The Pendulum Swings

I thought Nancy Pelosi did a marvelous job of keeping her composure the other night.  The only time I saw her flinch was the moment Trump said the economy would fail unless we stopped the partisan investigations.  Hmmm---sounded like a threat to Congress to me….”If you don’t stop investigating me there won’t be any legislation that will succeed.”  He is so full of dooky!  Did he really think his threat would stop oversight?  How ridiculous.

And how about all those Republicans up and down like ‘Whack-a-moles”!  Maybe they thought their energetic jumping would distract from the impending noose tightening around their standard bearer’s neck.

He tried desperately to implant his image of hordes of huns (refugees) running across the border like the scene in World War Z where they scale the wall that blocks them in.  The reality of a flood of humans who are fleeing violence and simply want a better life is just not the image of marauding criminals overrunning the boarder.  Oh, and by the way, crossings have been decreasing steadily since 1971.  Reality rules.

This was the longest, most languid rendition of all his many (self perceived) accomplishments, as he tried to take credit for almost everything.  And I was so grateful that his love-buddy Kim Jung-Un decided not to go to war because of his expansive love for Donald Trump.  He is certain that we would be in a major war with Kim if he hadn’t been elected. According to the entire intelligence community of the US, there has been no movement to de-nuclearize their country, and their threat is still real.  Trump is imagining progress in this arena, and he will wake up surprised one morning when they launch another missle or demand that we withdraw completely from South Korea as a condition for any action to decrease the threat.

Now he is attacking Adam Schiff as a political hack, when for the past two years we have all been the victims of Republican political hacks on the House Intelligence Committee, as they lied, refused to conduct any meaningful oversight, became lackies for the President, and refused to press witnesses for valid testimony.  It would be terribly demoralizing were it not for the renewed Democratic energy to get to the bottom of the collusion between the Trump administration and the Russians.

The world of Donald Trump has changed.  He is suddenly opposed by the loyal opposition, and they are going to toast him for all the crap he has pulled over the past two years.  He richly deserves it!

I think that we are going to finally learn, albeit not fast enough for my taste, how corrupt this man, his family and his sycophantic Republican base really are.  The pendulum is now swinging back as normal citizens become more and more aware of the perfidy that has vomited forth from this President since we became aware of him when he decided to run for the office.

And yet, the hearty cheers from the Republicans in the audience the other night belay their increasing discomfort with blindly following a liar.  The Republican Party as we knew it is gone.  It is comprised of power seeking toadies who are afraid of being ‘primary-ed’.  Serving their constituencies is the lowest priority on their minds.  Getting re-elected is the prime directive so they can keep getting the financial support from special interests.  One or two more election cycles and the majority of them will be gone, hopefully.

So this is the next two years we will have to endure.  Lies, deception, and more lies.  The old adage will be the saviour of the day…..Truth Will Out!