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For 220 plus years (give or take a few) there were rules around decorum and respect. No person running for president disparaged their oppontents rather they attacked the policies and promises of their opponent. No candadite, president or former president attacked the country as a whole.

I understand that everything changed in 2015, a year that marked a significant shift in our political discourse. Once you open pandora’s box it cannot be closed. So that is now defacto the way things are. But there are reasons why norms matter. There are reasons why tradition matters. The more you flaunt traditions the more people start to notice.

But yesterday I realized something that scared me. The former president doesn’t have policies to talk about. The former president doesn’t have anything to say other than hurling insults and calling people names. The lies about voting, about abortion issues and the state of our nation are too much. This kind of discourse not only undermines the credibility of our leaders but also erodes public trust in our political system.

The line, that for hundres of years was never crossed has been crossed. It is time to push politics back across that line. If I were the current president I would say the following about the potential debates. I would say yes we will debate.

There will be no name calling. There will be no interruptions.

We will each speak and then discuss the points raised.

No more name calling (it is at best bullying at worst it is worse than bullying).

No more interrupting. If you cannot wait your turn, you shouldn’t be on the stage.

I would argue they should have microphone control, turning microphones off when candidates break the rules (both of them)

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Respect is an interesting word. What does RESPECT mean to you? To me, respect is a personal thing. But it applies to each person, group, institution, and law. It means different things when we consider how respect is applied.

Do we respect people, processes, or society? When the former President was elected in 2016, I didn’t throw up my hands and protest his election. I accepted that he was President. For the first two years, I worked very hard to support the office of the President.

At the beginning of COVID-19, I rallied again behind a president, but that was soon vacated. Because the respect for the human stopped, it has decayed even further since he left office. American President has yet to run, win, and serve in the President’s office without releasing their tax returns. EVER.

No, not a single one in history, even during the Civil War, the President failed to complete a peaceful transfer of power. Regardless of the situation, no president has ever failed to transfer power peacefully. What happened on January 6, 2021, even if he isn’t the cause, ended my interest in his candidacy and political involvement.

The reality is that I have considered both candidates for President every single time. Yes, I preferred Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. But I supported Reagan as President. It is no longer a preference for me. We must do anything legal, moral, and ethical to keep the former President a former president.

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Can we recall a congressperson? I am asking for a friend who is pulling their hair out over the behavior of several US Congresspeople. It is one thing to lie in a speech. It is quite another thing to go on national television and lie. The problem with lying on TV is that THEY CAN BE REPLAYED OVER AND OVER. I am tired of the lies over and over about 8th, 9th, and post-birth abortions. That is an outright lie. It has happened in the 8th and 9th months but only in the case of a stillborn child or non-viable pregnancy.

Credulity and the concept of trust, but verification applies here.  I believe in two or more sides to issues, from free and open discourse. However, there are limits to the concept of discourse. It does require that both sides ACCEPT the existence of the other.

I am tired of name-calling and lumping an entire group of people into a negative and derogatory category. While I understand the concept and its rationale, it is not civil or reasonable discourse. We need a frank and open discourse on what can be done.

Some things need to be done. No one is arguing that those things aren’t real. What does calling your opponent a name do to solve the issues? What does making grandiose claims do for anything? Mask Mandates and vaccine mandates are in place to protect our children.

How can you remove funding for vaccines? Do we want a country overrun with measles? Do we want COVID-19 to rise again? Pandemics raging around the world, taking out millions of human beings? What are the policies you are going to enact that will benefit most of us?

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At what point does the deflection work? At what point do people start asking the accuser for proof? Political rhetoric can, at times, be divisive. But if divisiveness is the only message in the rhetoric, is that a really bad thing? The constant spinning of information because of things said or done is tiring.

I am saddened by the belief that talking about shooting a dog is a good thing. I am saddened that declaring the other side communists and fascists happens (both sides do this now; it is bad). The rhetoric of John Adams and Alexander Hamilton was written to inspire.

