Threat Against Democracy (TAD). The events of this past weekend were so
amazing that they deserve comment. The
high point, of course, was the women’s march.
What an amazing display of peaceful demonstration and the power of
coordinated action. It was a global
event and I found it inspiring. And, did
you happen to watch SNL? The opening
monologue was thoughtful, responsible, and captivating. Then there was the inauguration and the
subsequent reaction by the administration. It started with Trump’s unbelievable
statements to the CIA. Then, on his very
first appearance in the White House Propaganda Room the Chief Disinformation
Officer, Sean Spicer, flat out lied over a trivial matter – how many people
attended the inauguration. Next, on
Sunday, Kellyanne Conway suggested that she would need to rethink her “relationship”
with Chuck Todd if he kept asking hard questions. Then the quote of the weekend
about “alternative facts.” Social media
loved it with posts such as “I’m not gay - I’m alternative straight.” and “It
didn’t rain on the inauguration - That was alternative sunshine.” Fun, but there is something very serious
here. There will undoubtedly come a time
when some situation occurs and the administration will need the full support of
the American people. They won’t get it
though because they will have so thoroughly ruined their own credibility that
they won’t be believed. And that’s a
huge TAD.
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