November 3rd, 2022
My Dear America:
Clearly there is something horribly wrong in America today.
It is not difficult to figure out what it is that is wrong.
One of the major Political Parties in the United States of America has lost it's Collective Mind and is following the lead of a Previously elected President whose instincts and behaviors are those of a Criminal Dictator. For God's sake Wake Up People to what is happening to our Democracy because of Donald Trump.
I have never been a big fan of the Republican Party but until now I never really worried about the prospect of losing our Democracy if the Republicans took control of our government. Until now, I never thought that Republicans were willing to give up our Democracy in favor of a Republican Dictator. That Prospect never crossed my mind, until now. But now it is on my mind every day of my life. I have been able to turn off MSNBC and CNN from time to time up till now and relax and watch a movie or read a book about someone decent, like John Lewis.
I am presently trying to read John Meacham's book, "His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis And The Power Of Hope". It is a book about some of the bad old days in America when Human beings were hung from trees or shot and thrown in rivers for the flimsiest of reasons and blacks in America lived in Fear and Dread.
Now Democrats are beginning to understand what that Fear and Dread that blacks had to contend with for all those years and still do, feels like.
Many individuals who describe themselves as Republicans say they are convinced that Democrats stole the last Presidential Election. They are either Retarded or Liars, or both. Many Republicans are also convinced that Democrats eat babies and deserve to be killed. It would seem to me that one would have to be an Idiot or Insane to believe that these outrageous lies are true and that giving up on Democracy in America could possibly be a good thing that will somehow put our country on the right track.
There have been serious problems with the Republican Party in the past.
Richard Nixon's Paranoia caused him to abandon the rule of law and put Government Burglars out into the Watergate Hotel and into Daniel Ellsberg's Psychiatrist's Office and possibly elsewhere.
Ronald Reagan portrayed himself to be a man of Law and Order while he undermined the Democratic Carter White House efforts to bring back American Hostages from Iran. Through Reagan's Campaign manager and future CIA Director, William Casey, Reagan colluded with the Iranians promising to sell them weapons if they would not release the hostages until just after Reagan was sworn in as President. The Iranians kept their part of the bargain and released the American Hostages minutes after Reagan was Inaugurated and although the Reagan Administration tried to keep it quiet, they kept their part of the bargain also and did sell weapons to Iran and used the illegal profits of the gun sales to fund arming the Right Wing Contra's Army in Nicaragua who then used their weapons to take over the freely elected left leaning Nicaraguan Government and install a Dictatorship. in that country. Good old Ronnie Reagan. What a Guy.
George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq on the pretense that Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, was aligned with Al Quida, which was never true. Bush also claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which also appears not to have been true. Although Saddam was a bad guy and may not be missed by many Iraqis, his country was thrown into chaos which it still has not recovered from.
Although all of these Republican Presidents left something do be desired none of them came nearly as close to destroying America and turning our Democracy upside down and inside out as much as Donald Trump.
I do not understand and will never understand the extreme fascination and loyalty that so many Republicans have had with Donald Trump. The more I think about it the more I figure that maybe it was the fact that Trump was the star of "The Apprentice" Television show which portrayed him as a competent businessman, which he certainly was not.
I can understand the Fascists liking him. He was someone who only cared about what He wanted. The hell with what was good for the country. What was good for Donald Trump was always what was truly important. That's how Donald saw American Politics.
In addition to his corrupting the White House, Donald Trump blatantly corrupted every Agency of the Federal Government while he was in office. In particular, Trump was very successful in corrupting the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency. Luckily for us James Mattis and Mark Esper both hung onto their jobs for a long time in the Department of Defense, although in the final days of the Trump Administration Trump lackeys were in charge of the Department of Defense with disastrous consequences on January Sixth, 2021, when repeated pleas for help from the National Guard at the Capitol went unheeded.
The awful truth is that for many years Republicans have been bamboozling Americans with the help of people like Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes and Rush Limbaugh. Fox News has for years peddled Bullshit and Lies as Certified News. Rupert Murdoch knew he had a Cash Cow with Donald Trump and knew that he would have inflated influence if Trump was elected President. So Rupert threw his heavy political weight and his "Fox News" Network behind Trump and we were stuck with a reckless lunatic for four years and counting.
In a couple of weeks we will truly be facing one more "Most Important Election Of Our Lifetime".
If Republicans take over the House of Representatives and/or The Senate they have some Wonderful Surprises in store for Democrats.
