For God's Sake Will You Republicans Please Let Joe Biden Enjoy His Ice Cream

 Thursday February 29th, 2024

My Dear America:

It constantly amazes me that regardless of what kind of horrible behavior that Joe Biden is forced to tolerate from Republicans in Congress and on the Supreme Court that he continues to be generally optimistic and relatively serene in going about his daily duties and responsibilities.  I am thankful every day that Joe Biden won the Presidential Election fairly and squarely in November of 2020 and remains our President.  I can't say for sure whether Joe Biden is the best President of all time.  I don't know enough about all of the Presidents we have had.  What I do know is that he is far and away one of the most effective Presidents we have had in my lifetime of paying attention to Politics.  And I do know that his predecessor, Donald Trump has to either be, or at least be in the running for "THE WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME."

I remember being really impressed on Inauguration day 2021 that Biden, even with all he had to do on that day, had stacks of documents that he needed to sign right away to deal with problems that Donald Trump had either not dealt with or had created.  

Throughout his term in the Presidency Joe Biden has continued to work hard, along with his excellent team, not to grandstand and create problems like Trump did but to solve problems that needed solving.  I sometimes think about just how different Biden and Trump are and what a nightmare it would have been if Donald Trump had been elected instead of Joe Biden.  Quite Frankly, its too scary to think about Trump being back in the White House.

Unfortunately, the incredibly frightening prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House needs to be considered daily until we finally Re Elect Joe Biden for another term as our President.

I don't know why we are so lucky to have Gentleman Joe willing and able to stick with us and to run for another term.  I'm sure there are times that he wishes that he could just ditch all of the Republican Bullshit and go retire to his Rehoboth Beach Home and just relax and take a walk along the beach at sunset every day of his life. 

All I know is that I and a lot of other Democrats appreciate what Biden has done  for us and continues to do for us as he has accomplished and continues to accomplish so much not for himself but for the American people.

I really enjoyed seeing him show up on Seth Myers Late Night Show this past week to celebrate Seth's 10 Year Anniversary on the air.  Joe was actually on Seth's First Show 10 Years ago.  Joe seemed to be relaxed and having fun with Myers and even went downstairs after the show was over and got an Ice Cream Cone.

Of Course the Lunatics at Fox News and other Right Wing Nuts went crazy over Biden eating Ice Cream like there was something wrong with it.  Biden was so relaxed in the Ice Cram Shop that he answered a question about a Cease Fire in Gaza optimistically and of course, took shit for that.

Jesus, Give the guy a break.  All Right Wing news ever does is Trash Joe every day like he is always doing something wrong when the truth is that he is always doing something right.

All the Republicans in the House of Representatives ever do is try to pull the rug out from Joe Biden every chance they get.  They insisted that if Biden wanted to get money for Ukraine and Israel he had to fix the Border according to their demands.  Senator Lankford and Senators Murphy and Sinema worked out a reasonably good Bipartisan Plan and it looked like it was a done deal.

That was until Donald Trump weighed in on it and told House Republicans to kill the Bipartisan Border Bill because he did not want Joe Biden to get a win.  Trump, not giving a shit about the consequences of killing the Border Bill, just wanted to keep the Border screwed up so that he could blame Biden for the problem.  

At this point, however, I think it is obvious to anyone paying attention to this situation that Biden is not to blame for this Border Boondoggle.  Once again Donald Trump has shown his lack of concern for America and his willingness to shaft America and Americans if it serves his self interest.

I just hope that Voters in November of this year will not forget which Presidential Candidate has the interests of America and Americans on their minds and which Candidate couldn't give a damn about them. 

In the meantime, Joe, Please keep up the good work.  You have accomplished a lot and it seems as though you have a lot more to do.  Don't let yourself become discouraged by Republicans.  Please know that there are a lot of us out here who appreciate you and will be in your corner in November. 

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

Biden And Navalny: Brothers In Democracy

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

My Dear America:

I watched the Rebroadcast of the CNN Film, "Navalny" last Saturday Night.

I had seen it before when it was broadcast for what I think was the first time.

I was blown away by the film both times I watched it.

