Now is not the time to celebrate. Not a day goes by we don’t hear of civil unrest in our big cities. This protest movement threatens to tear down the foundations of our republic and usher in a tyranny and dystopia not unsimilar to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. We must remain vigilant and informed if we wish to keep our borders and freedoms. When I went to the ballot box last week, I intended to vote against corruption, cronyism and stand up to defend my country’s borders, values and freedoms but since issues can’t be president I filled in the bubble next to Donald J Trump. Being a principled independent and not just a fanboy means that I hold the candidate accountable to issues he ran on and watching him bring his family into his administration is NOT reassuring. Dynasties do not bode well for the public. Dynasties breed corruption. Dynasties are unAmerican. I’m sure the Trump children are intelligent, thoughtful and well meaning, but the ambition to fix everything and the notion that you and your family have all the answers needs to be checked by outsiders and we can’t set a bad precedent at this crucial time. What would we say if Mrs Clinton gave positions to her husband and daughter?
It also seems that a culture of pettiness and favor trading is taking shape in this young administration; I refer you to the Omarosa interview. Now, I’m not saying the president-elect does not have a right to appoint allies who will help him enact the issues that got him elected but to use these appointments as weapons of revenge does not help the country. And it’s not like he has even renewed his vows on the issues we voted him in for, to the contrary, he’s softened up. It seems like he entered Washington sans the disgust we all feel and was therefore swayed by internal squabbling. Being the pragmatist that he is, he came back to us via 60 Minutes and played down his promises, but we’re not dumb and we ought to fight back and lobby this incoming administration and not fear calling them out, we want drastic and bold action. Did Barack Obama back down from his promise to reform healthcare? I distinctly remember him doubling down and sticking to his guns, lobbying day and night to get it passed...and we expect to repeal it by keeping normal business hours and cutting deals and trading favors?
Another issue he really backed off from was his promise to investigate the crimes of Hillary Clinton and her cronies. This is unacceptable. We are a country of laws and we are all equal under that law. We cannot send a message that anybody, no matter their years of service, is exempt from the law. The crimes we believe she committed are serious and resulted in major damage to our image overseas, the loss of American lives and very very bad policy, not to mention there is good reason to believe she was privately enriched by these official actions. It is impossible to use Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon as a precedent because the benefit to Nixon from his espionage actions were only meant to give him an edge in the election. Nobody died as direct result, no policy was enacted and he actually apologized and stepped down. We must see to it that these investigations continue and that a grand jury is convened with or without Mr Trump’s blessing. If he chooses to pardon her we must hold him accountable, treat him as hostile and definitely not re-elect him, no consequence if off the table.
UPDATE:
I am not trying to get "top level security clearance" for my children. This was a typically false news story.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
I would definitely call this reassuring and I'm glad the reporting was false.
Also...
It seems like scandal prone Chris Christie was in fact NOT the right man to #DrainTheSwampPence removing lobbyists from Trump transition team https://t.co/vSWRoSScVl— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 16, 2016
