In Washington, “Doing the Right Thing” is Extremely Rare

All Politicians are cowards, regardless of their party affiliation. They are more afraid of what might happen if they did the right thing than violating their oaths of office. Losing an election would force them to find a real job. Their license to steal from the American people would be revoked. Not a single professional politician spends more than 100 days each year working for the people. Most of their time is spent fund raising and lying to their constituents.

Since Trump was gifted the Electoral College in 2016, the government of the United States has become the most corrupt and most incompetent in the world. Fewer bills have become law over the last nine years than during any other period in American history.

Our Founding Fathers were “eternal optimists.” They were naïve and believed that their successors would possess the morals, principles, and integrity to improve upon their humble beginnings in 1789. However, they underestimated the frailty of humanity. The desires for great wealth and power far surpass the desires of most women and men to do the right thing and serve the needs and wishes of our nation’s people.

There are two political parties in America. One party calls themselves Democrats and the other Republicans. However, the truth is undeniable that since 2017 the once Grand Old Party surrendered to Trump and Vladimir Putin, and is now the American Fascist Party.

Democrats are no better. Over the last 79 years, they have become cowards who fear losing power in Washington and continue to move farther to the right, abandoning the ideals of the only “people’s president” in history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

It is clear that I must remind you that all 546 men and women who are intended to serve our nation’s people are nothing more than public servants. Not one of them is of greater importance than a janitor who labors in the Capitol Building. Nine Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the president. The executive branch includes the President and Vice-President. The House of Representatives is composed of 435 individuals. The Senate consists of 100 men and women. These are the few who control your future, and the future of those you love.

99.99 percent of these men and women have no interest in doing the right thing all of the time. Their focus is on their personal future.

I doubt that you want to believe the truth. The truth will destroy everything you believed about your country. However, the facts are undeniable. Corruption has become the norm in Washington. Both parties share a common vow: to protect each other from the truth. The phrase most commonly used among them is “for reasons of national security.” The truth is, every time a politician uses this slogan, they are hiding some form of corruption by one of their own.

We, the people, are the United States of America. We have a right to know everything which happens in Washington without exception. The once “fourth estate” was offered protection under the First Amendment by our elected officials. However, it no longer exists.

Recently I applauded President Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter. For decades those who call themselves “Republicans” have committed thousands of crimes, big and small, and no one has denounced them for their hypocrisy. Remember, Trump awarded the “Medal of Freedom” to one of our nation’s greatest dividers: Rush Limbaugh.

When Biden broke his promise with a pardon for his son, I cheered. However, many cowardly Democrats denounced the President’s decision. They remain cowards.

One man, the last president before Biden who accomplished many great things for our nation’s people, supported his decision, I realized a few real Americans do have courage to do the right thing.

Our 42^nd President, Bill Clinton, offered his opinion.

“I personally believe that the president is almost certainly right that his son received completely different treatment than he would have if he hadn’t been the president’s son, in this kind of case,” the former president said onstage Wednesday at the 2024 DealBook Summit.

One Democrat had the courage to stand with one of our nation’s best presidents in modern history.

Think what you will, but the facts are clear: no one can be trusted in Washington, but some are worse than others. I would list their names, but if you are an informed American, you already know them.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/04/clinton-biden-pardon-hunter-00192605