Let me start my response with an opening statement:
ALL of my frustration with the current state of politics is about pride. Hopefully that's the right word to use here.
People are blindly defending or attacking based on their chosen letter being "the best" instead of really educating themselves about candidates, issues, etc. and they aren't questioning the motives or ridiculous bias of MSM coverage as long as it fits their beliefs. (The minute someone utters: "Faux News", I know they're an uninformed moron.) They just cannot allow themselves to possibly be wrong. Not even on a single fucking issue!
The constant finger pointing while their candidates do the exact same things or worse is maddening. Somewhere the focus was lost from "Go USA" to "Go my party" and it's shit.
I guess I'm just feed up with people regurgitating sound bites and truly believing other people are morons simply for having a differing opinion.
We've hit a point where the losing candidate of an election publicly formed a "resistance". WTF is that? She has every right to do that, but honestly, how can any sane person justify it? "Our side didn't win, so we will fight you with everything we've got to ensure you get nothing done" is helpful to the country in what way? How does that make your children's future brighter? How is this right, but "The party of 'no'" was wrong?
What the fuck ever happened to working together through compromise?
Alright, I feel like I'm thisclose to rambling and I know I could talk on this point all day, so let me move on...
Much of the hearing today was very much a warning that Russia meddled in this election, elections in other countries, and there is a clear danger that they will continue to do so in the future.
This is not shocking in the least. We've been doing this forever, and so have most powerful nations. Hell, our own MSM has meddled in elections and nobody seems to care about that. They won Bill Clinton the presidency. Ditto for Obama. They constantly attack the GOP or anyone else that isn't a card carrying Democrat, while ignoring or defending the flubs of those same Dems.
Why aren't we having hearings about that?
Remember a few months back how it was discovered that the White House was actively spying on people in Trump's camp during the campaign? (That's not fake news, they even admitted it happened, but maintained it wasn't done due to the election.) Weird how doing something really, really similar brought down Nixon, but this incident has been forgotten because "fake news". Shouldn't there have been an investigation at the very least?
Perhaps if people are voting based on "fake news" we should change our requirements for voting? Or would that be racist? Or elitist? Or ageist?
To be more clear, the treason I was referring to was the many questions and answers about Mike Flynn in the hearing today. Comey obviously had more to say about Flynn's work for foreign powers but could only promise to do so in the closed session that followed to the Senators. I stated earlier that I didn't think anything in the hearing moved the needle much from Trump's perspective. I don't think obstruction of justice itself is enough to get impeached, nor is it treason.
If someone worked with Russians to actually try and affect the election, they should be prosecuted. No doubt. Just like if someone illegally took millions from foreign donors they should also be prosecuted.
My biggest problem with this whole circus is we all know none of it is going to affect Trump. It's just a sideshow distracting us from the real issues.
I keep distracted here at work, so if this is all over the place I apologize.
Long story short: I'm tired of the double standard. My FB feed is full of it from both sides. It's infuriating. I want better from the folks here because I truly do believe the folks here are more open minded. (Plus, I won't lose friends or family because I think Trump's a loud mouth asshole or that "man made global warming" was changed to "climate change" because the science wasn't proving the former, but denying the later is like denying tomorrow it could be sunny or rain.) We should be able to sit and critically discuss the decisions on both sides not be caught in "my side is better" bullshit debates, but I feel, and I know Gordon is in this same boat, I'm in this never ending battle against bias.
