The word 'coup' is trending.....

 

    Every morning, almost without exception,  I make an effort to survey a broad selection of online news sources.  Sorry, but I cannot bear to subject myself to the Propaganda Ministry on Fox.  Politifact indicated a while back that Fox lies approximately 87% of the time and individuals like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham are so odious that I just don't want any exposure to their illnesses....and they are indeed ill and highly toxic.

  But, I do make an effort to at least know what is receiving the most attention from the media at large...i.e. what is 'trending'.  And, in the last few days the word, 'coup' has begun popping up with enough regularity that it falls into that trendy category. So, what's the deal?

  For starters, let's take a look at what 'coup' actually means.  It comes from the French verb, 'couper', pronounced, 'ku-pay'.  And,  it means 'to cut', as in '...coupez le fromage' , i.,e. 'cut the cheese'....no, not flatulence, actually taking a knife and slicing a hunk of sharp cheddar.  Okay, flatulence too.  But, in the context of politics and the power of the state vs. the power of the people it becomes a  'Coup d'etat', and it means to stop the current government, separate it from it's ability to act in any manner, and to replace it with the next regime. This can happen in a 'bloodless' revolution, or a violent one.  I have no idea which is the most frequent, but they both result in a lawless change of regimes.  The 'law'--if we can even call it that--is Mao's law of revolution: "All power flows from the barrel of a gun."

  In the present situation, it would mean that Donald J. Idiot defies any and all laws or other constraints on his power as president and simply takes over the government with no accountability to anyone but himself.  He would toss out the Constitution, the body of law that has derived from its principles and any conventional policies or guidelines that normally dictate how the office of the president must, or at least should, behave.  

   Like his long admired dictator friends--you know the list of despots, with Vladimir Putin at the top--the Idiot would command the military and all law enforcement agencies and have them do his personal bidding. Their roll in society would become that of oppressors, using the terror of their eagerness to use brutality at the drop of a hat to eliminate any and all opposition. The media would either fall into line and spout his own propaganda, or it would be suppressed, again, by whatever means he chose.  Whatever he fantasized as the unaccountable leader of the once great country he will have kidnapped....is what he would inflict via his own now dominant power.  He would be a straight-up dictator....given his wishes anyway.

  More and more psychiatric and psychological leaders in their areas of expertise are coming forward and telling us in no uncertain terms that this man is extraordinarily DANGEROUS.  From many years (even before he was in politics) of observing his behavior in a wide variety of circumstances, they have overwhelmingly reached this conclusion.  The Idiot will use any and all means to achieve his goal of becoming a dictator.  Laws and the Constitution mean absolutely nothing to him.  He will do what he is inclined to do regardless.

  So, it now becomes a matter of our own survival that we do absolutely everything we can to hand him the defeat of a lifetime.  The results of this impending election need to be definitive....leaving not the merest shred of doubt what the will of the people is:  get rid of this greedy, dishonest, destructive, power-hungry beast.  And, replace him with a man that all of us have known for decades and, while not the charismatic vote magnet that Obama was, is a person worthy of our trust and our respect and support.  I feel perfectly safe in saying that there is no hidden despot inside Joe Biden.  He is exactly what he appears to be, and that is a good thing after dealing with this incumbent Idiot.

  Let me be clear here: we either really get our backs up and stage the most decisive election in modern history....or we will become mired in a struggle by the Idiot to de-legitimize the election and our entire democracy along with it.  He has already telegraphed his moves:  he will continue to denigrate the voting process, claiming without any evidence whatsoever that mail-in, aka absentee, ballots are necessarily fraught with problems and are a 'disaster', as he keeps insisting.  Once he's been voted out, he will attempt to drag the entire electoral process through the courts and his plan is that the Supreme Court will then anoint him emperor.  He's sure this is his way to another term, because he's personally stacked SCOTUS in his favor.  

  The scary part of all of this is that he actually could pull it off.  

  But, the vast majority of Americans, despite all of his claims otherwise, already know that he's a con-artist, a wannabe king who has pretentions to maybe even go beyond the legally allowed two terms.  If ol' Dipshit Donny-boy gets his way, he will do so.  He's made it clear that he envies Putin, Xi, Kim Jong Un, Duterte, Erdogan, Mohammed bin Salman, Bolsonaro, and on and on.  He loves the idea of being a 'strong man' who dictates how things will go and knows more than, hell, ANYBODY.  

So...is that mud.....or shit on him?

    Pay close attention now.  His plan is already in action.  It's been in play since he started talking about how the only way the Dems can win is if they cheat.  And, he attempted to disrupt even the Post Office and their ability to deliver the millions of mail-in ballots.  He has actually been somewhat successful in that endeavor because he installed a rich sycophant, DeJoy, to go in and turn the place on its ear.  And, DeJoy got a running start at it, all the while claiming he was just making the USPS more efficient.  He lies as easily as his demented boss.

  As we get closer to the election the Idiot is doing everything in his power to rev-up his base followers.  He's sent them copious dog-whistle hints that violence is okay if the Dems are getting the upper hand.  He is completely prepared to incite actual societal CHAOS if it appears that he is in danger of getting tossed out of the White House. He's made this as clear as he can, without actually stating it in plain language. 

   FWIW: Did you know that Hitler never signed orders, or acknowledged in any way that he ordered the Holocaust?  He just hinted strongly at what he wanted and functionaries like Himmler, Heydrich and so many more, put plans in action.....and mass murder on a scale never imagined followed.