Monday, July 31, 2017

Law and Order Trump, Remindful of Jesus

I REMEMBER HOW DISAPPOINTED I WAS watching "Law and Order". Just when the detectives, the good guys, New York's finest, were starting to have some real fun roughing up the perp in the interrogation room, in walks the perp's attorney, and the fun abruptly stops. Damned constitution. What a kill joy! I was mad, we all must have been mad, across the fruited plain, from sea to shining sea. Americans like to apply the constitution selectively. The detectives are very frustrated and annoyed, every time this happens, which was most episodes. President Trump must feel the same way. Hell, most of us probably do. That must be why, when he got the chance, Trump gave every cop in America permission to rough up any perp of choice, and he had the temerity, the audacity, the cahones, to do so in from of thousands of police officers as well as the entire world. First, Trump thrills, or maybe bores forty thousand Boy Scouts by bragging about himself instead of talking about anything relevant to Boy Scouts or kids, then, he basically orders our nation's police to behave like thugs in a banana republic. Not so good, presidentially, but, give the man credit, he certainly is entertaining. The man really knows how to work an audience, or how to bore, anger, and insult one. the police like tho think of themselves as law abiding citizens and as ladies and gentlemen, so no, they were generally unhappy with Trump's blank check for thuggery. Amid his self destructive self inflicted plunge in popularity, Trump has an ace in the hole, a "trump card" (he he) if you will. The Evangelical Christian community is with him no matter what. Spearheaded by the likes of Jerry Falwell Junior and Liberty University, Trump's right wing devout Christian base remains intact, no matter how much horrible behavior their dear leader (Donald Trump) displays. It must be all about forgiving. Either that, or Trump reminds the evangelical community of Jesus Christ. What is it, exactly, about Trump which reminds evangelical Christians of Jesus Christ? Is it the billions of dollars, the women, the lying, or the opposition to rendering unto Caesar and giving unto the poor that makes Trump so compatible with basic Christian values? The hair?

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