Well, okay, he's not 'gone'.....yet. But, if how he has behaved during the days since George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis is any indication, he's definitely headed 'round the bend'. The business with having hundreds of legally protesting people violently pushed back, using rubber bullets and teargas on them, and apparently--despite his lying denials--illegally ordered to do so by the sycophantic Wm. Barr--was just another glimpse into the warped and feverish mind of The Big Orange Fool. This, as I am certain you already know, was done just so Donny could skulk across the park and stand for a few minutes in front of St. John's Church.....with a Bible in his hand, amazingly enough....for a photo-op. Said opportunity immediately blew-up in his face as the entire (sane) portion of the country saw it as a shallow, astonishingly hypocritical and inane moment. The constitutional right to free speech was not a consideration, only the aching need to put himself in front of the long famous 'Church of the Presidents' was. But, the way he did it was so incompetent that it managed to create more damage for his campaign than if he'd just stayed in the bunker....and inspected it, again....and again.
Such an incident causes me to pull-back and begin to re-examine...for the umpteenth time...his overall fitness to lead, to inspire....hell, to do any-damn-thing that would be appropriate for the president to do in this pivotal and dire moment in American history. The inevitable result of taking another 'long, hard look' at Donald J. Trump..is a reaffirmation of the fact that he's so immersed in his sick, ego-based world, that he is incapable of simply looking at a situation and asking himself what can be done to make things better. 'Better' is him getting re-elected. Period. That is the single care he harbors at this point. And, he's increasingly showing signs that he's in a blind panic around the fact that he's plunging fast in the polls. He has just attacked CNN for the poll they published that showed him 14 points behind Biden. Ouch!
So, instead of any kind of a rational, or even a tiny bit compassionate response to the murder of another un-armed black man...once again, seen by millions on national media....what does the twisted mind of this sad man come up with? He tweets a new conspiracy theory about the 75 y.o. man in Buffalo who was pushed over backwards by two cops and seriously injured when his head struck the sidewalk. And, get this, the man is supposedly an Antifa agent of the far-left, and he was 'scanning' the police as they (justifiably) assaulted him. The Idiot notes that the man, Martin Gugino, "....fell faster than he was pushed", which is, of course, total bullshit. But, then, bullshit is Trump's life-long passion. He bullshits all of us all the time.
It 's beyond merely 'ironic' that one of his new campaign slogans, seen on banners for him now, is: "NO MORE BULLSHIT", which is so warped that it's almost funny....would be, in fact, were it not so cynical and reflective of his use of 'the Big Lie' as perfected by none other than Josef Goebbels himself. The Nazi creators of the Big Lie--Hitler and Goebbels--would have had a belly laugh over the fact that the Great Bullshitter in Chief, who has soared past 16K lies as documented by the Washington Post, is touting 'no more lies'. He's not quite at the supremely cynical level of "Arbeit Macht Frei" (which is almost certainly the all-time winner for being so cynical that it may never be touched) the exhortation to work for one's freedom that appeared over the entry gates to several concentration camps, when, in reality, the people who passed under this were utterly doomed.
Let's get this straight: Donald J.Trump is mentally ill. This is not even a topic for debate at this point. He goes out of his way to prove this on an almost daily basis. There have been way too many psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals, many of them long considered to be at the top of their fields, who all agree on this. When a public figure spends so much time in the hot glare of the media, it becomes impossible to hide who he is and how seriously impaired he is.
The real question is two-fold: 1) why can't his 'base' see how sick and dangerous this man's behavior is? And, 2) how long is the votership of this country going to sit on their hands and allow this insanity to destroy the American way of life....because, that is exactly what he is doing.
The answer to question 1, above, is: Because they share his impairment. Racism? No problem. A willingness to use violence to subdue those unwilling to tolerate it any longer....oh, hell yes. These are the same people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham as they spew hatred and highly manipulated 'news'. These are the folks who say to themselves, "Right on!" when they see a Confederate flag flapping from the gunnel of a Billy Joe Bob pick-'em up. And, when another unarmed black man is killed by the police, their reaction is that he probably deserved it. I am not making this up. And, if you are paying attention you already know that.
One very hopeful series of events has happened in the last few days. General 'Mad Dog' Mattis, the former Secretary of Defense who left the job, after apparently finally realizing who his boss was, came forward, saying, "I cannot remain silent any longer". This career four-star marine stepped back into the public eye and firmly denounced The Idiot....didn't mince words and got a lot of attention for these remarks. Then, Colin Powell, also a former SecDef, did a very similar thing, by giving an interview in which he clearly expressed his concern that Donald Trump is a liar and a divisive leader. Now there is a growing list of other top retired generals who have all expressed the same concerns about The Idiot...mainly that he's a dishonest, hateful and divisive leader who is not to be trusted on any level.
The election in Georgia on Tuesday was an early warning of how the GOP intends to suppress the votes of low income and especially people of color. By putting on a show of massive incompetence they did manage to send a large number of would-be voters home because they couldn't manage to spend five or more hours in line. This is BY DESIGN. It is NOT incompetence; it is a not so stealthy way of making the whole electoral process so difficult and demanding of patience that a lot of people cannot manage it. So, they don't vote...and the fucking GOPs are pleased as punch.
We have been WARNED. We either get our act in gear and fight like hell for fair and honest elections in November....or the Pirates of the GOP will steal yet another one.
That would blow the needle right off of the SUCK-O-METER, friends.
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