I had hoped the noise of politics in Washington DC would have quieted down over the holidays. Not to be. The ‘fake news king’ ranted on camera, social media and twitter. Never silent for long, he continued to spin stories. Ever faithful for ratings, the news media parroted his nonsense back to the American people.
2020 is about many things. The impeachment process will continue through the Senate. A final decision will be rendered, and life will go on regardless the verdict. At the same time the national elections in November will cause endless posturing by presidential candidates and other congressional wannabes. Incumbents will tout their records and ideologies. The election date will approach. Voters will have their say. The verdict on who is in and out will be thus assembled.
And life will go on.
Of course, I hope for silence from ‘he who shall not be named.’ I know that will not happen. I also hope the Senate will finally get the balls and morals to decide the white house occupant is guilty and remove him from office. I am realist enough to know that will not happen.
So, my final position is betting on the American voter to remove him from office by honest, direct vote. I do not know if that will happen. I can hope.
Our nation is divided almost evenly at the moment for and against the sitting president. How that can be is a question I’ve pondered in this space for nearly 3 years. The only answer I can believe in is many Americans feel disenfranchised from power and financial future. They find it necessary to blame that on someone else, and flock to the white house incumbent to speak their truth. They want a smaller government so as to have it out of their lives. Meanwhile, they enjoy the largesse of that government at every turn.
Those on the other side of the argument fervidly believe government is a necessity on many levels, recognize the good it accomplishes, and represents a serious investment in the lives of all Americans. Room for entrepreneurial freedom, freedom of speech, thought, print and religion remains well at hand. Those freedoms are the glue that holds us all together. Those freedoms also create the economic might our nation represents to the rest of the global village.
It is the global village that benefits from American inventiveness, thinking, education and creativity. But it is America that benefits hugely from the global village needing and buying our outputs because they don’t or can’t. This is a win-win situation. It is not an ‘us vs them’ situation. Decidedly not.
That is our strength. And that is what we do in the world because of all of us. Right or left, middle of the road, republican or democrat, we are one America doing what we do best: creating the new.
We diminish ourselves by arguing the weaknesses – real or imagined – of others among us.
2020 needs to be our year of renewal: of spirit, knowledge, action and self-determination.
My fervent prayer is that we all come to agree with this central point. And move on with our promise to the world community. It is up to each of us to do this. No one can decide this for us. Only you and I acting alone.
Blessings be with you on your 2020 journey.
January 2, 2020
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