I have been a life long conservative Republican and Libertarian.
The Republican Party has chosen to promote itself and govern merely from the position of power politics. The ongoing competition between conservative and progressive agendas is acceptable and necessary.
However the GOP has chosen to continue aligning itself with Mr. Trump at the expense of all reasonable social, ethical and moral positions. That is unacceptable, unnecessary and unproductive. In fact counter productive.
I vote by mail and have for many years.
Mr. Trump states my mail in vote is not legal.
Mr. Trump maintains his mail in vote is legal.
Mr. Trump continues to blame his loss on widespread voting fraud, primarily from mail in voting done before election day. Mr. Trump lets start with you. Your vote is legal and you are the real Fraud! There is only one person trying to “steal the election”, and that is YOU.
I never thought that in the 21st century, we would have a President who did all he could in his power to undermine the VOTE!
As Ben Franklin stated “You have a Republic if you can keep it.”
There is nothing more important in any free society/democracy/republic than the vote. All freedoms emanate from the VOTE!
Do you want to keep your freedoms; Your ability to publicly agree and disagree with your government? Do you want to keep this Republic?
Republican, Democrat, whatever your political affiliation, we can not allow this kind of President again.
For media and citizens of the USA who are concerned about the dis-information emanating from China and/or Russia, your time and attention could be better spent addressing a government source we can control.
You and all of us could be better served by paying attention to and holding accountable the dis-information coming from the White House!
“…Americans all too often have had to learn, the hard way, that maintaining respect for the nation’s highest office and its occupant is among any president’s pressing duties.”¹
It is important that we all keep this in mind. This perspective rises above politics and party. This duty applies to all incumbents.
It is paramount that the current occupant begin understanding this and behaving accordingly.
It is equally required that we hold the occupant accountable.
“It’s always politics, isn’t it,
unless it is our own point of view?
Then it is the truth.” ¹
The only unity in our country and politics currently is fight!
If all we can do and think about is fighting, it is no wonder we do not accomplish much. After all, if all we want to do is fight and defeat the foe, we are never open to actually accomplishing anything.
I believe this mindset is creating a sub-conscientious anger in us as we are always looking for, expecting and wanting to fight.
We need to take a step back, take a breath, put things in perspective and work towards success. Instead of fighting, lets work towards the objective and goal. Lets work together.
Given the current political and social atmosphere we have created, I can not help but ask, if we as a country and society have any virtue left. We only seem to care about winning. Whatever the cost! I mean personal cost, lack of truth, lying, corruption, deceit. Hopefully, as Seward stated during the civil war:
“… that there was always just enough virtue in this Republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency…” ¹
¹ Porter, General Horace. “Lincoln and Grant.” Century Illustrated Magazine 30, No. 6. (October 1885)