I find it hard
to post. The Trump presidency is such a
daily cluster-fuck that my poor slow cooker recipes, DYI hints, apocalyptic
climate predictions and general Maine lore shade unimportant by comparison to
what is happening to our democracy. So lately I have avoided the computer.
People seem
shocked by the reaction of the Republican Party to the blatant racism, misogamy
and maleficence of office of the Presidency that is the part and parcel of the
Trump White House.
In 1948 southern
racist Democrats began fleeing the Democratic Party when desegregation became
part of the Democratic platform. Within
a few years these southern racist democrats became a major faction in Republican
Party. The Republican party also opened
their arms to the southern fundamentalist Christians. Over the years the Republican hierarchy willingly
accepted any fringe group that they felt they could manipulate to vote
Republican; placating them by giving lip service to social policies that would cement
that base, while enacting actual policies that served the rich and
powerful.
As a result,
the base of the republican became dumbed down and easily manipulated.
Then the Republican
party made the mistake of encouraging and energizing the Tea Party; and low
intelligent, uninformed masses dawned tri-corner hats, waved Don’t Tread on Me flags and, to the
surprise of the Party elites, systematically took over the asylum.
If you are a
KKK member - there is a place for you in the Republican Party; if you are a
white supremacist - there is a place for you in the Republican Party; If you
are a fundamentalist Christian that denies evolution and believes the earth is
six thousand years old - there is a place for you in the Republican Party; if
you are a moronic science denier - there is a place for you in the Republican
Party; if you are a militia nutcase advocation the overthrow of the federal
government - there is a place for you in the Republican Party, If you are an
ammosexual wearing you assault rifle into McDonald’s - there is a place for you
in the Republican Party; if you feel that women aren’t capable of making
decisions about their own bodies - there is a place for you in the Republican
Party; and if you are a homophobe…..
This is the
Republican Party that finally found their savior in Donald Trump.
This is not
the Party of Donald Trump, but the Republican party with a leader that at last reflects
the values of the party he leads.
the Ol'Buzzard
