The mechanisms are indeed bending and cracking. Even the judges who have held on to their integrity come up short when looking for anyone to enforce their judgments. It is quite frightening.
I'm not sure, at my age, that we can fix this in my lifetime. The rot is deep. Americans have such short attention spans.
My question, were I able to address the congressional congress, would be this, "How do you expect any consistency in long term governance with a 4/8 year term?" It seems we've just gone back & forth and back & forth for decades now accomplishing little of long term significance. There must be a middle path. But then, had they listened to Washington's entreaty against _any_ political parties, perhaps that would have lessened the misplaced loyalties?
John, I very much appreciate your continued comparison of our current situation to historical events. Although my undergraduate degree was a BA in biology, had my university had minors, mine would have been in American history. I had a special interest in FDR, and cannot help but contrast FDR’s regular press briefings in his office with Trump’s attacks on members of the press asking appropriate questions.
Unlike Fearless Leader, the numbers don’t lie: Three rounds of “No Kings” protests drew 20 million people across all 50 states. Trump’s pre-election rallies across both campaigns totaled roughly 1.8 million.
The man filled arenas. The idea filled the streets.
We need the historical context...very like Heather Cox Richardson provides! Thanks!
The mechanisms are indeed bending and cracking. Even the judges who have held on to their integrity come up short when looking for anyone to enforce their judgments. It is quite frightening.
I'm not sure, at my age, that we can fix this in my lifetime. The rot is deep. Americans have such short attention spans.
My question, were I able to address the congressional congress, would be this, "How do you expect any consistency in long term governance with a 4/8 year term?" It seems we've just gone back & forth and back & forth for decades now accomplishing little of long term significance. There must be a middle path. But then, had they listened to Washington's entreaty against _any_ political parties, perhaps that would have lessened the misplaced loyalties?
Perhaps if all changes had to be codified and not this EO yoyo used and abused, that would have helped. And correcting the filibuster.
John, I very much appreciate your continued comparison of our current situation to historical events. Although my undergraduate degree was a BA in biology, had my university had minors, mine would have been in American history. I had a special interest in FDR, and cannot help but contrast FDR’s regular press briefings in his office with Trump’s attacks on members of the press asking appropriate questions.
Bravo, John.
Please post some of the presentations at the conference. We need more thoughtful commentary to chew over.
Unlike Fearless Leader, the numbers don’t lie: Three rounds of “No Kings” protests drew 20 million people across all 50 states. Trump’s pre-election rallies across both campaigns totaled roughly 1.8 million.
The man filled arenas. The idea filled the streets.
Impeach the ignorant duplicitous bastard.