John Adams, who became the second president of the US, actually defended the British Soldiers who were found guilty of murder (in the Boston Massacre) not because he wanted money. He believed that everyone deserved representation and that everyone had the same rights.

His rhetoric made people oppose him. He was not a person willing to break his ideals. I look over the GOP now, the people who claim to represent all of us, and I wonder. I am beyond wonder; I worry. The extreme right and the extreme left, in my opinion, are normally not right.

The thing about political rhetoric is the reality that it is aspirational. It is not bound by the limits of can we or should we. It is a sad commentary, plus with political rhetoric; you don’t have to prove anything.

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Happy Mother’s Day 2024

On this, Mother’s Day

What is a mother, then? I have two great examples, and I celebrate them both today. First, in these troubling times when people are attempting to legislate what rights a woman has, we do have to consider what we are trying to say as a nation. From my experience, a mother is humorous and kind and someone to respect.

But a positive message to the mothers in my life:  I have been lucky. My mother is an amazing human being. First, she always was there for me and my sisters. Second, Mom has a “wicked” sense of humor (using my best Boston accent). She makes me laugh.

Mom is also someone who helps those around her. From students coming to America from Thailand who were welcomed into our home as a family while they studied to students in my dad’s class arriving every year and treated to a wonderful meal to the many times, she hosted her coworkers for a similar meal.

Now, the other mother in my life is my wife. In the many years we’ve had to celebrate Mother’s Day, she has always, like my mother, brought a mix of humor and kindness.

When you consider both of them, let’s compare where they excelled.

• Both of them went back to school when they already had children in their lives.
• Both are in professions that have massive impacts on the world and the people they work with and help.
• They both raised amazing children (other than me)
• They both believe in helping other people.

But the last thing to say about both is that I am honored to be their friend as a human being.

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Does the truth matter anymore? Can we jay anything? Or does it matter what is said? We saw a huge announcement: the 8th Wonder of the World is to be built in Racine, WI. That building, that tower that great monument to ta leader’s ego slunk off into the night.

Will that leader do that? Will he, in losing court case after court case, slink off to Scotland and his golf course? The former president fled the mess in the US, moved to Scotland, and then argued that golf course owners are immune from jurisdictional prosecution outside the country where the golf course is. That golf course owners enjoy full immunity?

Or would the former president argue that tenement owners enjoy full immunity? Or do people who wield Sharpies on national TV have full immunity? Or should we consider that presumptive presidential nominees for major political parties enjoy full and complete immunity? The absurdity of these possibilities only underscores the need for a serious reevaluation of the concept of immunity for public figures.

Where does immunity end, then? Do I have full immunity as I blog? How can a citizen take an elected office and have immunity in that office? I don’t understand the arguments that I have heard. I understand the questions the Supreme Court asked but do not understand the arguments presented by the former president.

The president is the first citizen. They are not a monarch or a dictator. They are the first citizen. The same laws that apply to me, apply to the office of the president. This principle of equality under the law is fundamental to our democracy and should not be compromised.

Unless by writing this, I am now immune?

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Consider the ongoing cases that are not persecution. These are not instances where the world is against a person. These are human beings who have engaged in a delaying action over the course of many years. They repeatedly settle lawsuits, use money as a shield, and never admit or accept blame. For instance, [insert specific case or scenario here].

What does that say about our country?

What does that say about the person?

Sadly, we need a justice system that offers speedy trials for all. If lawyers file motion after motion with the intent to delay, the lawyers are charged with a crime—obstruction of the fair justice system. Expensive lawyers often find loopholes in those motions.

We need legal and tort reform. But it doesn’t stop there. We also need to reform Congress. It’s time for us to have a national recall of congresspeople and senators who are not serving the people’s best interests. Additionally, we need a national referendum on the Supreme Court, ensuring that the highest court in the land is accountable to the people. We are a Federalist system, one that was designed with checks and balances, and it’s time we uphold those principles.

• The time of feelings is over.
• The time of bullying is over.
• The time of policies has arrived.
• If it is a supposition, keep it private.
• If it is a fact that can be verified, share it with the world.

