The first President to be impeached in this country was Andrew Johnson. The tumultuous tenure of Mr. Johnson was dotted with miscalculations, crude language and persistent heckling. Johnson in order to bolster his popularity and support his agenda, went on what was termed a, Swing Around the Circle werehistory.org/.... Unfortunately, the President had what could be charitably called, a volatile personality, and did not mind mixing it up with hecklers. On one such stop, he was paraphrased as saying, “I care not about my dignity.”
We now face the dilemma of the same lack of dignity currently in the White House. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is being accused of clandestinely conducting foreign policy behind the back of former President Obama prior to Donald Trump taking office. www.newsweek.com/.... In layman’s terms that is treason. Steve Bannon, who is widely regarded as the brains under the hair, apparently, either tricked or the President negligently, including him on the National Security Council shareblue.com/.... The hits just keep on coming. Poor Sean Spicer, the press secretary, is now the butt of jokes. He reportedly is being called to the carpet daily, by the President, for not being an effective enough liar. This administration does not take a break from the chaos. Just yesterday Kellyanne Conway the purveyor of ‘alternatives ‘and the White House Legal Counsel violated ethics by becoming a spokes-model for a line of wares sold by the President’s daughter, Ivanka Trump.
The list of questionable people and their associations are endless; Rex Tillerson’s ties to Russian Oil through Exxon, is the new Secretary of State. Betsy DeVos the multimillion dollar Republican donor, receives the position as head of the Department of Education without the slightest qualifications, including not attending a public school in her life. Jeff Sessions who was rejected on a bi-partisan basis for a Federal judgeship in 1986 because of his appalling views on civil rights, is the now the top cop in America. To keep to a self-imposed limit of approximately 500 words, I will draw the line with those examples. Do a little research on your own, you can find many more. The White House has been so narrow minded, in favoring business, they shut down the USDA government website that allows the public to check if would-be dog owners are buying from atrocious puppy mills The counter argument made by business owners is that the information makes them targets, even if they are adhering to the law www.msn.com/.... Like most things mishandled so far by the Trump administration a compromise could have been effected by a narrowing of the criteria for businesses but nope, “damned the torpedoes, full greed ahead”www.imdb.com/....
After eight years of careful consideration, notice I did not say perfect consideration to legislative change, controlled with dignity by Barack Obama, we are now wandering in the desert. We have a misguided immigration ban currently going through the courts, a Navy Seal killed in an ill-advised raid, along with an eight-year-old American girl and a neo -Nazi at the right hand of the President. Brace yourselves for a long hot summer, dignity is not on the drink menu.
’18 and Change’