I don't wish to be heavily political because politics is a personal choice, almost like religion. But we now have a president and his entire administration and party operating as enemies of the democratic traditions that are the very foundations of our lives as Americans. The criminal and treasonous activities of this destructive crew are more than sufficient grounds for impeachment and prosecution of the president, vice-president, and most of the cabinet, but they are held in their positions by a cultish political party that has increasingly barricaded itself behind walls of relentless hostility to our liberties and democratic institutions, including fair elections, universal education, the media we depend on to make informed choices, and even our own intelligence services. And yet this well-funded but ill-informed and now pro-Russian administration and political party has somehow gained control of the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and many if not most of the state governments across America. It will be extremely risky and traumatic to remove this administration and replace it (repeal and replace!), by impeachment and/or criminal prosecution, with a more benign and pro-American leadership. In fact this may be the most serious challenge to our freedom and independence since 1776, but it must be done, the sooner the better.
Many people who support this administration do so believing falsehoods repeated often during the campaign and after. In the hopes that many of them can begin to see the need to repeal and replace, I offer this partial list, with props to Robert Reich for the list tho is adapted from, of false promises used to generate support for the existing administration:
1. He said he’d divest from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest, and that nobody cared anyway.
You bought it.
He is still heavily involved in running his businesses, manipulates the stock market daily, makes policy to further his economic interests, and has more conflicts of interest than can even be counted, at least until his tax returns are released.
2. He said he’d release his tax returns, eventually.
You bought it.
He hasn’t, and says he never will.
3. DT, the Russians and many others called Hillary Clinton a crook for decades.
She isn't a crook, but you bought it.
He now stands accused of colluding with the murderous Russian dictator to manipulate our elections and dismantle American power worldwide.
4. He said Clinton was in the pockets of Goldman Sachs and Wall Street.
You bought it.
He then proceeded to put half a dozen Goldman Sachs executives in positions of power in his administration, including Secretary of the Treasury.
5. He said he’d surround himself with all the best and smartest people.
You bought it.
But he chose theocrat Mike Pence for Vice President, and foreign agent and Russia conspirator Michael Flynn as his national security adviser (now resigned for unexplained reasons) and white supremacist revolutionary Steve Bannon as his trusted advisor, who he made a member of the Nat'l Security Council. Idiot savant Ben Carson is in charge of HUD. Russian accomplice and oil magnate Rex Tillerson is Secretary of State. Anti-science ideologue Scott Pruitt is head of EPA. Poorly educated Rick Perry is in charge of the Dept. of Energy and our nuclear arsenal. Racist perjurer Jeff Sessions is Atty. General. Anti-education multi-billionaire religious fanatic Betsy DeVos is Education Secretary. And the list goes on.
6. He said he’d be his own man, beholden to no one.
You bought it.
He then appointed Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, whose only “qualifications” were massive donations to his campaign.
7. He said he would “drain the swamp” of Washington insiders.
You bought it.
He then admitted that was just a corny slogan to fire up the rubes, and he didn’t mean it. Many still bought it.
8. He said he knew more about strategy and terrorism than the generals did.
You bought it.
He promptly approved a disastrous raid in Yemen, conducted the day after all Yemenis, including any friends we had there, were blacklisted from immigrating to the US, resulting in the deaths of a Navy SEAL and numerous civilians, while the actual target of the raid escaped, and no useful intel was gained.
9. He said Hillary Clinton couldn’t be counted on in times of crisis.
You bought it.
But he continues to squander his credibility daily, recently by falsely accusing the former president of spying on him, the same president he accused of not being a legitimate American for five years. In a time of crisis, who will believe him or anyone in his administration, either at home or abroad? His very sanity and mental stability are very much in doubt.
10. He called CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times “fake news” and said they were America's enemy.
You bought it.
But he gets all his information from Alex Jones, Hannity, Breitbart, etc., outlets that deliberately promote outright lies on a regular basis as political strategy, but he buys them all and repeats them as President of the United States.
He buys his own lies, but you don't have to.
It's long past time to repeal and replace him and his entire administration.