On the day Senator John McCain passed over to the Summerland, I was musing. I think I was hearing him. "This guy, he served his country."
I'm sure y'all know by now how I feel about #KingTrumpery and his #SwampRat coterie. It's not that he ran in the Tea Party GOP -style platform. There are actually more Republican politicians that I have respect for -even if we may disagree- than you would imagine, seeing as how vociferously Liberal I am. I have disliked this man since the middle 80's. He stands for everything I believe is the base weakness of humanity: Greed, racism, white privilege, Manifest Destiny, exploitation, sexism. I despise his lying braggadocio. He has always made my skin crawl and my stomach roil. Just your basic gut reaction, I guess.
But That is not why I believe he needs to be Impeached. Removed from office in the most efficacious manner legally possible. Held Accountable. Along with every single one of his cabinet. It's also not why I believe blatant obstructionists who have also lied in order to preserve their political power to keep this man in office should also be accountable. (No matter what party, no matter what position.)
No. He needs ro be removed, and we all MUST take a lesson so that this can never happen again because MOST of us are basically good people put under too much pressure, and his style of Autocracy demands division and hate between us. He needs to be removed because he feels as if -or "just" acts as if he feels this way - We the People need to be controlled by an Oligarchy. That he and only he, knows best about what is best for us, and that some of "us" are "more equal than others"
That is not the American Way. We have always been a raucous Country, with a difficult and brash and a certain .. "uncivil" style of Governing ourselves. But we've always been an open hearted Country of problem solvers, eager to explore new thoughts and unafraid to address new challenges. That seems to be ... in short supply now-a-days and that is possibly part of what I miss about the America I know. This frightened isolationist racist bully of a Country that we seem to have been embracing ... Man, we're better than this. We ARE.
So what can we do about it?
Well, we can take a little time and a long deep breath before we snap ... and bite and post .. We can be a little kinder to one another... and.....WE CAN VOTE. VOTING MATTERS.
I urge you to Register and Vote in this Midterm.
Even if you think your voice doesn't matter, PLEASE exercise your Constitutional Right to Vote. Do it for your neighbors, who might have less than you who might be different than you but who are still embraced beneath the umbrella of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. Please do it.
Even if you think your voice doesn't matter, PLEASE exercise your Constitutional Right to Vote. Do it for your neighbors, who might have less than you who might be different than you but who are still embraced beneath the umbrella of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. Please do it.
Here's a checklist for what you need:
ID required per state in order to Vote:
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx
The time is now. Do not let your voice go silent.. Vote your conscience, even if it disagrees with mine. Just vote YOUR conscience, and VOTE. I have Faith in you all.
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