I was blown away the first time I saw the film because I had known very little about Alexei Navalny prior to watching the film.  Observing this Tall, Handsome, Charming, Charismatic, Fearless Russian Lawyer and Politician call the individuals on the telephone who attempted to assassinate him by poisoning his clothes and pretending to be a top Russian Official demanding a report was gutsy beyond belief.  

Watching him in the movie the first time I truly felt as though I was watching someone who was fearless enough and capable enough to turn Russia into the kind of Reasonable and Righteous Democratic Country that those of us who believed in Democracy hoped it could be.

Navalny fooled The Russian Assassin who admitted to attempting to kill him into explaining on the phone while he was being recorded on camera just how he and his comrades went about attempting to kill Navalny by poisoning his underwear with a deadly nerve agent.

The First time I saw the film, especially the part of the film in which he voluntarily returned to Russia only to be arrested, I finished watching the film with a feeling of Hope For The Future Of Russia because Navalny was there.

I had a different feeling watching "Navalny" on CNN this past Saturday night.

Although I felt hopeful the first time I watched "Navalny," this time I felt hopeless and angry that Navalny was obviously no longer able to stir the consciences of the Russian people and give them hope for their future. 

Although it was reported there was film showing Navalny looking especially healthy taken at his Arctic Prison camp last Friday it was also reported later on that Navalny was dead.  Certainly when someone looks healthy early in the day and dies of what the Russian officials term "Sudden Death Syndrome" it is not difficult to figure out that there was something incredibly wrong with this picture.  In fact "Sudden Death Syndrome" seems to be a method of dying that has been recently on the rise in Russia.  Amazingly enough almost all of the victims of this uniquely Russian method of demise seem to be Russian citizens speaking out against their country's increasing Political Repression.

Bono at a concert in Las Vegas encouraged his fans to "say Navalny's name" as a gesture of respect for Navalny and a well deserved slap in the face for Vladimir Putin who took great care never to mention Navalny's name in public probably because he didn't want Navalny to be any more well known in Russia than he already was.

President Joe Biden was obviously angry in his reaction to the news that Navalny was dead.  Biden was very clear who he blamed for Navalny's death.  He blamed Vladimir Putin for Navalny's demise and would be looking at what steps he could take to react to Alexei's death.

Clearly Biden certainly felt a kinship with Navalny with regard to both men having a love and respect for Freedom and Democracy in their Home Countries. On today's date Joe Biden met with Navalny's widow and daughter and clearly will be supportive of Navalny's wife's efforts to continue her husband's Legacy to attempt to bring Democracy and Freedom to Russia 

There is a deep sadness in the world right now as one more light has gone out as another Truly Brave Patriot is gone from Russia.  

"Sudden Death Syndrome has killed a number of brave individuals in Russia recently who have had the courage to speak out about the conditions in their Home Country.

To make matters worse for lovers of Democracy in our country we presently have to endure Donald Trump making statements about NATO indicating that if our Allied Countries in NATO don't pay what he determines is their their fair share of the financial burden of NATO that in a Trump Administration they will not be protected in the event of being invaded by Russia.  Trump has also let it be known that he does not want Republicans to vote to give aid to Ukraine at a time when a lack of assistance to Ukraine is beginning to show its dangerous consequences in Ukraine.

Hopefully Trump's Reckless policies will at some point turn off those individuals in the Republican Party who still believe in Democracy and that somehow Radical Republican Extremists will still figure out what it is that their party used to stand for and that they come to their senses before it is too late to save Democracy in Ukraine or in other NATO Countries, or in fact in America .

We are most certainly living in very Dangerous times these days and if Donald Trump is elected we will most certainly be seeing the end of Democracy in America. 

It is surely time for all Americans to wake up and pay attention to what is happening not only in America but all over our world.  

In the meantime, we will miss Alexei Navalny and what he stood for and we will be grateful that in the United States of America Joe Biden is still in charge, and not Donald Trump.

Now if we can only keep it that way.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

 

Hey Republicans, For GOD's Sake, Aren't You Embarrassed

February 14th 2024 

My Dear America:

I feel bad for you, America.  

One of your Major Political Parties appears to be Mortally Sick and Damaged beyond belief. It seems  to me as if there is no end in sight for the incredible Humiliation and Degradation that it takes these days to call yourself a member of the Republican Party.

