Mute Switch for Republicans Going Forward

    Last night's debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence was an easier show to watch than the shit show that was the presidential debate, but only by a matter of degree. The most notable difference being that when Mike Pence was going over his allotted time, as he did for every question, he did it in a quieter tone of voice than his boss did. Otherwise it was clear that, going forward, the moderators of future debates, if there are to be any, must have a switch to kill the microphones of the candidates, but mostly for Donald Trump. Its clear that the R.N.C. or the Trump campaign or whoever it is that agrees to the rules for the debates on behalf of the President and Vice President simply lies when agreeing to the rules for the debates because they have absolutely no intention whatsoever of actually abiding by the rules! So, going forward the moderator of each debate must have the ability to kill the microphone of each candidate, and they must actually use it!

Astounding Hypocrisy

     So, the President is right back to where he has been all along, downplaying the effects of the corona virus based on his own experience. "Don't be afraid of the virus," Trump says. Those are words easily spoken by a man who has access to the very best socialized medicine in the entire world. AND, all this while he is trying to roll back the Affordable Care Act and take away insurance for approximately six million people, during a pandemic. And because of the lingering effects of this corona virus, it becomes a preexisting condition which would bar millions more people from health care if the president has his way.

    And don't worry, I know he hasn't done it, at least not directly, but I still have faith in the smallness and pettiness of this president and I still say he will find a way to insult or belittle people, directly, who have suffered this disease and who have died from it. He will find a way to say that people who died from this virus weren't strong enough or that it was somehow their fault that they died. You watch, he'll do it.

Full Speed Ahead!

    Whoever advised Vice President Biden to stop running his attack ads in critical states should be fired immediately.  Just because Donald Trump is stupid enough to go and get himself infected is no reason to hold back anything. Now is the time to really put the campaign into overdrive and not let up til the day after the election. Do you really think the Trump campaign would let up on Joe out of some sense of trying to come together as Americans? Of course not, the idea wouldn't even enter their heads. But that's what the Democrats are doing. "This cannot be a partisan moment," says Vice President Biden, "It must be an American moment. We have to come together as a nation," he went on to say. 

    Very good sentiments, but let's not kid ourselves about how the Trump campaign would handle things if it were Vice President Biden who was sick and not able to campaign for at least two weeks. They would likely increase the number of attack ads, not decrease them! 

Trump Gets Sick with Coronavirus!.......Snore.......

Is there anyone who didn't really see this coming? Seriously, why is this breaking news? The man refused to warn the country when the virus was initially discovered, deciding instead to "play it down" because he didn't want to "create a panic." He had no problem creating a panic over the caravan of Mexican rapists and drug dealers assisted by members of ISIS that never showed up. The President creates panic wherever he goes. Anyhoo, back to the point: He played down the virus, he refused to follow the recomendations of his leading scientists by refusing to wear a mask. None of the people who surround the president wore masks because the president would make fun of them for wearing a mask, much the same way he did during the event commonly refered to as a "debate," when he made fun of Vice President Biden for wearing "the biggest mask you've ever seen." During his rallies few people wore masks and social distancing was not practiced. All of this while being a fat man who is over seventy years old. The man was practically begging to get sick, and, once infected, was pretty much destined to be a "super-spreader" event anywhere he and his retinue went. We know this is true because of all the Republicans who travelled recently with the president that are now testing positive for the virus. When the president survives the virus, and he will survive because he has the best socialized medicine in the world, I am willing to bet you, right now, a shiny new quarter that Trump will go on to ridicule somehow the people who died from the illness for not being strong enough or not having what it takes to survive. You watch, I bet you.....

The White House Used as a Cheap Political Backdrop

I agree with MSNBC’s Claire McCaskill when she says her heart is broken by seeing the White House used as a cheap political backdrop. I don’t believe I’ve seen another president do such a thing in my lifetime. Can anyone else remember the last time a sitting president used the People’s House in such a way? And when he came out to give the rant of lies that was his acceptance speech, he looked like he was trying so hard to be like his boss, Vladimir Putin. Or one could compare him to some sort of Third World dictator who uses the trappings of power to try to stay in power. And at the end of Trump’s speech when all his family were lined up with the People’s House behind them, I threw up in my mouth a little because they looked like they were actually trying to present themselves as some sort of ruling family, just like the dictators and demagogues Trump admires so much. Finally Trump let everyone know that he intends to continue to govern as though he were president to only those who voted for him when he said, “We’re here, (in reference to him and his supporters) and they’re not (meaning everyone else).”

Partisanship Shoudn't Die Just Yet

I heard Senator Reid say yesterday that one of the top things on the agenda in the new Congress will be "the reconciliation of the parties." And Nancy Palosi is all over MSNBC talking about a "spirit of bi-partisanship." I do believe that we need
those things..., but let's not be too hasty. There are some heads that NEED to roll first, first among them, that of the President.

Its not about revenge. This president has gone to great lengths to subvert and evade the Constitution of the United States, and there can be no bi-partisanship, there can be no reconciliation until this president has been publicly "smacked down" as a historical reminder to future presidents that this kind of activity will not be tolerated and cannot repeated.

This president has amassed more power to himself than any past president, and he has used that power to spy on American citizens, to roll back the Bill Of Rights, and, by use of the signing signature, to exempt himself from laws that he doesn't like. These
things alone are reason enough for Articles of Impeachment to be brought against Mr. Bush. More than this, this president has been the very author of the partisanship and polarization that has plagued this country, and he must be called to account for his uses of fear and terror in order to divide the people of this country.

All the corruption of this Congress, from the Jack Abramoff scandal, the Foley cover-up, the voter fraud of the 2000 elections in Ohio and Florida, the Haliburton scandals, Tom DeLay's scandals, the utter failure of the policies and war plans for Iraq, Bob Ney's scandals, energy policy being decided by oil company leaders behind closed doors and with no public accountability, ALL OF IT (click the link to go to Salon's list of all the Republican scandals) done under the auspices of the Bush administration and the unprecedented secrecy in which it chose to operate. This president has, on so many levels, undermined the foundations of our Democratic way of life and has sought, by whatever means available, to guarantee the continuation of power by his own party, and he has brought us as close to fascism as we could ever want to come.


Finally, Goerge W. Bush must be impeached because of the lies he told the country concerning Iraq. Iraq was never an immanent threat to the U.S. There were no WMD's, and there were no high level contacts between Iraq and Al-Qeada. This was a war for oil, and Mr. Bush lied to us at every juncture in the run up to hostilities. His minions criscrossed the country telling us that the evidence was going to be a "mushroom cloud," and that they knew "exactly where the WMD's are."

Yes I agree that we must be willing to join hands with the Republicans and try to move forward in a spirit of bi-patisanship. But Mr. Bush is a boil on the ass politik that must be lanced, now.