Soap Box

The list of things that I don't like and don't trust about politicians would be long and ponderous and if written out, could probably cover a goodly portion of the south wall of the Grand Canyon.

I'm speaking of both sides of the aisle, the White House, the state houses, city hall, Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

But the most annoying and destructive thing is, when they disagree on an issue they absolutely refuse to sit down, like grownups, and by the process of give and take, advise and consent, reason and common sense, work out a decision that everybody can live with.

They spend more time and energy on trying to destroy each other than they do taking care of the nation's business.

For instance, I don't believe there is a congressman or senator who believes in their hearts that Jeff Sessions or anybody else in the Trump administration actually colluded with Russia to influence the presidential election.

I don't believe it, I wouldn't believe it of the Obama administration or even the Nixon administration and I don't think they believe it either.

Yet they spend valuable time beating dead horses of innuendo, hyperbole and downright lies in an attempt to delegitimize the Trump presidency, and I'm not saying that if the roles were reversed the Republicans would not do the same thing or that President Trump doesn't supply them with plentiful ammunition through his tweets and inflammatory public statements.

Actually, what has happened is as plain as the nose on your face. All the pieces were in place for a Hillary Clinton presidency, the continuation of the Obama march to globalism, where national sovereignty and personal liberties become less and less and adherence to a new age, one world and its tenants became more and more.

Legislative problems would have been solved by packing the Supreme Court, allowing more and more immigrants into the nation with a court approved path to voting status and liberal entitlement policies insuring continuity of power ad infinitum, a virtual one party Shangri-La of perpetual rule.

Along comes Donald Trump and with one swipe of his pen starts undoing Obama's socialist legacy, restores relations with Israel, withdraws from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiates a lower price for the new Air Force One, has meetings with business leaders, nominates men and women for his cabinet who would actually get something done, the stock market surges, the teacher's unions cringe and that�s in just two months with only about half a cabinet confirmed.

So, war is declared. To hell with what is good for the nation, forget the economy, the security and stability, never mind that Obamacare is swiftly disintegrating and needs to be dealt with immediately.

Forget all the stuff you were voted into office to do, just destroy Trump, by hook, crook, lies and George Soros� money, never mind that you'll totally alienate half a nation, the working half that pays the taxes, never mind that a divided nation cannot stand and there's a hostile world out there just salivating for a chance to bring us down, just keep stirring it up and maybe after a while the pot will boil over.

Trump is not the only high government official to meet with the Russians, there's a picture of Putin and Chuck Schumer with smiles from ear to ear, one Nancy Pelosi "forgot" setting across the table from the Russian president and the Russian ambassador, Missouri Democratic senator, Claire MacAskill, who also has selective memory, had to admit she had also met with the Russians.

Look up how many times Sergey Kislyak, current Russian ambassador, visited the White House during the Obama administration.

Remember Obama's "Tell Vladimir" remark?

Any of these visits, actions and remarks could be construed as doing something dishonorable with a Russian, but I, for one, would never accuse any one I mentioned of doing something as traitorous as conspiring with them to fix an election.

And I do not believe that Jeff Sessions or anybody else in the Obama administration did either and Al Franken, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and their peers know it.

Attorney General Sessions was accused of lying which I don't believe either.

I believe he was answering the question in a specific context.

Of course, by the time the Democrats and the media got through with it they were asking him to resign.

But never mind voracity or intentions, it was a �gotcha� moment and it was open season on Trump and associates.

If this pot does boil over, the hot water is not just going to splash the Republicans, the Democrats will be deluged also.

The problem is most of it will fall on the United States of America

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

� Charlie Daniels

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