I saw the Leader of the Republican Party on C Span recently.  He was spewing out his insane verbal venom in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and since he was on display in my home state I thought I would try to see  and hear what he was ranting about in Harrisburg.  Quite Frankly, I couldn't stand watching him for very long.  As Usual, Donald Trump had a lot to say but not much of it was true.  I must say Though that He has his rant pretty much down pat these days.

Donald was weeping and wailing that he is constantly being pursued by those damned Radical Lefties who just won't let the poor guy alone.  The Lefties are pursuing him in Florida, Georgia, New York and D.C. just because Democrats won't accept the fact that Poor Donald won the 2020 Election and Democrats refuse to let him back in the White House.  Well the poor insane Megalomaniac is right about one thing.  Democrats certainly do not want Donald Trump ever to darken the White House doors ever again.  He is simply not correct about the fact of whether or not Trumpzilla actually won the 2020 Election.

He did not.

Not only did Donald Trump lose the 2020 Election but he has convinced a lot of his Republican Voters/followers who have for many decades trusted the American Election System to follow his BIG LIE that the 2020 Election was stolen by Joe Biden and the Democrats.

Donald Trump is correct about one thing.  There was a serious attempt to steal the 2020 Election.  But how in the hell could Joe Biden have stolen the election.  Although Joe Biden was certainly running for the office of the President in 2020 he was not in a position of power in which he realistically could have managed to steal the Election.  The only Presidential Candidate who was in a Power Position to steal the election was the man who was President at the time in 2020.  That person was Donald Trump and make no mistake although he was not successful in his attempt to steal the election in 2020 he certainly did everything in his power to steal the election away from Joe Biden.

He was just unlucky enough to have a Vice President who cared more about the American Constitution than he did about Trump.  

I feel bad these days, however for Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Charlie Dent, Cassidy Hutchinson, Mike Pence and all of those other decent Republicans who have been banished from their party because they wouldn't accept Trump's MAGA Lies especially the one about his winning the 2020 Election.

Republicans have had plenty of time to come to their senses but in the Republican Party MAGA Lies have simply become truths and if you want to remain a Republican you are required to accept Trump's Lies as the Gospel Truth.

And Speaking of the Gospel, check out on Twitter and You Tube the astounding lies presented in a Video by Republican Evangelical Christians that equate Donald Trump as some kind of Savior sent by GOD to Save America and the World.

Incredible, absolutely INCREDIBLE.

How fairly decent Republicans can buy this Reprehensible Republican Bullshit is beyond me.  It even appears as though some Evangelicals are Pulling away from their churches and church families in order to put their Faith and their Money into Donald Trump  rather than Jesus.

What the hell is going on with you people?  

Wake the Hell up and smell the insanity and the treason.

There is nothing remotely religious about Donald Trump.

He is as faraway from being a spiritual being as you can get.

All the man cares about is money.

I have never been much of a fan of the Republican Party but for a long time I have recognized that whether I agreed with them or not, The Republican Party did appear to have some Principles, which I respected.  

Some Republicans were actually identified as "Liberal Republicans" and some as "Moderate Republicans".

In today's MAGA led Republican Party if you are "LIberal" or even a "Moderate" there is no longer any place for you to fit.

However If you have NAZI tendencies and hate Jews, Blacks, Immigrants, Latinos, Gays or Trans people Come on Down.  There is plenty of room for you in today's  Republican Party.

We are certainly headed for a Showdown in The United States Of America on Election Day 2024 at the ballot box.

After this year's election we will either continue to be a Democracy with Joe Biden as our President or a Dictatorship with Donald Trump as our Fuhrer.

I live in hope that at the end of 2024 we once again look forward to living in Freedom and Democracy in 2025.

I have a Democratic Friend who proposes that perhaps the thing for Joe Biden to do after the 2024 Election is regardless of the election outcome Biden should immediately declare himself the winner of the election and refuse to leave the White House.  

The more I think about it, The more I like that idea.

If we have to have a Fuhrer I'd rather it be Biden.

Sinceerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

  

In Iowa And New Hampshire "The Nightmare Has Already Begun"

 Monday, January 29th, 2024

My Dear America:

In A Television Season Long Ago one of My Favorite Shows was a Science Fiction Series called "The Invaders".  The series starred Roy Thinnes who played an American named David Vincent who had accidently discovered that America was being invaded by Aliens who looked just like us.  At the beginning of each show the  voice of Actor, William Conrad was heard narrating the setup for the show.  Conrad had been the voice of "The Lone Ranger" on the radio and also played "Cannon" on television.  At the end of his introductory dialogue for every episode of the series William Conrad said the same thing in his unique booming bass voice.  He said:

"And The Nightmare Has Already Begun"

For some reason the frightening sound of Conrad's ancient television warning has been playing in my head in recent days as I have watched with horror the truly disturbing results of the Iowa Caucus and the vote in New Hampshire both important results in the beginning of the 2024 Republican Primary. 

Caucus Night was one of the coldest nights that Iowa had ever seen.

I was hoping against hope that the Frigid temperatures might keep the Iowa Polling results from coming true.  

After all, How could it be in the real world that a man who is facing 91 Felony charges in various courts in different states, a man who has been proved in court to be a rapist, a man who dines with Neo Nazis and sounds like one himself, a man who admires Dictators, A man who was for many years a very close friend and Running Buddy in Palm Beach with Jeffrey Epstein and a man who has not even participated in even one of the Republican Presidential Campaign Televised Debates,  How could this man possibly win the Iowa Caucus by a staggering margin of victory.

Unfortunately Donald Trump won big in the Iowa Caucuses and Donald Trump also won the Republican Primary Election in New Hampshire, although not by as wide a margin as he had expected.  In New Hampshire Trump won only by a margin of around 10 points.  Indeed, Nikki Haley, with every other Republican Rival other than Trump having abandoned their Presidential Ambitions showed by her strong showing in the Granite State that her Campaign might just be gaining enough strength to be giving Donald Trump a run for his money in the future.  

Haley's Speech at the end of the New Hampshire Primary Election Campaign made it clear that she was encouraged by her closer than expected showing and unlike her many rivals for the prize before her who had quit the Campaign trail, she was staying in the race.

Certainly Donald Trump was not at all happy to hear that Nikki Haley was staying in the Republican Race for President.  Onstage With Trump at his Victory Party in New Hampshire were two of the most obnoxious of his previous rivals for the Republican Presidential nod, Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy.  Both were doing what they did best as they ran for the Presidency.  They were both onstage Enthusiastically Kissing Trump's Ass.  Trump repaid Scott for his homage by humiliating Scott and Nikki Haley in the same breath by reminding Scott that Nikki Haley had appointed him to the Senate and yet Scott supported Trump.

To make that situation even more humiliating and disgusting, Scott marched up to Trump and told him "I Love You" over the Microphone.

Jesus.  Don't these people ever get embarrassed by their disgusting behavior?

I guess not.    

The truth is that Nikki Haley is probably not a whole lot better Candidate than Donald Trump although she does seem to tell the truth more often than Trump..  She is at least beginning to hit Trump where it hurts, however.  She is calling him out on his astonishing gaffe in which he was lying about how Nikki Haley was calling him from the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 begging him to send troops to save the Capitol.  More than six times Trump mentioned Nikki Haley's name although the person he was talking about was obviously Nancy Pelosi.  In his speech about this incident Trump lied that he sent the troops right away.  The truth is that Trump's Flunky's in the Pentagon were not asked by Trump to send the troops.  The troops were finally sent to the Capitol because Vice President Pence demanded it along with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.  Nancy Pelosi took care to set the record straight on CNN on Sunday and made sure that Trump was not given any credit for sending troops to the Capitol on January Sixth.

After this embarrassing Trump Speech Haley has finally begun to talk about Trump's "Cognitive Decline".

Yes, Friends and Neighbors The Nightmare has already begun for us as Trump has Triumphed in Iowa and New Hampshire. 

But, do not get get too discouraged at this bit of bad news for Democracy.  Lets  not forget that in New Hampshire, where on the Democratic side of the balloting Joe Biden was not even on the ballot but in an astonishing development he won over 50 percent of the votes as a Write In Candidate in the New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary.

