Demanding a Democratically Elected Dictator

AMAZINGLY, almost beyond belief, the dysfunctional, anti-democratic Republican party is beside itslf with outrage over the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Donald Trump from the ballot for the 2024 presidential election. How dare those Democrats conspire to deprive the good people of Colorado of the privilege, nay, sacred right, to cast a ballot for that paragon of law abiding morality,Donald J. Trump, insurrectionist-in-chief. Their rationale? The people deserve the right to vote for whomever they want, including a convicted felon and demonstrable inciter of insurrection against the United States government. The constitution does not prphibit criminals from becoming president. The Republican party, it seems, insists that the democratic process be given the opportunity to democratically elect an authoritarian president, much as the German people democratically elected their infamous dictator, Adolf Hitler The difference is that the Germans in 1933 were unaware that they were indeed eleting a nascent dictator, just as about half of the American electorate seems unaware of, or unconcered with the obvious fact that Donald Trump seeks presidential powers approaching the dictatorial. We know this, because he has said so, many times. For all appearances, Trump supporters want precisely an authoritarian president with the power to implement their anti-gay, anti-immigrant, Christian dominionist agenda by decree. Not mentioned amid all the wailing and gnashing is that the movement to remove Trump was,to an extent, spearheaded by clearer thinking Republicans. Trump will fortify the support of his political support base, by, as always, playing the part of the victim. Poor persecuted Donnie, the school yard bully who doesn't like receiving what he dishes out, and doesn't like justice when it is dispensed in matters pertaining to him. Trump's fervant cultish support base hardly needs further fortification. The prevailing spew is that democracy must be upheld at all costs, and that notwithstanding the degree to which a candidate is a criminal or a reprobate, the voters shoud have the opportunity to elect him president.The party which sidesteps democracy by packing the courts with right wing extremists, and relies on them to install its agenda from the bench, demanding democracy. That, is they say, is rich. Charles Manson for president! The Supreme Court cannot avoid hearing the inevitable Trump appeal very soon, and probably does not want to avoid it. The high court, after all, is packed with far right wing ideologues, themselves Trumpers. Abd of coures, the Colorado ruling will be overruled, and Americans will be prefectly, democratically free to reelect a former president who refused to accept his election defeat, and tried to stage an insurrection to oerthrow the federal government to remain illegally in power. The party of law and order, choosing to ignore the constitution in their zeal to elect their dictator of choice. But, we can take comfort in knowing that if elected, Donald Trump would only be a dictator on his first day in office. The white elephant in the room is, however, that that should give him sufficient time to do everything that has to be done to complete the conserative agenda, and completely destroy democracy in America.