Friday, July 10, 2020

When did this all start?






"I don't know what and how it will happen. Or when it will happen. Gun sales are through the roof, and the rule of law has long since left the building. Soon, our rule of law will be the same as it was out west in the 1800's. Angry words replaced by hot lead."


Someone younger than I (not hard to be these days), asked me my opinion on an important question. Like, when this huge fissure in our country start? Now that - is really a good question. Some might say the first green sprouts of division started with FDR and the New Deal. Others say no - it really started in the 1960's with the Great Society under LBJ. Well, I was around for the Great Society, but not the New Deal, so I can't really comment on FDR's pet rock. As much as I think the 1960's really mucked things up, that is still not my choice. My choice on when this all started was during the Clinton Administration.

Clinton? Why then? Remember when he was running for President? He was so cool, played the sax, talked about his undies. Girls swooned, and many of the clueless minions loved him. BUT - there was his track record. Affairs and worse than affairs, all over the place. His time in Arkansas was suspect, as was his wife's with the Rose Law Firm. One of Clinton's campaign slogans was "Vote for me, you get two for the price of one". He of course, was referring to Hillary. Un-elected and radical. After Clinton won, he put Hillary in charge of revamping our health care system. What a mess. The Republicans were furious.

But the thing which really did it for Clinton, was the affair with the intern. The out of marriage affair right in the middle of the Oval Office. Then lying about it. This drove the conservatives bat poop crazy. Most still remembered that Ronald Reagan had so much respect for the Oval Office, he would not enter without his suit coat on. Now it was being sullied by Clinton getting a BJ from an intern in that same revered office. When Clinton's second term was up, America was ready for a change. That is when the trouble started.

G. W. Bush running against Al Gore. It was closer than razor thin. It was the election which went down in history. Hanging chads. "Selected, not elected", as the Supreme Court finally had to determine Bush was the winner. Many on the left were so incensed, their battle cry was "Not my President!" The divide had started in earnest now, and the hate mongers were having a field day.

Bush had his two terms, and all of a sudden, the red team was out of blue chip candidates. The blue team however, was not. They found a mixed race guy, who even with a razor thin resume,  could speak very well and look sharp. All the red team had was an old white guy. So after Bush, we got 8 years of Obama - the "uniter", who became better known as the great divider. The "police acting stupidly" statement began the war on cops (in many people's minds). In any event, as divided as the country was under Bush, it became ten times worse under Obama. Hate ruled the day, and meaningful dialogue between the blues and reds all but ended.

Then we all know what happened in 2016. The "first woman President" was beaten at the ballot box by some straight talking real estate guy from New York City. The Hillary backers were more than just pissed. The Trump Derangement Syndrome (a disease from which there is no recovery) started in full. Trump had everyone against him - Hollywood, the media, the "do nothing" Democrats, the RINOs, the Never Trumpers, and the elite. But the citizens and patriots loved him.  

Right now, because of how Clinton first set the table, and what has happened since then, this nation is a powder keg. It is ready to blow sky high after the next election. I can see no peace with either outcome. The haters of Trump, who have thrown everything at him but the kitchen sink to destroy his Presidency, will NEVER accept a second term by him. By the same token, the citizens and patriots, will not tolerate this country going back to tyranny - never, ever again. And that is exactly what Biden could bring to the table. Is there a third choice which could fix things and make us whole again? Not hardly.

I don't know what and how it will happen. Or when it will happen. Gun sales are through the roof right now, and the rule of law has long since left the building. Soon, our rule of law will be the same as it was out west in the 1800's. Angry words replaced by hot lead.

Do the American people want that kind of an outcome? No, most don't. But the venom on the left right right now is red hot, and the patience of the patriots has just about ended. If I am wrong on this, please let me know. And I hope I am wrong.  

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