Give a legal case enough time and it can end up in the fog-bound mud flats. We do get exasperated at how time drags with many legal cases.
We are cut almost no slack when we get pulled over for not wearing a seat belt. The officer sniffs if you express exasperation about the immediacy of the punishment. Hey, we broke the law! People my age had a hard time adjusting to the no-nonsense approach with seat belt. It had been voluntary for ages. But cops are one-dimensional in attitude - you broke the law - so simple, right?
So Donald Trump's voice is heard on tape as he addressed the Georgia secretary of state. Why cannot that similarly be considered a slam-dunk case? If you were an alderman candidate in Chicago and used that kind of language in addressing an election official, do you think any nuances of the law would come into play to benefit you?
Trump does it and all we hear about is an "investigation" week after week after week, as pricey white collar attorneys roll up their sleeves and play hardball, giving the former president the precious time to start building up his stock again. He builds it up with a certain segment of Americans that seeks to eat out of his hand. Like you know, the evangelicals, the wild-eyed people who increasingly appear to be leading the U.S. down a dangerous path.
Trump was supposed to be in legal jeopardy after he left the presidency with its protections and insulation for him. If he is in fact in trouble, it appears to be only in theory. How does this "investigation" in Georgia proceed on an average day? On Friday does it just get suspended until the following Monday? The media should ask this question and demand specifics.
Georgia has a strong GOP presence that is going to provide cover for Trump, never mind that this man appears not to be worth the trouble. He's just one man, arguably an unbalanced one, getting worse with the passage of time, so why does the self-described "conservative" element in America continue to bend over backwards for him and his mafia-like family? Why?
Is there no other person who could represent conservative interests in a run for the presidency? Is the GOP really that bankrupt? Lindsay Gramm fears the Republican Party may have "no future without Donald Trump." This is Alice Through the Looking Glass. Isn't the Republican Party a party of ideas? Couldn't any number of people articulate those ideas?
Can't we all wake up and smell the coffee about this?
The Trump movement has inflicted serious harm on Christianity. The movement with its evangelicals has wrapped itself around Trump and his weird sycophants. Rudy Giuliani? And these people demonize anyone who calls himself a "Democrat." So it's simply good vs. evil? It's that simple?
Why are so many people on board with the cause, people everywhere, many of whom might have gotten a good education at one time? Is this a "Twilight Zone" episode where yours truly is left as part of a small minority of "normal" people while everyone else seems to go mad?
We're next door to a state where the governor, Kristi Noem, has floated the idea of having Trump's face added to Mount Rushmore. The element that she represents is doing all it can to block the addressing of climate change in a meaningful way. Fargo radio informs us that mid-week temperatures next week will get over 100 degrees. The announcer did not say how far over 100.
I was listening to WDAY, a Forum-owned station that always tries to run cover for the Trump crowd, and to condemn Democrats as clueless fools, often in a fun-poking way. Hey, how far over 100 degrees might the temperature get? Afraid to tell us? Afraid this might make Trump look bad? Because, after all, Trump has derided climate change theory as a "hoax."
These people would laugh off all the green initiatives. Their new buzzword is "woke" in order to assail their perceived adversaries.
With some of these crazed "conservatives," I have found that if you know them personally and get in a relaxed one-on-one conversation with them, they are not nearly so irritating, they can seem pretty aware and sensible. It's as if they have to put on certain airs to be accepted in a certain crowd.
Someone needs to grab them by the shoulders and shake them. "Don't be embarrassed to support a 'liberal' idea once in a while!" Yeah, you won't get cooties.
All these "investigations" surrounding Trump just plod as if they're little more than a feeding trough for pricey white collar lawyers. It's like a racket. Meanwhile, if you as a common citizen gets pulled over for no seat belt. . .
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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