PRESERVING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

 

As I join my neighbors across the nation today in celebrating America, and American freedoms, democracy, and true American values I realize that these freedoms, rights, and values are in great danger.

Nothing is more important for the future of American and American freedom, democracy, and true American values than defeating our greatest enemy – Donald Trump and the ignorant racists of the Religious Right that controls today’s Republican Party - in the 2024 elections.

It is vital that you vote against EVERY Republican candidate in EVERY election at EVERY level in 2024.

If Trump is returned to the White House and today’s Republican Party gains control of Congress and state legislatures, I very sincerely believe it will be the beginning of the end of America as we know it.

The 2024 elections are not about progressive vs conservative but about freedom and democracy vs racism, repression, and fascism.  

TAFN

AMERICA'S GREATEST ENEMY

 

The greatest enemy of America today is not Russia, China, North Korea, the Taliban, or ISIS.  The greatest enemy of and threat to America, the American people, American freedom and democracy, and true American values is today’s Republican Party.

Today’s Republican Party is totally controlled by the racist and repressive so-called “Evangelicals” of the Religious Right, bought and paid for by the NRA, and completely embraces as its leader demagogue Donald J. Trump.

Donald J. Trump is a totally worthless individual, completely devoid of intelligence, integrity, and humanity, who does not possess a single redeeming positive human quality or value, and who has never performed a single totally unselfish act in his entire adult life.

In our country’s history no one single individual has done more damage to America, the American people, American freedom and democracy, and true American values than Donald J. Trump.

The legacy of the Trump Presidency is the “legitimization” of racism, bigotry, and white supremacism.  What he has done is organized millions of ignorant racist Americans, who in the past either did not vote or voted for extreme 3rd Party candidates and brought them into the Republican Party.  The Party now courts and panders to these new voters, totally abandoning true conservative and “traditional” Republican voters.

The platform of today’s Republican Party is not based on legitimate political philosophy and values but on ignorance, racism, and bigotry.

Today’s Republican Party does not want a government based on freedom, equality, and the Constitution.  It wants one based on racist and repressive distortions of Christian doctrine, which have nothing to do with the true teachings of Christ.

Today’s Republican Party is not conservative.  Its platform is the polar opposite of the basic conservative values of individual freedom and limited government.  It wants the government to tell citizens what they can read, what they can think, who they can love, and how they can act.  Today’s Republican Party supports banning books, censoring history, and suppressing the teaching of anything that does not strictly conform to extreme fundamentalist white Christian nationalist propaganda.

It is vital for the future of America and American freedom, democracy, and values that we vote against every Republican candidate for every office in every election at every level.

TAFN

MORE EVIL THAN GOOD

 

I have not posted this in a while.

I recognize the many good works done by true religious organizations and individuals and acknowledge the positive effect my true Christian upbringing in the Methodist Church had on my life

However, I very sincerely believe that in the history of mankind there has been more evil than good done in the name of God, a god or religion.

This especially applies today with the evil and damage being done by the fake Christian so-called “Evangelicals” of the Religious Right, which controls today’s Republican Party and who demagogue Trump panders to.

TAFN

THE REAL ENEMY OF AMERICA

 

Republicans today think the Democratic Party is an enemy of America because Democrats embrace more progressive and liberal policy.

But Democrats are no more an enemy than “traditional” Republicans are an enemy because they embrace true and legitimate conservative policy.

However, today’s Republican Party is truly an enemy of America.  It is the greatest threat and danger facing America, the American people, American freedom and democracy, and true American values today.  This is because it has totally embraced the fascist, racist and repressive agenda of the “Religious Right” and also embraces wannabe dictator Trump and his lies.

As I have said many times before –

Trump is a totally worthless piece of garbage, completely devoid of intelligence, integrity, and humanity, who does not possess a single redeeming positive human quality or value, and who has never performed a single totally unselfish act in his entire adult life.  In our country’s history no one single individual has done more damage to America, the American people, American freedom and democracy, and true American values than Trump.

