Friday, August 25, 2017

On A Fox Hunt

I often watch Sean Hannity on Fox Network to get my blood boiling but mainly so I can see what alternative reality looks like. He repeats a regular pattern of lambasting the "deranged, destroy Trump media", assuring his viewers that only he tells "you, the American people " the real news in a fair and balanced manner.
He is addicted to the use of bullet points and checklists by which he purports to demonstrate that Trump has a host of accomplishments ignored by the left-wing, fascist press. Of course, many of these so-called achievements are, in reality, earmarks of Trump's assault on good government, ethnic minorities, and a healthy environment.
Thus, the leading entries on this hit parade invariably include jeopardizing the global climate (withdrawing from the Paris Accords),promoting financial recklessness (weakening Dodd-Frank), gender bashing (banning transgender soldiers), immigration "reform " (travel bans and wall building) and so on.
Then he parades his Amen chorus consisting of Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Simeon Gorka
and Pat Buchanan to corroborate the correctness of his conclusions.
His other itemizations often include the many reasons Robert Mueller is biased and must be fired and the panoply of sins committed by Hillary Clinton which have gone unpunished and warrant her incarceration.
His former compatriots in this offensive, notably Bill O'Reilly, have either left in disgrace or moved on to new positions and new philosophies. More recently, he has been abetted by Tucker Carlson, who makes known his disbelief of views expressed by his left-leaning guests by sneering, smirking, laughing or widening his eyes before talking over or cutting them off.
One can confidently predict that, when it is indisputably proven that Trump collaborated with Russian interference in the recent election, Hannity will, instead, be reporting on the misuse of her email server by Hillary Clinton.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Slogan

In just over six months the Trump administration has seriously eroded 250 years of American traditions including regard for the truth, respect for our countrymen, honor, and common decency. Our fundamental shibboleths of equality, justice, rule of law and common good have been supplanted by "America First" and, even more insidiously, "Me First". These xenophobic and selfish credos must be rejected before they destroy the foundation of our democracy.
The proposed motto for Democrats, "A Better Deal", smacks too much of self-interest. Besides, we've had our fill of "deal" makers. Democrats should , instead, rally behind the slogan "Restore America's Values".