The Washing DC “Swamp”/“Deep State” has many faces. None the least, the so-called mainstream media and others who—as they now spend 24/7 trashing President Trump and his agenda—not so long ago spent over eight years singing (and yet continue to sing) the praises of then Candidate/President Barack Hussein Obama. As he and his spokespersons saturated our nation’s ears with utterances known then by him and others, and now by an open-minded many, to be just so much BS and in many cases blatant lies. Such as:
“We have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism . . . That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, ‘Not this time’ . . . .”
“The first thing I will do as President will be to reverse the illegal and unconstitutional aspects of the Patriot Act, with the stroke of my pen.”
“. . . that means no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens.”
“I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president of the United States of America.”
“. . . I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution, and I will obey the Constitution of the United States. We’re not goanna use ‘signing statements’ as a way of doing an end-run around Congress.”
“I pledge to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.”
“I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.”
“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States.”
“My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.”
. . . IRS targeting of political dissidents had “not even a smidgen of corruption”.
“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”
“. . . I believe in the Second Amendment, I believe in people’s lawful right to bear arms, I will not take your shotgun away, I will not take your rifle away . . . .”
“If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
. . . U.S. will “do what we must” to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons.
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Well, so much for “Change We Can Believe In"! But, of course, the faces and enablers of the Washington DC “Swamp”/”Deep State” do not end with those mentioned above. For, there are many others. None the least the radically-liberal element of the Democrat Party. AND, that part of the “Republican Establishment” who, instead of fighting for a “Make America Great Again Agenda”—would be much willing to “lose” the now majority in the House and Senate. So that they, while continuing to receive their lucrative taxpayer funded salaries and special benefits, could bask in position of being the “helpless minority.” And therefore be seemingly “not ultimately accountable” for much of anything—other that conning us into keeping them in their positions of self-serving power and influence.
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And whether the many faces and enablers of Washington DC “Swamp”/“Deep State” continue to win, will in the long-haul depend, for example, upon what the rest of us do with the power that rests within our “vote” and within the “ratings we support” by way of the media stations we tune into, etc. And, the “effort we put into” trying our best to be factually-informed citizens; and the sacrifices we are willing to make, and demand that others make, in combatting our nation’s many ills (none the least, the out of control National Debt we keep kicking down the road to be dealt with by our country’s young children, grandchildren, and the yet unborn).
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But what do I know, I’m just an old unteachable, unfixable, and unapologetic deplorable. One who, through ignorance and inattention, etc., spent too long being part of the problem and offering little towards solutions. And one who has likely offended someone with these views (again, unapologetically so). —William James Moore.
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