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Who Will It Be In 2020

14 Thursday Jun 2018

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Assuming Donald Trump is still President in 2019, who will be the Republican Party’s nominee? Will ego and narcissism cause him to run again, possibly against some of those who sought the nomination in 2016. One pair is already being pushed by the power brokers in the GOP and those of the party who Trump has minimalized and besmirched. The pair is Vice-President Mike Pence and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Both have been Governor of their states. Pence would probably not have been re-elected Indiana’s Governor because of his excessive need to cut the budget, reduce taxes, and run up debt. Haley was less strident in a moderately red state. Her skeleton was removing the Confederate Battle Flag from all South Carolina government flagpoles and properties.

The current polls indicate Trump’s support is still around 40% but many of those would not vote for him again. The Democrats will probably take control of the House and possibly the Senate. Trump has not had a good relationship with the Republican controlled legislative branch and he would not be able to work with a Democratic one that won their seats because of him.

Bush I rode very high after Desert Storm but quickly lost support and the election. Can Trump create an impression of enough successes to hold off Republican challengers? He lies. He bullies. He is narcissistic and immoral. Can he keep enough support from people who dislike his ethics? Would he run if he might not win? If he runs, it will be the ugliest contest ever!

Clancy Drained the Swamp

11 Friday May 2018

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In Tom Clancy’s Book, Executive Orders, he imagined what would happen if the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, Joint Chiefs, and all the members of Congress were killed. Clancy forgot to kill off the lobbyists who are the real power. They spread millions of dollars and write many of the laws Congress votes on. The Supreme Court’s decision on Citizen’s United allows millions in “Dark Money” (unregistered and hidden) to find its way into pockets, campaign chests, and political organizations.

Clancy did not write how such an event would affect the billionaires who currently control our three branches of government. In the book, Clancy proposed the people who would run for Senator might hate it so much one or two terms would be all they could stand. Of course, each Governor would appoint the Representatives for that state so they would be political. Think of it, no existing empires to control new people so it would have to start all over again.

Trump’s swamp is real but the first thing he did was to deepen it by doing away with the ethics rules. Lobbyists and lawyers who fronted for special interests were chosen for cabinet posts and under secretaries.

Before the reader thinks the swamp is only in the Administration, think about how a retired high school coach and Speaker of the House can still be wealthy after paying three million to a blackmailer. When they retire, high paying jobs in banks, consulting corporations, and others awaits them assuming they voted right. Those in the Administration get offers in the same places.

Deepening the Swamp

26 Monday Mar 2018

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President Obama instituted a very unusual (in Washington D.C.) ethics policy for his administration. If a person was to work for him, they could not have been a lobbyist or a congressional staffer or special interest lawyer for over two years. This was because people were a lobbyist one day and the next day overseeing an agency they had been against the day before. The idea was to put people into positions that were less attached to outside money. Some waivers had to be made because of especially rare expertise. Obama made seventy waivers over his eight years, mostly during the finance fiasco. Each waiver was accompanied by a reason for the need.

One of the first things President Trump did was to sign an executive order decreasing the rules. He has already signed thirty-seven secret waivers without any reason given. That’s not draining the swamp he campaigned on, but deepening the swamp in Washington D.C. The EPA has the most conflicts with lobbyists and lawyers that represented businesses against the EPA. Now those people are gutting our environmental protections in favor of their former bosses. We are heading back to the good old days of freely polluting the air and water, and allowing banks to gamble with depositor’s money.

Trump just wants to throw out anything done during the Obama years and much done before. Where is a modern day Teddy Roosevelt and his efforts to control the rich and big businesses’ trampling of Americans? Maybe somebody like Biden, or Kasich, or Huntsman?

Bravery is More Than a Word

18 Sunday Mar 2018

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Our brave President has said he wouldn’t have stayed outside the Parkland High School like the school’s resource man, he would have charged into the building. Of course he would have been surrounded by his secret service detail protecting him.

After publicly criticizing members of his own party for cowering before the National Rifle Association, he said he would lead the charge. Later that evening the assault troops from the NRA went to the White House. Trump surrendered with out receiving any wounds. His bravado pales to the point he announced the next day a total agreement with the NRA’s line.

If he is scared of the NRA, what will he do when he is meeting the leader of North Korea? Kim has killed hundreds including his half brother and uncle. His family thinks nothing about killing their own people by torture, starvation, or Kim’s favorite way of tying them to the muzzle of an artillery piece and yanking the lanyard.

Kim may be a cartoonist character, but Trump thinks of himself as a tough guy. However, one really is a tough guy and the other is just a cartoon character.