As a nation, let us stop for a second and remember that there is a reason we exist. We, the people, to form a more perfect union. We find, seek, we; the operative word in these founding documents is WE. We, the people, need to step up and speak now.

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Legal expenses would be paying a lawyer for time spent on your case. It worries me; the constant disinformation campaign makes me sad now. I no longer listen to or consider anything said by a person because of the constant and essential disinformation.

1. If you don’t know a person, why would you pay them 130,000 dollars?
2. Why were the two payments made (there is a paper trail for these) right before the election?

The good news is the former President is in court. The dream would be if, like all supporters of the Constitution, all people are innocent until proven guilty, and so based on that, if he is guilty, what happens next? He lost the popular vote in 2016 and squeaked into the presidency.

As President, he did a couple of things very well. But overall, the impact of the majority of former presidents’ time in office was bad, to the point of creating a series of firsts in American history—not things we haven’t seen in 200 years or 100 years, things that have ever happened.

1. He did not create a blind trust for his assets upon becoming President. That had NEVER happened in US history.
2. The former President never released his tax returns. While the initial presidents did not release tax returns, that was because there was no taxes. No president in the era of personal taxes has ever run, occupied, or considered the office of the President without releasing their taxes.
3. Mexico paid for a wall in the US. The foundation was set up to be closed because it was closed for corruption.

Stop the disinformation and tell us what you are going to do.

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Warren G. Harding, Richard M. Nixon, and Donald John Trump are reasons why presidential immunity should not be considered. Harding would have been charged with corruption had he not died in office. Nixon clearly was going to be charged, so he was pardoned.

The concept of one person above the law is truly beyond the pale. However, the other side of the concept is the reality that the framers wanted. In the Federalist Papers (issues 10, 51, and 84), the authors of the papers (that later was the framework of what was to become the Constitution) addressed many issues.

They avoided “pure morality” as they attempted to SEVER the connection between the church and state. Remember that the framers of the Constitution rebelled against the English system, in which the church (Anglican) was literally formed by the government.

But they also drove the point of separation of “personal” and the common good. Where the common good was the ideal, it was not “an afterthought.” Finally, in issue 51, Madison talked about the need for Virtuous leaders. He speaks of the virtuous leader who displays the virtues our nation sought, seeks, and needs.

The three men, all president, are the only three that failed publically in that search for virtue. Others may have failed in private. But I would remind you. A child caught with their hand in the cookie jar was likely not sneaking cookies for the first time.

What don’t we know about?

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The problem with the current claims is that they contradict the reality of what was said 9 and 5 years ago. In other words, the former president claims that he was kinder to his opponents before the prosecution. Sadly, if you listen to the rhetoric from the past (on video), he is lying.

Lies only live as long as they are repeated, which is why they are repeated. But in effect, the lies have to stop. We need to know what you are going to do. We need to know what you will do about the issues you have raised before you take office (or, more likely, if you take office).

1. How will women’s rights be protected? In the early 1900s, women couldn’t vote. They represented half the country, and they couldn’t vote. Until the infamous case of Roe v. Wade, women couldn’t choose what happened to them without huge risks.
2. The border problem still needs to be explained. It doesn’t exist on the border of Texas and Mexico. It is a problem of gang violence in countries far south of Mexico. What do you intend to do? How do you intend to fix the short-term and long-term problems?
3. The former president’s talk about unemployment shows just how willing he is to lie. He left office with unemployment over 6 %. If the former president’s economy was so great, then the global pandemic blip shouldn’t have cratered the economy.

Look, politicians have been lying for many years. It is called political rhetoric. But starting in 2015, America has been treated to a candidate and then a president who called others names. These are not nicknames that would stick with a person in a joking manner but rude, hurtful, bullying names.

We are talking about names—derogatory, rude, bullying names that a leader should not use. Other than Richard Nixon, I’ve never heard that type of rhetoric in my life. I’ve heard politicians complain about the press. I would agree if the former president said that the press coverage of him wasn’t always fair. But he would also have to say it isn’t fair for the current president, either.

We need a leader that can step up and say I was wrong.

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