tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162416677148764492.post1583824991433839256..comments2024-03-05T08:06:56.828-07:00Comments on Jim Smith's personal blog: Some Say to “Move On” and Stop Talking About Trump. Here’s Why I Disagree. Jim Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04704342416069774794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162416677148764492.post-30196797481979014252020-12-19T09:05:28.173-07:002020-12-19T09:05:28.173-07:00Emailed comment by Delia Stafford:
Great article. ...Emailed comment by Delia Stafford:<br />Great article. I wish we could ignore the damage this idiot has done, but I don’t think he or his supporters are going away. It’s sad to find out that there are so many misinformed people in this country. Not to mention it’s scary to see how ready they are to resort to intimidation and violence. Thanks for your insightful articles.<br />Jim Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704342416069774794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162416677148764492.post-13612727484962064662020-12-18T13:16:26.607-07:002020-12-18T13:16:26.607-07:00Good Morning Jim, As usual, you write what I thi...Good Morning Jim, As usual, you write what I think. I've contacted Diana DeGette's & Michael Bennet's offices urging them to actively work to remove the traitors who signed on to Paxton's ludicrous lawsuit by means of the 14th amendment. This strategy was first brought to light by Rep Pascrell of New Jersey. The namby-pamby, sensitive shit doesn't ever work against contemporary Republicans. In our younger days there were actually some respectable ones; and still a few today: Romney, Murchison, Collins. But nowadays, the Republicans behave like absolute bastards. To get anything done, we must, too. Sad, but true.Rick Steves had a program on PBS recently about fascism in Europe. It was good, but could have been better, i.e. he didn't specifically point out the commonalities demonstrated by the Trump regime. I think that broadcast media is the best way to get the message out. A shrinking number of people read these days. All for now. Enjoy the holidays. Bob<br /><br /> ROBERT HELMERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162416677148764492.post-65628497931877809642020-12-17T11:57:07.656-07:002020-12-17T11:57:07.656-07:00Jim -
I must admit, I am one of those people who ...Jim -<br /><br />I must admit, I am one of those people who has been on the “move beyond” Trump bandwagon. I have been hoping he would fade to near irrelevance (and enjoy thinking of his suffering ego). However, the turkey reminds me Trump is as much a symptom as a cause. We need to deal with the cause. I have not studied post war Germany, but my sense is the defeat was so total, the evil so obvious, and the victors so generous (unlike after WWI), that the national reckoning was aggressively positive.<br /><br />Your turkey suggests some short term, necessary thinking, but something deeper and more pervasive is also needed. You have mentioned civic education. That is a start.<br />John Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947238360325917420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162416677148764492.post-2479047360180848492020-12-17T11:14:10.942-07:002020-12-17T11:14:10.942-07:00As usual re Trump Jim Smith is on target.
Although...As usual re Trump Jim Smith is on target.<br />Although millions of our fellow citizens blindly follow Trump, it's important to understand that Republican leadership, while enabling Donald Trump, is clear-eyed in their quest to maintain power. However, in that process they are playing a very dangerous game. <br />They certainly understand the danger that he poses to democracy in this country but they also understand that this may be their best hope to enact the election reform they know is necessary to the future success of the Republican party.<br />It's not hard to imagine the discussions behind closed doors with McConnell and other Republican leaders. Some have at least been honest enough to voice their fear in public. That is,if mail-in balloting is expanded across this country Republicans will never win another presidential election. The recent ground swell for a popular vote mandate in presidential elections is also viewed as a death sentence to Republican aspirations. I believe that most Republicans in Washington would love to dump Donald Trump and probably will in 2024, but in the meantime they are fanning the flames of election fraud hysteria to move their agenda forward. Their greatest fear is "one person - one vote" along with high voter turnout in elections.<br />I don't think I'm alone in my belief that balance of power in government is essential to good government. Power corrupts no matter who is in power. We need checks and balances, the abolition of which is the greatest threat Trump poses to our country. The Republicans are walking a dangerous line in playing to Trump and his base in a way that toys with the underpinnings of our democracy. <br />The Republican party is badly in need of reform for their own good as well as the good of the country. It's all about balance of power and preserving our democratic way of life. Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11306318065123931276noreply@blogger.com