Have we been lied to ... again?
Have we been lied to ... again?
After a year and a half of listening to political crap (by The Free Dictionary, “crap” can mean foolish, deceitful or boastful language.) we were told that it would all end when the election was over. Well the election ended November 8 but the political crap didn’t.
Now we’re told that Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate who got about 3 percent of the vote, has requested a recount in the state of Wisconsin. Stein argued that she requested the recount to ensure that Russia or anybody else has not tampered with the country’s election system.
Wisconsin agreed to do it if Stein paid for the recount up front. She was able to raise only about three million dollars for her presidential campaign. But she’s already got more than six million for a recount. And surprise, surprise, Hillary (Lying Hillary according to Trump) has now joined in on the recount.
This is the same Hillary who, during the election said she was horrified that Trump declared he would refuse to respect the results of the election if he didn’t win. She said that Trump became the first presidential candidate ever, Republican or Democrat, to do this. She continued that this was a direct threat to our democratic system. But apparently it’s OK if she does it.
One Fox News pundit said Jill Stein was being used as a pawn by democrats who don’t want to get their hands dirty. The commentator went on to say that it smelled fishier than a carp in a car trunk in August.
And now we’re being told that Trump has lied to us too. I’m shocked. Trump lie? Surely not. But he’s already reversing himself on a lot of his campaign promises.
He may not build that wall between the U.S. and Mexico now. He’s considering a fence and we’re not sure who’s going to pay for it. He’s now open-minded about global warming. A couple of beers and a cigarette can get more information from possible terrorist detainees than waterboarding. He’s not going to have an investigation of Hillary and her infamous e-mails because he doesn’t want to hurt the Clintons. He said he was going to “drain the swamp”, clean house, but most of his Cabinet appointments have been given to Washington and Wall Street insiders. And Trump, who previously said Mitt Romney was a failed, flawed, choke artist is now considering Romney for Secretary of State.
Some folks say Trump didn’t lie he just changed his mind about some things and everybody has a right to do that. Sure. But remember he ran as a conservative republican. And as I’ve been told, I’m closer to being black than Trump is to being conservative. Apparently he said things during the campaign that he thought would appease conservatives. Hillary supporters shouldn’t be all that upset because it looks like everything is running about the same way it would have if she’d been elected.
The election is supposed to be over but it doesn’t feel that way. Stein also says she’s going to request recounts for Michigan and Pennsylvania. This could go, again, all the way to the Supreme Court. But this time the Court’s a man short making it an even number. So a Supreme Court decision could end in a tie. If that happened how would it be determined who is president? Who would be president until a decision was made? Would Obama stay over until a replacement’s found? Would they appoint an interim president like they do coaches who get fired mid-season? Would we have a lottery? Draw straws? It wears me out just thinking about it.
Remember though. I got most of my information for this piece from social media. So it could be that none of this is true. It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been lied to. But I do love this country, I’ll respect my President and I’m proud to be an American.
Keep Smiling.
Linda Messmer can be reached at 812-448-8725.
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