TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This sad but laughable saga began in January of 2023. Republicans had won a slim margin in the House of Representatives and would therefore be choosing a Speaker. Without a Speaker, it is illegal for the House to conduct any of our nation’s business. It was no secret during the years when Nancy Pelosi held the gavel that California Representative, Kevin McCarthy, envied her position as the Speaker. He made it clear that he would do anything to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. McCarthy Remains Loyal to Trump, not to his Country It is also no secret that McCarthy was a Trump lacky. He was one of the Republicans who maintained phone contact with America’s biggest traitor throughout the three-hour insurrection on January 6, 2021. However, for the fascist members of the Freedom Caucus, he was considered a moderate: his beliefs and policies were not far enough to the right. Until 2023, Only a Single Vote was Needed to Choose the Speaker When the vote wa

Op-ed byTheWiseOldFart   How did our country, now 247 years old, arrive on the precipice of destruction over just four of those years? The real question is “can it be saved for another 247 years?” What I know is that it began with the illegitimate election of Donald Trump on November 8, 2016. A victory in the Electoral College allowed the least-qualified old, white man in history to claim the title of President of the United States, destroying the Law of the Land, and dividing our nation’s people forever. One man was allowed to destroy many of the achievements of the 44 presidents who preceded him. Today he is seeking another term in the White House although he is a confirmed sexual predator, the leader of the Neo-Nazi movement in America, a man guilty of multiple felonies, the only sitting president to plan, organize, and execute a coupe against his own country, and a free man although he stole classified documents for his personal use. What right-wing politicians and the mainstream m