Ah, when I was a young and idealistic Republican, and supported George Bush the father for president. My father had supported him when I was young, and so I supported him when I became politically active. Of course, I saw a lot of corruption in the Republican party even then, as a high school student, a lot of people who were selfish and greedy for themselves, but I didn’t join for those reasons. I was brought up, in some sense, as an American royalist.
I think a lot of people in my generation were, and I think a lot of them have continued to be born and raised into this system to prop up the Republican government. But the Republican government is discredited, you cannot keep it. That is not a threat that Benjamin Franklin was making, that was a summary of the compromise that was made in the drafting of the constitution. A Republic, to replace the Democracy that was then failing under conditions antecedent to war. A situation not so different in some ways from Iraq whenever the United States might withdraw. A situation well prepared for a bloodless and voluntary coup d’etat.
And so here we are, and while George Bush the elder is effectively president again, the coup remains in power.
What’s our next step? I’m going to go visit family. I’ve got a life.
Oh, who am I kidding? I’m a blogger. This is my life. It’s a pretty good one, except for the money.
This is for the grass roots.
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