally, the number of Americans who vote in mid-term elections is embarrassingly small, but democrats MUST already be planning on a large turnout in 2022 to offset the right wing backlash to Biden’s victory. These republicans aren’t going anywhere unless we make them go away – or, what would be better, they could start acting as if the success of the country is their focus, not the failure of the other party and they could work to help Biden succeed – don’t count on that!
Despite the fact individual 1 felt as if the democrats were totally focused on destroying his administration, the reality is he brought all of his problems on himself. First of all, even though William Barr LIED about the Mueller report, the COLLUSION with the Russians was a choice our soon to be former IMPEACHED so-called president made on his own. If you don’t believe that, actually READ the Mueller report and you’ll understand the truth. And, if that doesn’t do it for you, read Andrew Weismann’s book “Where Law Ends” as he explains what it was like to be part of Mueller’s “team,” as individual 1 was constantly OBSTRUCTING their work. And, the extortion of the president of Ukraine, that was a self-inflicted “wound.” And, of course, as I said above, the incompetent reaction to the coronavirus was a choice made by a narcissist who is incapable of putting “we the people” in front of his perceived interests. That is, he’s just not capable of “doing the right thing.”
None of that will slow down the members of the republican party who remain in power via misinformation (LYING), gerrymandering (CHEATING), and out and out CORRUPTION. The very best the democrats can hope for coming out of this election is a 50/50 split in the Senate, but, regardless, there’s going to be MAJOR problems going forward, and, as I’ve pointed out here over and over, republicans will start BLAMING Biden for the problems as soon as individual 1 finally concedes DEFEAT – or, on January 21st – whichever comes first. In other words, if you love this country and want it to remain a democratic republic, grab onto your ass and prepare for a few more long years fighting off this right wing assault on the fabric of our nation! Yikes!
Ideally, we’ll see an infrastructure bill which will help to insure this nation is able to remain competitive in the world economy and keep our roads, bridges, etc. from completely crumbling while somehow Moscow Mitch is prevented from blocking via his obstruction tactics. It would be great to begin a concerted effort to address the Climate crisis and, it would be awesome if we could find a way to reunite all the 600+ children who’ve been taken from their parents who were seeking a better life in this nation only to discover individual 1 and his heartless sycophants were willing to do the unthinkable in this nation of IMMIGRANTS! As I’ve pointed out several times of late, individual 1 is a second generation IMMIGRANT and his wife IS an immigrant – who brought her parents here by the same policy individual 1 opposes. Go figure!
Speaking of “immigration,” that’s an issue which is undoubtedly going to be a “hot” one going forward as republicans have decided immigration is bad unless it comes from white people – apparently, the ideal immigrant in individual 1’s mind seems to come from “Norway.” A good example of why their immigration policy is so bad would have to do with this virus – people in the Latinx community, if they’re worried about ICE deporting them will remain in the “shadows” when sick and, therefore, help to spread the virus when they SHOULD be getting tested without fear of retribution should they be positive. This pandemic only accentuates that issue which is repeated over and over in the best of times. We need to provide a way for those in this country “illegally” to become “legal” so they can continue doing “essential” jobs without fear of being exposed. I’ll say it again, to varying degrees, we’re ALL immigrants.
When I talk to people I know who are part of the right wing “Christian” base of our IMPEACHED so-called president it’s always a bit deflating. Today, as I was talking to a good friend of mine, his wife “piped” into the conversation as my friend was denigrating Joe Biden (sadly, that’s just what republicans do) and she suggested Biden was going to bring in “socialism” to America. These are reasonably intelligent people – in fact, my friend is an engineer – but, they don’t like politics and they watch Fox “news.” That’s a bad “mix” for anyone making public their “opinions.” It really is hard to reason with people who watch Fox, as I’ve pointed out many times before here. Their (Fox’s) brainwashing technique is sophisticated and is focused on power and not the good of this country. (Actually, the “technique” originated in Nazi Germany)
Final Thought: I have to wonder if our vindictive IMPEACHED so-called president is simply willing to allow the virus to continue exploding until he gets dragged out of the “White House” and if he’ll continue urging his cult following to refuse to cooperate with the mitigation attempts which will be put into place once the Biden administration takes over. When I started writing today, as I mentioned above, the number of new cases was over 150,000 with several states still to report. After a trip to the store, I’m back and the total today is our first day OVER 180,000. The virus is spreading just as the experts have been predicting all along and still we have about a third of this nation unwilling to cooperate in order to “crush” it.
This will be the final act of individual 1 as our IMPEACHED so-called president which, as I’ve said, will help cement his place in the pages of the history books where no one SHOULD want to “tread.” Of course, his future may be in numerous courtrooms around the country and maybe, to a certain extent, around the globe. I’ve heard rumors the Scottish government is planning to investigate where individual 1 got the funds (“unexplained wealth”) used to purchase the Turnberry golf club – an historic Scottish establishment.
So, as individual 1 is facing these legal challenges once we get to January 20, 2021 his obstinance could be leaving the rest of us with a depression level economy. He predicted a Biden presidential economic plan would lead to a depression, but it appears he’s going to make sure that happens, along with the Senate republicans. I’ve said many times here, I believe Wall Street is like a “house built on sand” and it could fall off the “cliff” at any point in time. Today, individual 1 spoke for a few minutes in front of the “White House” and he said, “This administration will not call for a “lockdown” and, of course, republicans still are living in fear of him. Here’s the deal, it doesn’t matter what our IMPEACHED so-called president says, this economy is in major DANGER – because the virus is spreading exponentially and will be over 200,000 new cases per day, maybe by next week. Soon, 2 – 3 THOUSAND Americans will be dying of Covid-19 EVERY day! This CAN’T be continued. The impending CRASH of the economy will NOT be the fault of Joe Biden.
As usual: I started this post a few days ago and individual 1 remains petulant and the virus remains on the “upswing” – which, likely, means 200,000 NEW cases per day soon – maybe this week. As our IMPEACHED so-called president continues sulking somewhere in the “White House” the DAMAGE is mounting and he’s leaving an even DARKER mark on his legacy, I didn’t think that was possible, as he prevents Joe Biden from access to transition assets which will/would allow a more seamless move into the White House by Biden’s “team.” Apparently, individual 1 doesn’t care that, by some estimates, maybe a HUNDRED THOUSAND lives will be lost by his sulking at LOSING the election. Individual 1 and his sycophants are showing how they could care less about this nation as they tread DANGEROUSLY close to a complete commitment to a fascist revival in 2024. They will burn America down to retain power. That is not and has not been a secret!