I took the following oath as a cadet at USAFA: " I will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate anyone who does.' I left that Air Force as a young intelligence officer due to the many lies being told by the intelligence community about the conflict in Vietnam.
Now I am thinking about the temporary occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He has told about 20,000 lies since being elected, stolen the election from HRC with the help of the GRU - Russian military intelligence agency, and he is now planning to cheat in the next election with the help of (a) the US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (no joy in that black heart), (b) the US Attorney General William Barr (a smooth talker with a twisted tongue), (c) Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell - who got a federal loan to a company he owns with his wealthy wife, Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation, through the Paycheck Protection, , Program, and (d) so many other self-aggrandizing Trumplicans.
So hard to tolerate ... harder to tolerate the 36% who support that person regardless of how mean-spirited, self-centered, and uncaring about others he becomes ... all in plain sight with those who bother to look and process what they see. Open eyes, open hearts, open minds, stop separating families at the border, stop the systemic racism that I thought had ended years ago, think about evidence, and apply that rare gift and uniquely human capability - namely, logical reasoning.
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