Although there was not a lot of Good News in Iowa and New Hampshire. 

There Was that.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

A Sad Farewell To Chris Christie On The Campaign Trail - The Truth Has Set Him Free

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

My Dear America:

Let me be very honest about this.

I have never been a fan of Chris Christie.

I have found him to be pretty much an Obnoxious, Overly Ambitious Blowhard who in many ways ruined New Jersey and especially New Jersey Politics for the time that he was the Governor of that state.  He seemed to take great pleasure in shafting the Teachers Union in his state and his oversized Ego was surely on display in Bridgegate, when he took it upon himself to deliberately screw with traffic on the George Washington Bridge to get back at a Democratic Mayor in New Jersey for some god forsaken reason.

His self centered ambition was certainly on display when he was one of the first also ran candidates of 2016 who stepped up to support Donald Trump when it became obvious that Trump was going to be the Republican Nominee for President in that race.

I haven't completely become a Chris Christie Fan but after watching on You Tube his farewell to the Presidential Campaign speech that he gave in New Hampshire I have to say that I was impressed by his speech.  I was also impressed by the fact that in the Republican Party Christie was one of the only Republican Candidates for President who was consistently telling the truth about the Republican Front Runner, Donald Trump.  

The Republican Party is a party in which the truth in Political thought seems to be increasingly a thing of the past.  Those people in the party that have consistently told the truth about Donald Trump have been people who have largely been driven out of the party by any means necessary to satisfy the whims of a party leader who seems to be increasingly desperate and delusional. 

I don't know where things go from here for Chris Christie.  He certainly is bound to be a Pariah in Donald Trump's Party.  

What Trump has done to the Republican Party is not going to be easy to fix while Trump is still on the scene.  

It appears to be almost certain that Trump will win the Republican Nomination this year.  That is truly a shame for the Republican Party and for the Two Party System in America.  

Although I have no personal love for the Republican Party I do respect and admire the Two Party System in our country and I hope that at some point those people who are still truly Republicans in the true sense of the word are able with the efforts of leaders like Chris Christie, Liz Cheny, Adam Kinzinger,John Kasich, Charlie Dent and others like them will make an effort to regain the leadership and the Principles of their party in some way shape or form.  

Either that or they should get together and create another New Party that will fit in where the classic Republican Party left off.

Regardless, I want to say to Chris Christie Thanks for Trying to get your party on the right path.  I hope that you and your fellow Republicans are able to get your party straightened out before we are all required to raise our right arms and say 

"Seig Heil" in our daily greetings to one another. 

Always know that in this particular matter you have surely done the right thing

 

It Is January Sixth In America And All Is Not well

 Saturday January Sixth, 2024

My Dear America:

Today Is January Sixth.

this is a day that to Americans should surely be a day that much like other historical markers should certainly live in Infamy.

On January Sixth of 2021 My wife and I sat in our living room waiting to watch the Congressional Presidential Certification and instead watched in horror as thousands of our Fellow American Citizens marched from Donald Trump's speech out in front of the White House down to the Capitol Building.  

At first it looked like many of the same type of legitimate protests that we have seen before many times in Washington where marchers would hold up signs and slogans and march around peacefully making their voices heard

But on January Sixth, 2021 as the Congress, under the guidance of Donald Trump's Republican Vice President prepared to finally legitimately certify that Democratic Candidate, Joe Biden had won the election for President of the United States in November of 2020, all hell broke loose.

Call it what you want.

An Insurrection, A Riot, an out of control mob.

Whatever you call it don't call it a Peaceful Demonstration.

It wasn't that.

Donald Trump wasn't there at the Capitol that day.  

Luckily for him and for us his Secret Service Officers apparently had enough sense to refuse to drive him down to the Capitol although, thanks to the information we have learned from the January Sixth Congressional Committee, we now know that President Trump encouraged his Acolytes to march forcefully to the Capitol.  The MAGA Crowd followed their leader's instructions and marched quite forcefully to the Capitol.

Once the crowd, already fueled by Donald Trump lying about the 2020 election being stolen, arrived at the Capitol Building several members the crowd of Trump followers did some very strange and surreal things.  

