TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Our government is good at one and only one thing: they can always be relied upon to hide the truth from the American people.     Let’s go back to 2016, less than one month before the election, and then to April 18, 2019.   A Secret Meeting in the Oval Offices Kept Secret   In October of 2016, with less than one m onth until the general election, the heads of our nation’s security agencies asked f or a meeting with the President, Vice President Biden, Moscow Mitch M cConnell, Speaker Paul Ryan, Chuck Schu me r, and Nancy Pelosi. The subject: Russian interference in our election.   It was confirmed that Russian agents, under orders from President Vladimir Putin, w ere  indeed making hu ge efforts to secure a victory for Donald Trump. However, our government’s leaders decided that the American people, the voting public , had no right to know the truth.   Af t er the election, the big lie: our government   claimed that Putin had no effect on the outcome o

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Prior to the November 8, 2016 election, most Republicans despised Trump. Today those same men and women kiss his huge derriere and beg for his support. Most fake Republicans are desperate for votes. HYPOCRISY A couple of days ago I heard two, old, white Republicans spewing their loyalty to the worst president in history. “Trump could stand on the White House steps and shoot someone and I would still support him.” (All crimes are now acceptable within the Republican Party). “Trump says he wants to be a dictator. I think that’s a good idea. We need a dictator today.” (Obviously not an American citizen). I wonder what they were saying in 2016. BEFORE THE ELECTION "I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said at the time. "When a candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face, the predictable consequence of that is that it escalates.” Marco Rubio: "There