Traditional Republicans and true conservatives, who no longer have a voice in American politics, have only one intelligent and acceptable option this November – voting for Joe Biden for President.  And voting for Democratic candidates for Congress, governorships, and state legislatures.

Absolutely nothing is more important for the future of America and the world than keeping Trump out of the White House.  And it is vital for the future of America that we work to defeat EVERY Republican candidate for EVERY office in EVERY election at EVERY level.

If Republicans win in November America truly loses.  And if Trump is put in the White House again instead of celebrating 250 years of American democracy in 2025, we will be mourning the death of America democracy.

TAFN

 
Today I celebrate my 70^th birthday.
 
One of the things I am most proud of is the fact that I have vocally and aggressively opposed and denounced ignorant, incompetent, and corrupt narcissist, sociopath, and demagogue Donald Trump since he first announced his candidacy in 2015.
 
In a letter to the editor published in my local newspaper in July of 2015 I wrote – “Perhaps the most disturbing development in American politics in my lifetime (and I am 63) is the fact that tonsorially challenged Donald Trump is taken seriously as a Presidential candidate.”
 
I have always very seriously and sincerely believed that it is literally impossible for any intelligent person to support Trump for any office of political power at any level.  Anybody who listens to Trump or reads his posts and supports him for President is a complete moron.
 
The most important thing we can do to protect America, American freedom and democracy, and true American values is to make sure Trump is never returned to the White House.
 
And make sure Trump is prosecuted, convicted, and incarcerated for his multitude of crimes.

TAFN
 

 

THE MAN WHO NEVER RETURNED

 

The most important thing we can do to protect the future of America and American freedom and democracy is to make sure corrupt, ignorant and incompetent totally self-absorbed demagogue and traitor Donald J Trump is truly “The Man Who Never Returned”.

If Trump is allowed to return to the White House as President in 2024 it will be the end of America as we know it. In 2026, instead of celebrating 250 years of American democracy we will be mourning the death of democracy.

Actually, if fascist DeSantis or just about any other Republican becomes President in 2024 it could mean the end of freedom and democracy in America.  The greatest threat to American freedom and democracy is not Russia or China but today’s Republican Party. 

It is vitally important that we work hard to defeat every Republican candidate in every election for every office at every level in 2023 and 2024.

TAFN

LIFE IMITATES ART

 

DC comics predicted the Trump presidency.  Well, kind of.

Superman’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor first appeared, as just Luthor, in April of 1940 in Action Comics #23.  He was a middle-aged diabolical genius with a full head of red hair.  An artist’s error in a newspaper strip less than a year later resulted in Luthor’s first appearance as completely bald.

The “Silver Age” (when I was growing up) Luthor, now given the first name Lex so he could be an “LL”, was introduced in April of 1960 in Adventure Comics #271.  Teen-aged Luthor, like Clark Kent from Smallville, originally hero-worshipped Superboy.  Determined to prove he was Earth’s greatest scientist by creating artificial life, his recklessness and inexperience caused a fire in his laboratory.  Superboy arrived and put out the fire, but accidentally destroyed the artificial life form and all of Luthor’s notes, and the fumes from the chemical fire caused Luthor’s hair to fall out.  Unwilling to admit he was responsible for the fire, Luthor believed Superboy was jealous of his intellect and caused the fire and he swore revenge.

It was in the recreation of the DC Universe after the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” that Lex Luthor was changed from an evil genius scientist to an evil genius corporate executive – a billionaire businessman who was actually partially based on Trump.  This is the Luthor portrayed on TV series over the last three decades.  In the comics Luthor became the 43^rd President of the United States.

There are two main differences between DC’s President Luthor and Trump.  Luthor was an evil genius – Trump is certainly not a genius (stable or otherwise), just evil.  And Luthor was surprisingly portrayed as competent during his time in office – unlike Trump, who was the most incompetent President in US history.

And, of course, Luthor was bald, while Trump is merely “tonsorially challenged”.

One major similarity.  Superman was the symbol of “truth, justice and the American way”.  So, as Superman’s enemy Luthor was the enemy of truth, justice and the American way.  Just like Trump.

TAFN