They shouted "Hang Mike Pence" and prepared a platform with a hangman's noose attached with which to do it.

They smashed windows and entered the Capitol en masse.

They beat the shit out of Capitol Police and comrades from other Police Departments who tried to prevent the "Tourists" from illegally entering the building.

Some of them shouted "Where's Nancy" and broke into her office and the offices of other Congressmen and Women.

Some of them used flagpoles with United States flags and Trump flags as weapons. 

Some of them "Poo Pooed" in the Capitol Building to use Nancy Pelosi's less offensive term.

Thanks to quick thinking on the part of the Capitol Police and Congressional Leaders most of the members of Congress and their staffs were moved to safety and later on in the evening when the situation was once again relatively under control the certification of Joe Biden's Election as President took place under the Guidance of Mike Pence.

To put less delicately than Nancy Pelosi would probably put it:

What happened on January Sixth of 2020 was a Shit Storm of Epic Proportions.

Many of the Capitol Invaders are in jail paying for their crimes these days but Donald Trump, the instigator of the entire messed up Stop The Steal situation, is still living in Mara Lago, Running for President and although he continues to be charged with crimes he is inexplicably still the Front Runner in the Republican Presidential Primary Campaign.

What The Hell

Are We living in a Nightmare, or what?

I woke up this morning earlier than I normally do and turned on my television.

Our local Cable Company has recently bundled Fox News Channels, OAN and Newsmax closer together for quicker Right Wing access, I guess.  

Although I normally stay away from those channels for some reason today on January Sixth I didn't.  I flipped around the Right Wing Channels and found a world that prior to today had been hidden from me.

The following is some of what I saw today on the Republican channels for the few minutes that I could stomach watching them:

A guy with a United States Flag Tie talking about the wonderful Trump Years and totally distorting what they were like.

On another channel I heard someone talking about how great it is that Republicans including Donald Trump are trying to get along with that wonderful guy, Vladimir Putin.

All I can think about since stumbling on this Nightmare Television Experience is that now I am beginning to understand why and How Republicans can be so out of touch with reality.

Those people who are watching those Right Wing Channels are living in an Alternate Universe filled with Lies and Bullshit.

Unfortunately we are all pretty much living in that same Alternate Universe these days.

And That Alternate Universe looks and feels like a Nightmare to Me that I certainly hope we all wake up from when Election Day rolls around in November of 2024.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher 

I saw a guy  

2024 - Happy New Year Or Unhappy New Year - That Is The Question

 Sunday December 31st, 2023

My Dear America:

We have certainly had some very difficult New Years Transitions in the American past.

Going from 1963 to 1964 without President John F. Kennedy who had been murdered the month before New Years wasn't easy.

Every Year that The Vietnam War continued wasn't easy to tolerate.

Watergate and Iran-Contra did not provide much to look forward to for several years.

But none of those Difficult New Years compare to the Transition from 2023 to 2024.

Unfortunately We can't stop the New Year from coming although we might wish to.

2023 wasn't easy for sure but we didn't have one of the Most Consequential Elections of our Lifetime this past year.

We will have that in 2024, however, despite the fact that we don't particularly want a Presidential Election to happen this coming year.

Regardless of whether or not we want to experience the consequences of a 2024 Election we are presently on our way over the Fault Line to 2024 and in November of this coming year we will, whether we want it to happen or not, have the Most Consequential Election of our lifetime.

Now the truth is that we may not have much to worry about.  

We are currently still living in a Functioning Democratic Country.

That's the way it appears Anyway.

Our last Presidential Election in 2020 is still holding, after all. At least according to the Democrats who control the White House and the Senate by a few votes.

Unfortunately, Democrats do not control the House of Representatives.  

According to many Republicans their party was on deck to take the House and Senate by extremely wide margins in recent Elections where several Trump backed Election Deniers got their asses kicked in Elections that they and their Mentor, Donald Trump, had predicted would result in a substantial "Red Wave" of Republican Victories.

Although the "Red Wave" never really materialized, Unfortunately Republicans squeaked through enough of their party's contenders in the House of Representatives to wrest control of that body from the Democrats.

