It’s been a while. But what better day to return than the day after the man who almost singlehanded destroyed the democratic rule of this nation announced his intention to run for president again, two impeachments, pending lawsuits and active/federal state investigations notwithstanding. I’ll be honest, not that I’m ever dishonest in my posts, my first reaction was one of pity. I thought “how pathetic.” A man approaching 80 yrs. old who has yet to exhibit the mellowing wisdom aging brings to those seek it. The person who mismanaged the four years in the office he held before wanting to hold it again is the absolute last thing this country needs. We are barely out of the “diaper stage” of a pandemic, trying to stand and master the art of the “pullup” stage of ongoing vaccinations, boosters, reopening’s, and a gradual return to life as it was pre-2020. Just as pathetic is this last grasp at power for someone least qualified to have it is the realization that many of his followers and supporters remain loyal. With little thought to what this breech from the democratic principles upon which the nation was founded – and I am among those quick to point out the flaws contained in the constitution and declaration of independence that were not inclusive – serves the purposes of none of us; only the purposes of those who delight in seeing our self-destruction without them having to lift a hand.
In this nation that professes itself Christian and believes in Jesus Christ and His teachings and the message of the Gospel, we have little to gain and much to lose if we hold our tongues, stand silently on the sidelines and continue life as we currently live it. We have everything to gain as the most diverse nation in the world, and still the one with the most resources, to demand and support willing public servants (supported by our tax dollars) who reject race superiority in any form, inequity in housing, education, medical care, and all other forms of subjugation and discrimination in whatever their guise. The former president who denies he lost the election two years ago is not among that breed. Throw those pullups in the trash. Put on your big girl and big boy underwear and whatever else you need to be the valiant man/woman God created you to be. The time is now.