The President of the United States was let down by his party…
President Barack H. Obama wanted to build strong bridges, but the Democratic voter would only give him bricks and sticks. Where is that steel, constituency undergirding that Joe Biden famously pinned to the President’s spine www.politico.com/.... President Obama won two terms on the trope,” yes we can.” We let him down, the minute a hint of adversarial trouble came, we hid our collective heads. West Virginia Dem. Senator Joe Manchin sided demonstrably with the NRA and the anti ACA obstructionist, giving the Republicans the shield of bi-partisan opposition. When the President followed the long held tradition of the Israeli, Two-State solution, New York Dem. Sen. Chuck Schumer went on a public rant, threatening to, “blast” the administration www.politico.com/....
The “we” the President had always hoped for was bastardized into the rise of the Tea Party, maybe a liberal Chi Party [Comprehensive, Honorable and Intelligent]is in order...
As a party, it has often been said Republicans fall in line and Democrats fall in love www.barrypopik.com/.... Not falling into the trap of monolithic thinking is a virtue for Democrats but too often we allow the newest sexy political figure deter us from winning; You do not keep warm, standing outside the cabin. I believe, in 2008, liberals fell in love with an intelligent man of character and constraint. On the other side of the aisle, Republicans, in 2016, found a smooth talking con man, who daily displays his naivety to governance, but he convinced conservatives to fall in line, to win.
Donald Trump, this morning, gave the greatest example of the circus we must be prepared to deal with for a few months, or eight years. In his first press conference in 167 days, Mr. Trump drew a parallel with the US Intelligence agencies and the Nazis. Then he attacked a trusted worldwide news agency[CNN] as fake news for challenging his voracity. CNN can and has gotten it wrong before but Mr. Trump wants to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
I am no sycophant for the current state of the press but logic would make me pause, as the President-elect, and make a judgement as to whether Vladimir Putin is in the process of undermining the 4th Estate, a free press www.merriam-webster.com/.... Donald Trump is playing right into the hands of the enemy. He is actively and knowingly destroying the internal view of the American spy network and belittling the press, to suit his goal of political power through secrecy. The function and responsibility of the press is to move freely through society, seeking information to shine a reflective light on the populace and government.
In the ongoing effort to discredit the press, Senator Marco Rubio asked, Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson today, if he objected to the murders, reportedly ordered by President Duterte, of drug dealers in the Philippines and sourced a LA Times article www.latimes.com/... . The instinctive and decent answer is to say, of course the US does not sanction murder in anyway… His answer was to doubt the accuracy of the press reports and dodge giving an answer. The destruction of the fourth estate should be a real fear. Donald Trump invoked Godwin’s Law knowyourmeme.com/... with tweets and at the podium this morning, Look out America a toothbrush mustache www.slate.com/... looks good with a combover.
Vote 2018, it’s not too late!