Tiresome!

Oh America!  This is all so tawdry!

Our country has the patina of cheap jewelry thanks to the infantile person and his cronies who we elected to be our leaders.  We should have known better!  Is there any exit from the seemingly endless pseudo-drama that fills every day’s news?  

Actually I think there is.  The tiresome-ness of all this is finally wearing us down.  Our primary wish is that we don’t let Trump do something that causes us real harm or damage, although many would say we have already arrived at that point.

With the arrival of the Democratic repudiation of his behavior, we may have stemmed the descent into laughable self-inflicted chaos.  It looks like democracy has at last provided a way to turn the battleship, albeit very slowly.  What are the signs?

Opinion is shifting.  Republicans, at least some of them, are realizing that unless they change their attitude about Trump’s shenanigans they will ultimately be eradicated from the political scene.  More and more Republican critics of Trump's decisions and pseudo-policy are making their voices heard.  

We are seeing more and more advertising and promotion by the youth of America saying that they can and will change the political climate.  More than any other part of our citizenry, they understand the world that today’s self-interested politicians are leaving them is in grave danger.  They are the ones who will have to live in a climate-changed world and they are highly motivated to deal with the impending catastrophe.  As the Trump administration rejects more regulations intended to promote renewable energy sources, the hue and cry will get louder.

There is also the inevitable changing demographic profile of our citizens.  As much as the Trump Base would like to erase all color from our demographic base and make it all white, they will ultimately fail.  ‘Brown’ is the new ‘white’, and over time the face of our representative base in Congress will right the balance and provide new humane leadership that promotes equality and fairness.

The painful realization that our electoral process has been corrupted is exposed increasingly by the revelations of voter fraud, gerrymandering and Republican efforts to use anti-democratic methods to maintain power.  Ultimately this will either lead to more corruption or a cleansing power to do away with this nefarious activity.  I believe the youth of America will default to a more pure version of what our founding fathers envisioned and reject what our current politicians have subjected us to.

Am I a dreamer?  Perhaps, but dreams are the idolization of a pure heart, and that is where I believe we must turn as we begin to embrace the yearnings of our young people.

We have yet to see what the Mueller report will expose, but it will no doubt reveal all manner of crimes that we have expected.  There is so much that already has been proven true.  Just look at the characters who star in this wide ranging drama….from the evil Russians to the money grubbing politicians whose currency is lies.  They will all be exposed….have already been exposed!  The real question is how long will ‘the base’ accept those lies and delude themselves into thinking it’s acceptable.  How long will the rest of us stand for it?  We already see the crumbling of the false façade.  Our youth see it.  I believe it is only a matter of time until we either emerge from the fog of this putrid political environment and begin to pursue a better course, or completely fail as a nation.  I choose to encourage the former.

I listen every day to the rantings of Guiliani, for whom I used to have grudging respect, as he tries to blather his defenses of the main character in this drama.  He is a fool-jester for the cause.  Who can take him seriously?  Does anyone believe what he says? 

For that matter, does anyone believe any of what Trump says?  Even his ‘base’ knows instinctively he is lying about just about everything---never providing anything resembling evidence for his accusations and claims.  The only defenses any of his supporters can provide is obfuscation about Clinton or Obama’s purported indiscretions.  All blame is on the Democrats for everything……  Oh Please, give me a break!

We’ll see what develops over the next several months as the forces of truth emerge to battle the web of deceit that we have endured for the past several years.  It promises to be a great ‘reality’ viewing experience! 

Let’s just hope it has a satisfying climax!