Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The Trump Machine in Full Motion

 In American politics in the news media there are continual volleys.  Lately the Trump Machine has been in motion because of the Republican National Convention.  It is surreal, because we are watching the Trump organization's apparatus.  This organization is not just the Trump family business.  It more has become the supporting players who are pushing for his second presidency.  It is easy to discern who they are, although trying to win a second term they have diversified their message to reach other potential voters.  Personally I do not believe America would elect him a second term.  Since we lived through the Coronavirus outbreak, no matter what is said the lives impacted by this reality can not disguise Trump's true colors.  Popularity championed by a smooth voice is not enough to lead America, because who is president has real consequences.  Perhaps we are not in the best shape as a nation, but not being led by a convicted felon and a liar shored up by a now corrupt Supreme Court is more important.  Joe stumbles  with his words and no longer has a smooth communicative discourse, but he is more honest.  Also he has the bulk of experience as an elected leader.  To watch the spin machine in real time consume an opportunity such as an attempted assassination is surreal.  The example they have chosen, a defiant and empowered Donald Trump, is not the appropriate leader for the world's once exemplary democracy.  Why would America change course, because of one man's desires?  We have seen it before time and time again in many other countries.  Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.  Believing such incendiary rhetoric amplified by the American news media is wrong, and as some are saying this media largely has become responsible for the division in America.  How could we be that different?  We all need good jobs, security, and peace of mind.  I do not believe Americans want to be conscripted into another world war.  We would rather enjoy the freedoms imbued upon us by America's Constitutional ideals.  It may not be bubble gum, Coca Cola, and Hollywood movies, but the amenities America has offered her people are unique and humane.  Compared to other nations we are ahead of the happiness curve.  It should not be surprising the attempted assassination.  Contrary to what Marjorie Taylor Greene has said, the shooter was a registered republican.  There was no conspiracy by the democrats to kill Trump.  His action was a natural extension of the inciting and violent rhetoric championed by Donald Trump since his election in 2016.  If and when the reality surfaces to him, and he realizes easily he could have been extinguished from this earth, any normal person would react with a human conscience.  It would effect his soul and not trigger a dictatorial response.  "Fight!"  The Trump Machine is in full operation as it was planned.  There is no doubt now the scruples of Clarence Thomas.  We thought he was evil, and now we know.  Only it has taken this long for his true colors to emerge.  It is disappointing and disconcerting the dismissal of the stolen documents case and the partial immunity decision by SCOTUS.  The ducks are in a row, but it is not over yet.  The more important matter is if the nation can rally behind an aging Joe Biden, and whether a younger more able democrat could clasp the ticket and win the election.  Time is running short, but at least the imposters have been eliminated from the stew.