"HE'LL BE FINE"

   The truth, though, is definitely otherwise. He, meaning Trump, will not be fine. Nor will we; nor will the entire country and world at large. There is a point beyond which there is no going back, certainly not without terrible cost and consequences. Be assured that I am not talking about money in terms of cost. Rather, I am referring to the cost in blood, in lives taken and/or ruined, beyond repair, beyond redemption. A country gone to hell in a handbasket of our own foolish making.

I wonder, I truly do, about the contents of the water and air we breathe and ingest in this country. More so, apparently, in some areas than others, but still, sometimes it seems the only explanation re the mass movement of off thinkers, of mistaken thinkers refusing to admit their error, brain dead others, and downright mean, nasty individuals who find themselves only among other losers, such as Proud Boys - manifestly not, nothing within them to be proud of - or Oath Keepers, of the same ilk. 

Moreso, what other kind of explanation could explain the rise in so obviously unqualified candidates running on GOP ticket. Some are just plain old stooges, running where there is nobody else, or in an area where there is no competition, particularly in the sparsely populated states. However, how do we explain the candidates such as Mastriano or Walker where there is competition? Has the GOP totally gone off the tracks or are they resigned, taking the path down to total reformatting, an end to the Republican Party as we once knew it. My lord, but they are either nuts, filled with hatred that knows no bounds, intellectually greatly challenged or some such combination of factors. I can find no other sensible definition of the fall of a once mighty, proud, truly patriotic political party, whose modern presentation spits in the face of some of the greatest people in American history.

Walker, questioned as to his rather obvious mental deficiencies, rants on forever re bikes, maintaining that his is "not bent". Humph to that! As for Mastriano, well, it is up to his state to reject this man who wears a Confederate uniform, a symbol of hate, a sign of bigotry and a desire to return to a time we have romanticized, falsely, stupidly, dangerously, 'forgetting' the 'other' truth -the bloodshed, the families split apart, the degradation of humans via slavery - both owners and slaves. 

That word alone sends bad, bad chills down my back. And should do the same to you. And most certainly, think not that slavery is gone, a tale of old, nothing new. Wrong, so wrong. Slavery exists, under open usage to false representations, not to forget the slavery of the concentration camps, where the slaves were openly worked to death, beaten to death, starved, shot, tortured - free reign as the government was the chief instigator of it all. And the world, including the USA, stood still for it. As it continues to stand still re the slavery (forced labor) of the Uighurs in China, prisoners of the Russian gulag, or simply members of the 'wrong' religion or sect of it.

No, Trump will not be fine. Nor will the country. Nor will the world. Not unless we all stand up for what is right, not what we wish nor what is our present reality. That reality is a mean, nasty one, based on the worst traits of humanity. It is a world of bullying, rampant among adults even as we try to weed it out amongst the kids. Hypocrisy at its worst! As we mourn the loss of a once proud national ethos, attempts to correct our errors, to acknowledge our deficits, there are those who are frustrated at those same moral deficits within the GOP. 

Some will not vote if Trump runs again. The mere thought of that criminal running for President, along with acolytes twisted with the same deficits as Trump's, along with those who will go along with all that is wrong, the easier path, the more profitable path, well, my blood boils and my soul shakes. How could this be? How could we have allowed our country, our nation, imperfect, but eager to fix these imperfections, even if imperfectly so, how could we have allowed this degradation of pride, of truth, of honesty, of a patriotism that blares its falsehood. More important, why? Why the hell!!!!

“If these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protests we have ever had in Washington, D.C.; in New York; in Atlanta; and elsewhere,” Mr. Trump said in January at a rally, “because our country and our elections are corrupt.”

These are not the words of a true leader, one who values his nation, who wants the best for it.

Nor are these, a very thinly veiled threat.

“People are so angry at what is taking place,” Mr. Trump told Fox News. “Whatever we can do to help because the temperature has to be brought down in the country. If it isn’t, terrible things are going to happen."

 Graham made a similar threat, stating there "will be riots" if Trump is arrested. Shame on him, and shame on a nation that would support this venom and invective.

As one person put it, to correct the mess of ours, “Unfortunately, ... “in this country, it’s looking like it might be a long road.”   

People, time to stand up and be counted among the if not, righteous, at least better for us than the perverted present GOP. That misnomer should be removed now, for it shames the true GOP, what once was and what should be again.

" ...evidence that the former president took steps to conceal his illegal possession of classified documents. In doing so, the filing said, Trump defied a grand jury subpoena and "likely" attempted to obstruct the DoJ investigation."

This is not a true leader. Not a true President of this country, sworn to defend it from enemies within and without. If he were true to his oath, he would have removed himself - now. Then. Ever and always.

You know that proverbial rope, at the end of which, in moments of great frustration, we state that we are at the "end of the rope", hanging at its end? Well, remember it well, for I see it swinging there, blowin' in the wind, in a tragic cycle which bodes no good for anyone. No one. No one at all.