Another, I Saw it on the Internet

I Saw it on the Internet

By D.S. Mitchell

Picture Perfect

A philosopher once said, ” A picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, the X prez is a liar, a thief, and a fraud; and here’s pictures to prove it. The man who tried to topple the U.S. government in 2020 is still at it. My question is why do so many MAGA followers believe anything this criminal narcissist says? I can almost understand why politicians like Cruz, Graham, and Hawley, who benefit both financially and politically, continue to cling to Trump’s coattails. What I don’t understand, however, is how so many common sense Americans have been hornswoggled  into believing this fat toad, with his elevator lifts, his mango makeup,  and his self-aggrandizing rhetoric, is working for them. Everything Trump stands for is in sharp contrast to what the average American needs; simple things like, work safety, clean water, safe food and drugs, ethical government, affordable health care, a strong social safety net, equal rights for all. So what is it? What is the hook that keeps the minions swimming with him?

Slurping Kool-Aid

“It’s a cult,”  the commentators are all saying. Whatever it is the folks, those of us who have not been slurping the Kool-Aid need to beat this authoritarian movement into submission. Despite the obvious inequities of the Electoral College process, partisan gerrymandering, and **third party candidates supported by right wing interests, the many can prevail in this battle, but it won’t be easy. I do not want to see young women forced to bear dead or unwanted babies, I do not want the U.S. military shooting U.S. citizens on U.S. streets, I do not want Christian leaders behaving like the ayatollah’s of Iran, I do not want Social Security or Medicare to end, and I most definitely do not want a phony TV huckster playing king at the head of the U.S. government.

Big Country

Talk to people; remind them of the real issues, not the political BS; such as: bodily autonomy, common sense gun control, ethics in government, the social safety net, religious freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, separation of church and state, national health care, housing the unhoused. I could go on. The list is long but we are a big country and our population has significant needs. Truthfully, in a country of 365,000,000 people and the world’s largest GDP the suggestion of “small government” is an outdated and ridiculous idea. When you hear that phrase think, “service for me and not for thee.” What really the Republicans are saying with the ridiculous notion of ‘small government,’ in this day and age, is we’ll pay for my needs and not yours. Everyone has a need, not just the few; and the federal government has a moral obligation to do the most, for the most. with our tax dollars, including collecting those tax dollars from the wealthy not just the poor.

Now What?

The threat is real. Democracy and all that we love about this country is hanging by a thread. Activate. Get moving. Carry a sign. Register to vote; then make sure all your friends are registered. If you are young and think that politics is only for the white haired elders stop the crap and run for office, your time has arrived. The elders want to pass the baton. I suggest you grab it and run. If you lean more democrat than dictatorial then you better vote Biden-Harris and blue all the way down the ballot from president to school board, because this could be the last vote we ever have. The thought of the continued rule by the minority should enrage all of us. Come on folks. Kick it up, Trump is out on the stump proclaiming he’ll be a dictator on “day one.” I can guarantee you, he’ll like it so much, he’ll make it a regular thing.

** I have a lot to say about third parties in the United States but I’ll save that for another time. What I will say here is that, 2024 is not the year to throw your vote away on a candidate that has ZERO chance of winning and such a “protest vote” could potentially propel Trump back into the White House.