The result of Republican control of the House has been a disastrous and sad display of ineptitude on the part of the Republican House Leaders and Members and a truly staggering inability to get almost anything done.

January of 2023 was marked by vote after vote in which the House Republicans failed to get enough votes to confirm Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. To actually get enough votes from Far Right Republicans to elect McCarthy as Speaker, McCarthy had to make promises that would come back to haunt him in the end and result in kicking him out as Speaker and eventually resulting in McCarthy Quitting Congress and a new Far Right Religious Nut, Mike Johnson becoming Speaker of the House.

Although Mike Johnson is OK with giving money to Israel to work toward Doomsday in that country and the world, apparently Speaker Johnson is not so inclined to assist Ukraine in maintaining it's Democratic Government against Russia's Invasion of that Next Door Neighboring Country.  Johnson is also a January Sixth Conspirator and Trump insider who does not believe that the 2020 Election wasn't stolen.

To put it mildly,  things are very screwed up in the House of Representatives with Mike Johnson in charge.   

So where are we as we cross the threshold of American Democracy from 2023 into the New Year of 2024.

To my mind Joe Biden has done everything right during his three years in office.  He has managed support for Ukraine in their battle to keep their Democracy alive and out of the hands of their neighboring Russia and in the process Biden has developed better relations with NATO countries in Europe who also back Ukraine's fight for Freedom and Democracy. President Biden has, with Democratic backing in Congress, also managed to get an incredible amount of legislation passed and signed by him that will be improving the lives of Americans of all political stripes for a long time to come.  It would seem that in normal times Joe Biden would be a Shoo in to not only win the Democratic Nomination for President but to certainly win the General Election election for President.

The fact that Joe Biden will undoubtedly be running against a Presidential Contender that he beat before in 2020 named Donald Trump who is facing prosecution in several upcoming trials in several different parts of the country should make it easy for Joe Biden to beat Trump.  Trump's deficits are many and his serious problems back in Normal Times would certainly have killed a Candidates credibility and chances to win election to the Presidency.

But we all know that these are not Normal Times to any extent and despite the fact that I don't understand  Donald Trump's attraction for his followers, the Donald Trump followers seem to be willing to follow Donald Trump to the Gates of Hell and back. 

Why that level of devotion is given to a man who states very clearly that when and if he is  reelected he will surely follow in the steps of his Long Time Political Hero, Adolph Hitler, is not only difficult to understand.  It is impossible for me to understand.

But here we are, standing on the brink of an election in 2024 in which the results of that election is either going to bring us a continuing strong Democracy in the United States or a Weird and Hellish Dictatorship in the United States of America.

I can only hope that there are enough bright and loving Americans left in this country willing to get up off their asses on Election Day in November of 2024 and go to the polls and vote to keep Democracy Alive in the United States of America.

Otherwise we are in for it, Brothers and Sisters.

It is time to recognize just how important keeping Democracy Alive truly is.

A vote for Donald Trump in 2024 will totally change our country and not at all in a good way.  

So if you don't want to see Mike Flynn Running the Pentagon

Or if you don't want to see Rudy Giuliani running the Department of Justice 

Or if you don't want to see Kash Patel running the CIA 

Or if you don't want Stephen Miller running Homeland Security

Please Wake Up Americans.   Wake up to reality and recognize just what kind of a situation we are facing this incredibly consequential New Year.

If We Re Elect Democrat Joe Biden as President in 2024 we will certainly be looking at a Happy New Year.

If We don't Elect Joe Biden and instead Elect Donald Trump or any other Republican Election Denier in 2024 we will be looking at Many Unhappy New Years to come in our future.

And while we are at it, lets vote for Democrats for Congress and get rid of the Right Wing Extremists in Congress so that we can finally stop the bullshit and get some things done to improve our lives, rather than wrecking our lives.

Thank You Everyone. We Wish a Happy New Year to Everyone reading our Blog and Listening to our Podcast.

Lets all hope for the best in the New Year of 2024.  And Lets all Hear if for Democracy in 2024.  

It has taken us a long time to learn how make Democracy Work.  Now is not the time to abandon It.   

In fact, There Never will be a Time when it makes sense to abandon Democracy in The United States Of America.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher