Tuesday February 2nd, 2021
My Dear America:
I can't blame Joe Biden for trying to pass the Covid Relief Bill in a Bipartisan manner. Joe promised to be Bipartisan and work with people who didn't vote for him when he took office. He spent yesterday meeting with Republicans who claimed to be trying to come up with their own plan for Covid Relief. Their plan was certainly better than nothing but not much better. It was certainly better than the nothing that seems to be what most of the House and Senate Republicans are willing to do.
So much for Bipartisanship.
God Love Joe Biden, though. Gentleman Joe has hit the ground running as he began his Administration. Joe put whatever Trump Era Nut Case Executive Orders he could find on the chopping block immediately after his Inauguration. He axed 15 Terrible Trump Programs before the sun set on Inauguration Day and although he has slowed down a bit since then he has shown that the new Sheriff in town is not about to tolerate a lot of Republican Bullshit.
Good for you, Joe.
While Biden clearly is interested in and willing to practice Bipartisanship with the Republican members of Congress he recognizes that he does not have a lot of time to screw around with ridiculous Republican Nonsense in dealing with the incredible set of problems left on the White House Doorstep like a Bag of Dog Shit by Donald Trump.
It was no wonder Trump refused to allow Biden and Company in the door to see what was going on in the Trump Administration like Former Presidents had always done during past American Presidential Transitions. Clearly Donald Trump had no plan whatsoever to deal with Covid 19 other than keeping the American people in the dark so that he could get re elected. Trump clearly didn't know what the hell he was doing in nearly every sector of the Government he was in charge of for the four years he was President of the United States.
Incompetence and sometimes out and out treachery was everywhere that Joe Biden and Company looked as they took over the reins of the United States Government. But unlike Donald Trump who didn't know what the hell he was doing for the four years he was President, Joe Biden is a man who is familiar with every facet of Government and even though he has been on the job as President less than two weeks he has already shown that a steady hand at the wheel on the Ship of State has led to some passenger relief from the constant terror of incompetency and Chaos that we somehow tolerated for four years with Donald Trump.
Although Donald Trump is no longer in the White House his Dark Spirit still seems to live on in and Haunt the Halls of Congress. Mitch McConnell, who is no longer in charge of the Senate has been acting as though he was still in charge. Chuck Schumer has had to knock McConnell down a peg or two and Mitch seems to be finally getting the message and is at least appearing to become a bit more reasonable, at least outwardly. The fact that McConnell and Biden have not only been long time Senate Colleagues but also long time friends should count for something in the coming years, lets hope.
Chuck Schumer and the Senate also seem to be working hard to get Biden's nominees for Important Cabinet positions approved by the Senate as quickly as possible. This action is usually done before the New President takes office but as we know Neither President Trump nor the Republicans in Congress were willing to admit that Joe Biden won the election until after the Capitol was Invaded and ransacked by Donald Trump's Goon Squad.
And even now as Trump stands on the brink of his Second Impeachment Trial in the Senate, Trump is still trying to push and wants his Newest Lawyers to push the Fantasy World "Big Lie" that he won the election by a landslide although every real world indicator is that he lost the election by a substantial margin.
And where are the Republicans standing up to Trump's ridiculous lie. Nobody on the Right seems to be willing to stand up to the Former President and tell him that like the king whose followers would not tell him that he had no clothes on, Trump did not win the 2020 Election. Period. End of Story. At least I wish it was the end of the story.
I don't think that that I will ever vote for another Republican for any reason. (I did vote for a couple of Republicans in my lifetime. Those votes turned out to be serious mistakes) There were actually some Republicans that I have admired in my life and were actually worthy of the offices that they held (William Cohen is one example)
America has mainly been a Two Party System for many years, Republicans and Democrats. I have always seen clearly the difference between these two parties. I know very well which party I belong to and unless there are exceptional changes in the Republican Party I don't expect that I will ever be a Republican. But I know that there are good Republicans. My son is a Fine Person who has been successful in life and believes in Conservative Values but not in Donald Trump and I am certain not in Qanon. I feel sorry for my son and others like him who can't feel as though they belong in what is left of the Republican Party anymore. Although I will never be a Republican I am hopeful that many good Republicans will find that in time the Lunatics, the Goons and the Conspiracy Theorists will be gone from their party and Republicans can once again be "Moderate Republicans" and once again, like Steve Schmidt and Michael Steele, return to their roots in something close to what used to be The Republican Party.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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