When I look at the last 4 years and how our country seemed to get more divided than anytime since the Civil War it’s easy to conclude that President Trump is the reason it occurred. From the moment he declared war on the corruption in DC he became a target of all those entrenched power brokers who have been able to hide their venal activities from an unsuspecting public. Trump became the loudest whistleblower in history when he talked about draining the swamp that had been operating like an organized crime family for generations. In order for a mafia-like mob to operate effectively it must keep its nefarious pursuits from public exposure. Hence, President Trump had to be destroyed!
Like most
people, when I was growing up, I heard the phrase “no one is above the law”
many times. It was a saying that provided a definition of what justice means.
Therefore, if someone punched you in the nose without provocation, you were
confident that you could call a cop and have the puncher arrested. But, suppose
the ruffian was related to the police chief or the mayor? Would his chances of
conviction for assault be the same as if he were the son of the local
electrician or plumber? Nepotism and other forms of favoritism seems to be part
of the DNA in all of us. We want to protect our own, so, we’ll use whatever
resources we have to keep them out of trouble.
We can
apply that reasoning to national politics as well. Once upon a time if
politicians were caught in a corruption probe they would quickly resign their
offices and attempt to hide from the embarrassing publicity, while praying that
they would not go to jail. In addition, when public officials were exposed as
incompetent, reckless, or negligent in the performance of duty, they’d step
down amid a swirling tide of public outrage. Not anymore! These days it takes a
lot more than bribery, mismanagement, and/or mendacity during congressional
hearings to remove these reprobates from office. It seems as though we’ve
arrived at a time in which those in power have rigged the system to keep from
being penalized for their crimes. They’ll destroy anyone who threatens their
comfortable position at the top of the crooked food chain.
The
foregoing is reminiscent of the racketeers that would do anything to keep from
being exposed. If you were a witness to a crime by some hoodlum, with ties to
organized crime, your chances of making it to a courtroom with your testimony was
slim and none. Anyone who endangered the criminal enterprise would suddenly
disappear or have a tragic “accident.” Although those tactics may have also be
used in cases of government corruption, these days, there are other tactics which
are more subtle, but, just as effective in silencing the conscientious citizen.
If you’re viewed as a threat to the established order you might be labeled a
racist, homophobe, xenophobe or some other “ist or phobe.” Even if you’re a US
Senator, (Josh Hawley) you may have your home surrounded by a vicious mob in
the middle of the night, or you (Senator Rand Paul) and your wife may need
police protection to leave a gathering at the White House.
In
addition, if you’re a Republican who posts on social media you’re very likely
to be attacked by left wing posters who will attempt to scare you by destroying
your character online, even going so far as to call your employer and demand
that you be fired for having the audacity to post opinions that are outside left
wing orthodoxy. If you are a conservative notable with a large following on
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc., your views will be considered “inappropriate”
by the tech giants who have morphed into tyrannical oligarchs with the power to
muzzle your every thought. All of the foregoing seems to be indicative of the systemic
corruption in the political establishment that runs this country like an
organized crime empire.
The
attempt by highly placed people, most of whom that have never had their power
challenged, to keep President Trump on the defensive against an unprecedented
assault from phony investigations, is a sure sign that they wanted to divert
the public’s attention from their despicable behavior. Why did so many insiders
conspire to keep an outsider from pushing the curtain aside and looking inside
the tent? Is it possible that the level of corruption is so immense that if
uncovered, elected officials from coast to coast could end up wearing orange
jumpsuits? Is it unfathomable to believe that top officials in our government
have created an alliance with corporate giants and media moguls to make
exposure impossible? What they did to President Trump is a warning to all
others who would dare attempt to drain the swamp that operates in perpetuity on
the Potomac.
