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Yeah, you had me right until that last little bit.

Been drinking at Marty D's well a bit too deeply, or you got your own supply?

Trump's reemergence is the Democratic Party's fault?

Huh.....

That's some serious deflection or egocentrism there (depending on whether you are saying that from the perspective of being a Democrat, or from the outside looking in).

How about putting the blame squarely where it belongs. It's not Trump's. Nor the Democratic Party's, nor, for that matter, at this point, really the Republican Party's. Nor the billionaire's, Putin's, or anyone else's.

This time, it lands squarely at the feet of the American electorate.

They, no WE, have CHOSEN a man who lies so much that in his 1st tour of duty, the WAPO had to hire a staff to keep track of all of them. 30,000+ PUBLIC lies in a 4 year period, averaging 15+/day. Kinda of puts Obama's one lies about keeping your doctor in perspective, eh? What's that old saw about one death being a tragedy, but a million is merely a statistic? This time around, Bezos is throwing in the towel and saying "What's the point?" No one cares.

He was found by a jury of his peers to have sexually assaulted a woman, has been accused of it many more times, including with minors, including while associating with a known pedophile who happened to die in his custody, whilst there is ample evidence of his using NDA's and settlements to hide such actions

Etc. etc. On and on. 140 cops beaten half to death, attempt to overthrow an election by force, convicted felon, escaped trial from other felonies due to us, thousands of unnecessary Covid deaths, draft dodger leading the military, deficit blown up....yada, yada, yada.

Pretty much any standard of decency, principle, law, or decorum you can think of challenged, insulted, disparaged, or ignored - and the American people decided that they wanted more or worse.

I suspect, as do you, we'll get it.

So the important point is not what that says about Trump but what does it say about us?

Rights established for 2 generations are taken away by those who lied to get the opportunity. Theocrats raising the blindfold to see whose asking before passing judgement. Children tortured to coerce their parents. Bill of Rights fungible and for sale.

We as a nation should now accept and admit what Putin once claimed.

There is no American exceptionalism. It is a myth.

We no longer have honor nor honesty. Though I am sure the ones most responsible for it's loss will be the ones quickest and loudest to deny it. No matter the overwhelming evidence otherwise. They do on everything else, why not that?

What ally should trust us? Nato countries were the only ones to come to our aid and fight beside us when we were attacked on 9/11. We have been the only country to invoke that pact for our protection, and they answered. They had our back. A generation later we will not only not come to their aid, we're going to attack them? THEM? Damn.....

Again, on and on.

And there is no way the American people can claim, no matter how much they, or we, will - that this was not a conscious choice.

Now don't get me wrong. There are many who do believe in all of those things. I hope I can be counted among their number.

But this election showed we are not a majority. Not among the electorate. Not at this time. Not sure we ever were. Maybe it was just a fantasy that we told ourselves, and some just mouthed the words because it was easier to go along with the crowd. Same as they do now.

I dunno.

Hard for me to believe it. Hard to accept it. To see something you fought, bled, and saw friends die for be given away so cheaply. But I'm a realist, so I must accept the truth for what it is.

As I would recommend you do as well.

This one's on us. God help us all.

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