David W. Rudlin

Is the fact that s*******s Trump can still be a p**********l candidate proof that the American democracy is deeply flawed and needs to be reformed? (You might want to get comfortable for this one)

Trump’s utter lack of shame and decency have shown that a lot of things we thought were laws are actually just norms that every other president adhered to, but Trump simply ignores. That needs to be cleaned up. And his endless frivolous lawsuits intended to do nothing more than delay his inevitable conviction show that our legal system needs to be improved to protect against serial criminals with the money to delay justice.

But we the real problem is… us.

It is beyond belief that a man out on bail in four different jurisdictions, a man who had to fly back from winning the Iowa caucus to a NY courtroom where a jury will decide how much he has to pay the woman he raped, defamed, and then defamed again. It is beyond belief that the leading candidate for the Republican nomination is also the biggest single threat to our national security, a man who now admits that yes he did have “papers” he stole from the White House — despite having sworn the FBI must have planted them. It is beyond belief that crazy Rudy owes $148 million for his job in destroying the lives of two Georgia poll workers by telling baseless lies about them, but the man he did it for — a man who spread those same lies from the biggest bully pulpit in the world — is thinking about the Oval Office and not the poor house.

Let’s not blame this on democracy. To end the Trump infestation, all we have to do is say — with apologies to Nancy Reagan — NO. If you believe the various insider accounts, 80% of Congressional Republicans h**e the fool, but they pretend otherwise because they know if they don’t they will get primaried and pilloried by the Cult. People of courage and conviction like Liz Cheney are thrown out of the party and shunned. All because 1/3 of the country has somehow decided that the greatest crime spree in American history shouldn’t be disqualifying for the highest office in the land.

We have looked the enemy in the eye, and it is us. Democracy may need a little sprucing up, but it is we the people who need reformation.

I have the utmost respect for military Veterans and I am grateful for their sacrifices.
That being said, not all combat veterans are honorable people, some are in jail for serious crimes. Also, as you mentioned, what they did then may not be who they are today.
I go the to local VFW and have a few beers with the veterans. I buy a few rounds for all in the bar and play pool with many of them.
I also donate monthly to the VFW.
The first ten years of my life were on an Air Force base. My father was in the Air Force.
I just can’t understand why a military person would Champion a child molester, a t*****r 4-5 times over, a president that would let anyone in at the borders and steal money from veterans to pay for their food and shelter.
I am truly at a loss!

The American people are being replaced by the new ” forever democrats” that will always v**e democrat.
No mandates for v*****es, free everything. Sadly before they realize it, they’ll be s***es.
It’s just one of many democrat plans to buy v**es!
Many stupid Americans are giving away their freedoms for student loan forgiveness, promises of r********ns and other free stuff.
I fear that the only way to keep our freedom will be a civil war. The i***t young people want everything now without earning it and they don’t realize that the price they are going to pay for everything free is they’ll have less than nothing in the end.

I had one of those i***t progressive young people cut my grass recently for $25 dollars. He was going on and on about how we needed to help the poor, the i******s and college students. I ended up giving him $5 dollars and he was protesting vociferously that he was short changed. I told him that the rest of his money had to go to some of the poorer folk in the neighborhood to pay for their food, college loans and car notes. Needless to say, I never saw him again. He learned a good lesson about socialism and c*******m.