Stick a Fork in Me (Not Making Lemonade) – Photo: L. Weikel

That’s That

Well, that’s that.

So much for believing in people to act in a way that serves a higher purpose than their own self-serving interests.

Yeah, I know; I’m idealistic. I was a dreamer back in 2020, thinking that truth and justice would be served in the stone age of the first Senate impeachment trial involving DT. I learned my lesson, of course. And in spite of the admonition of then House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, the Senate voted to acquit with only one courageous Republican willing to join all Senate Democrats in standing up for our principles.

What admonition? The warning that if he were acquitted, DT would turn right around and behave even more egregiously.

Here We Are

And so, to no one’s surprise (if you were paying attention), after months and months of stoking The Big Lie and cultivating an atmosphere of victimhood and grievance, our country endured an assault on our country, on our lawmakers, on our Capitol, and on our entire system of government. Worse? It was perpetrated by our own fellow citizens.

But beyond the pale was the fact that it was stoked, incited, and celebrated by the person who was at that moment our President, our Commander in Chief. And he orchestrated the entire deadly and disgusting desecration because he refused to honor the will of the people and acquiesce to one of our country’s proudest hallmarks of democracy: the peaceful transition of power.

Dare We Ask?

The rapidity with which Representative Schiff’s dire warning of the consequences of Trump’s first acquittal came to fruition begs the question: Where will it end?

What monstrous wave of disrespect and brutal violence will this unleash on us?

Who will be safe?

Anyone?

If you think it won’t touch you, what makes you think you’re so special?

I bet I can guess. And in the end, I bet you’ll be wrong.

Because without the rule of law, without justice, truth, and integrity, no one’s going to come out of this intact.

(T-286)