Politicking

POLITICAL ADVERTISING, thank god, tends to be limited, has traditionaly been limited to election campaign season, but that, heaven forid, could, amd perhaps already has, changed. Recently I have seen several times a television commercial made by the state Republican party, attacking the Biden administration and all things Democrat, and heaping lavish praise upon a Repbulican governor who has been in office less that a year, and has done nothing other than promote the usual, twisted, sick, conservative political agenda. Book bans, anto-LGBTQ laws, erasing slavery history, etc.The blatant dishonesty of the thirty second ad is breath taking, much like the shocking dishonesty of the Republican conservative communitiy generally is, in this era of Donald Trump. Trump's pathological dishonesty has, to an extent, trickled down and infected his entire following which, incredibly, remains substantial. This television commerical starts with horrifying, dramatic, chocking images from teh Russian-Ukraine war, then from teh Hamas Israeli war, scenes of violence, explosions, and despair. Then, a somber, serious, sonorous voice bemoans the horrible state of affairs in the world, and the country, what with inflation and all, and then comes right out and proclaims: "The Biden administration is a disaster". Oh yeah, right. Putin's War on Ukrain and Hamas are the responsibility of the Biden administration. Give me a break. Regarding inflation, two facts stand out; One; the world wide inflation of teh past three years ie entirely caused by the pandemic, not by the Biden administration. Two, during and under the Biden administration, inflation in the United States has been coming down steadily, and continues to do so, under Biden's leadership, because of Biden's economic policies. That's not a disaster, That's a success story. The Republican aprty, an the evangelical conservative Republican Trump movement in general are trapped, in a corner, in trouble, for several reasons. First, their agenda is not popular with a majorit of Americans - the progressive agenda is. Secondly, Republicans, for better or for worse, are now, and have long been, indivisably married to Donald J.Trump, who, at this writing, remains by far the frontrunner for the Republican twenty twenty four presidential nomination. Conservative America married Donald Trump, an by golly, they are stuck with him, ninety one felony raps and all. In fact, the Amerian economy is doing just fine, humming along strongly. Biden can claim credit for this. The Republians are left with only their lies about a failing aconomy, and by desperatly trying to tie the Biden administration to the two major wars currently ongoing. This lame approach will not work. As the next presidential election approaches, it willb einteresting to listen to Trump supporters support Trump, as Trump spends more and more time in court, on elevision, defending himself against ever more serious crimes, like trying to overthrow the American government, which, by the way, he is guilty of. Th stolen classified documents is serious, the financial, as we are seeing now, is serious, and so is the elecdtion tampering in Georgia. But this election lie/subversion and insurrection rap is deadly serious, and will be front and center for Trump as he runs for president. Regarding supporting and defending Donald Trump; good luck with that.