Republicans are already giddily dancing in the aisles of Congress because of their long time despicable accomplishment (Thanks to Donald Trump) of the packing of the Supreme Court with dishonest Right Wing Judges. Once they had enough votes, however, settled law became unsettled and fifty years of protections for women disappeared as the Right Wing Justices quickly overturned Roe Versus Wade. Never mind that this atrocious act could not have been predicted because all of the Republican Trump Recommended Supreme Court Nominees testified in their Congressional Hearings that "Roe" was "Settled Law". Well, Surprise, Surprise, They were lying and what was "Settled Law" for years is settled no more.
Republican Supreme Court Justices Lying. How Could that be?
On Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 we will have an election which will be unlike any other election that we have ever had. All over America we have individuals running for many Municipal, State and Federal Offices who are election deniers and appear to be ready to deny the results of their own elections, unless they win those elections. They are following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, who has shown Republicans just how fragile Democracy can be when and if Candidates running for office do not accept the proven results of Democratic Elections.
It is extremely important in this upcoming election for those of us who are not election deniers to recognize just how important it is for all of us to vote while we can vote. Although I am sure that there are some individuals left in the Republican Party who are deserving of your vote, what seems to be clear is that there do not seem to be many. Those few Republican Congressional Legislators who have not supported Donald Trump's attempts to destroy Democracy have almost all been driven out of the Republican Party and in their place we seem some of the worst individuals in the Republican Party rising in influence. This transformation of the Republican Party is truly disturbing and from where I sit I see only one way, at this point to save Democracy.
I know that there are some genuine bipartisan Republicans out there who are not MAGA Republican Trump Supporters. Those of you who are Republicans who still believe in Democracy should do something you never thought you would ever do in your lifetime. You should Vote for Democrats in this upcoming election because at this point you have lost your party to liars and charlatans who care about nothing but power and, like their Leader, Donald Trump, care only about themselves.
If we are to save our Democracy we need to band together bipartisan sane Republican Voters, Independent Voters and Democratic Voters who believe in the system of Government we have been lucky enough to have for hundreds of years and we need to Vote like our Democracy depends on it, because it certainly does.
We are at a crossroads where we either continue the genuine progress made by the Democrats in Congress and in the White House or we watch our Democracy quickly turn into a Corrupt Dictatorship right before our eyes.
Although I am truly worried that it may already be too late, I am still hopeful that it is not too late to save Democracy in America if the forces of Pro Democracy vote for Democrats on November 8th.
We owe it not only to ourselves but to our Founding Fathers and Mothers and to all Americans who have come before us to VOTE DEMOCRAT on November 8th and save our country from the control of Anti Democratic Authoritarian MAGA Republicans who have advertised what they have in store for us when and if they win.
If MAGA Republicans take over the House or the Senate on November 8th we can look forward to the following Actions that have been Advertised by Trump and his Minions in Congress:
Congressional Committee Investigations and Movements to Impeach President Biden, as well as Attorney General Merrick Garland and God Knows how many other Democratic Officials.
More Tax Breaks for the Wealthy offset by More Tax Increases for Poor and Middle Class Workers.
Federal Codifying of Abortion Bans affecting all States with No Exceptions for Incest or the health of the Mother.
Cutbacks on Social Security, Medicare and Veterans Benefits Programs leading eventually to the eventual elimination of these entitlement programs.
Loosening of Restrictions on Gun Sales while Republicans continue to blame Democrats for the increase in gun deaths and crime.
Continuing Voting Restrictions on people who are unlikely to vote Republican.
Also Don't be surprised to see the Republicans (Especially Donald Trump) siding with Vladimir Putin and Russia against Ukraine.
I'm sure that I am not covering everything that the MAGA Republicans have in store for all of us. It is time for every American to realize just how dire a situation we are in at the present time.
I am sorry that I have to say this but I think it must be said.
If you are rich and Republican you are probably in the right party.
If you are Republican and Black or Hispanic, you are not in the right party.
For too many years Right Wing Radio and Television has falsely convinced working people that they should become Republicans.
The truth is that the Democratic Party has always been the party that cares about working people, and cares about people period.
It is time for Former Democrats who have been consumers of the Right Wing Republican Kool Aid on Fox News, OAN, Newsmax, Trump Social and other Far Right Propaganda Outlets to wise up and return to where you belong (In the Democratic Party) before MAGA Republicans Destroy our Country with all of us in it.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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