Five Feet High And Rising
I'm sure I will be discouraged by the outcome of the current impeachment proceedings because the current political atmosphere has deteriorated so much that there is little chance of a vote related to conscience related to the facts related to the whole
From the vary outset of the Trump campaign for the presidency I have had my concerns. It started with questioning President Obama's place of birth and citizenship. If you can believe that narrative and act to promote it as the truth for your own benefit and purposes, you will do anything if it fits what is happening at the moment.
Where do we go from here? I wish I knew but during the last ten years there have been few compromises on climate change, health care, foreign affairs, housing, public finance, taxes, immigration and other issues. We don't even agree that in a democracy the goal should be to encourage people to vote.
In the background fund raising and special interests run rampant. How high's the water, Mama?
The slippery slope analogy is like wallpaper for everything done in politics. First it never happened, then other folks have made the same mistake, there is nothing really wrong with what I did, then it is excused because everybody does it and if becomes the subject of an investigation, delay, deny, intimidate and make up alternative narratives and lies. These methodologies are the trade of scoundrels. It isn't limited to one party, sadly you can point to examples of crooks and crooked behavior that is bi-partisan, non-partisan and or democratic or republican. This is why we have laws. Privately it has been reported that many Republicans in Congress are frustrated. If Trump is more popular than Lincoln according to republicans in a survey by you.gov, Houston we have a problem.
“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.”
– Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), prominent American lawyer.
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
– Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator, in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in 1852.
From the vary outset of the Trump campaign for the presidency I have had my concerns. It started with questioning President Obama's place of birth and citizenship. If you can believe that narrative and act to promote it as the truth for your own benefit and purposes, you will do anything if it fits what is happening at the moment.
Where do we go from here? I wish I knew but during the last ten years there have been few compromises on climate change, health care, foreign affairs, housing, public finance, taxes, immigration and other issues. We don't even agree that in a democracy the goal should be to encourage people to vote.
In the background fund raising and special interests run rampant. How high's the water, Mama?
The slippery slope analogy is like wallpaper for everything done in politics. First it never happened, then other folks have made the same mistake, there is nothing really wrong with what I did, then it is excused because everybody does it and if becomes the subject of an investigation, delay, deny, intimidate and make up alternative narratives and lies. These methodologies are the trade of scoundrels. It isn't limited to one party, sadly you can point to examples of crooks and crooked behavior that is bi-partisan, non-partisan and or democratic or republican. This is why we have laws. Privately it has been reported that many Republicans in Congress are frustrated. If Trump is more popular than Lincoln according to republicans in a survey by you.gov, Houston we have a problem.
“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.”
– Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), prominent American lawyer.
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
– Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator, in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in 1852.
I listened to Professor Turley and wonder if court decisions would change minds. I know they did during Watergate, but even a court decision would at best be delayed, delayed, and maybe not heard and probably disbelieved by the losing party.
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