What’s the holdup? Why all the cowardice?

For what reasons are Republican politicians and their media cronies bending over backwards to protect ex-POTUS Donald Trump? Why do they screw up their faces and decry efforts to indict, charge, and arrest him as disgusting, disgraceful, or worse? Of course they holler “It’s political!” as a slur, especially when it suits them to say so. They thus live in a nest of their own lies and denial because, come on, they’re politicians! Everything is political! Understand everything has a political aspect. There isn’t anything inherently right or wrong in recognizing the political nature of human relationship dynamics. Trump, however, is a known manipulator of facts and thrives on distortions of truth. He and his ilk are why the public perceive politicians as, sadly, all rank and foul.

Trump should have been arrested and thrown in jail years ago. Cowardice and fear clearly paralyzed efforts to do so. Evidence demonstrates he was likely a Russian asset (an asset, not an agent), usurped the 2016 election, triggered and even encouraged racist, antisemitic, and neofascist violence, and engaged in an attempted a coup in 2021. Trump can and should be charged with several counts of treason as well as multiple counts of corruption. Period.

For what reason do Trump’s supporters among the GOP believe the former president is above the law? There isn’t any reason other than pious “outrage.” Are they afraid of being targeted next? Do they believe all presidents are above the law? Why do they want to go after Obama and Biden then? Have they forgotten the Founding Fathers and the early presidents they so exalt warned repeatedly of people who seek to behave as kings? Or even become kings? Or in today’s parlance become authoritarian, autocratic presidents-for-life as Trump so desperately wanted? As George W. Bush, despite the warnings of many on the Left and even on the Right, did not want? Did they not warn us of engaging in “factions” or political parties to the point one’s country takes a back seat to party politics? How in the world can such highly educated people be so stupid? Be so damn dumb? Continue reading →