Coming Clean

HOW MANY TIME, in how many ways must it be proven that Donald Trump is guilty of treasonous insurrection , obstruction of justice, a a veritble host of other federal crimes before his fervant supporters, mots notably almost all of America's conservative evangelical Christian crtowd, wise up, acknowledge reality, and give it up? I saw Trump's speech at his rally on live TV, heard him tell an angry well armed mob to "go to the Capitol and fight"- and I saw the angry mob do excatly that, killing five people and seriously harming American democracy, and America itself. Of all the huge amount of damning proof provided by the congressional committee of Trump's guilt, perhpas the msot shocking and decisive is the revealed conversation President Trump had with Steve Bannon and others three days before the election in which it was agreed that if the election did not go well, Trump would claim that it had been stolen through massive fraud. Trumps bie election lie was planned well in advance of the election, and never intended to be true, intended only to steal teh election for Trump. The entire steal has been layed out in documented detail, as Trump and a few associates carefully planned and executed it. Totally premeditated. But President Trump sim0ly could not wait long enough, could not wait until the election was over and the massive fraud had a chance to be exposed. No, on election night, while the votes were still being counted and Trump was actually ahead, Trump said loudly, clearly to a room full of people at the White House: "Actually, we won the election." He still says it. It was an obvious, bold faced, shameless lie the moment the words left his mouth, and any intelligent person could see that. His supporters wanted to believe the lie so, so badly - that they decided to believe it, even though they knew, and know, better. That's the most shocking, the saddest part of this sad saga. Two thirds of American conservative Republicans still believe the big lie and still support Trump, as if determined to get the most mileage out of their evil, diabolical scheme. As if evelating their idol to the presidency and keeping him their, or perhaps even giving him more power, is a sacred crusade of such importance that any behavior, including violence and theft, is justified to reach the goal; Trump, ruling supreme. These people are sick almost beyond belief. Actually, I would rather think of them as mentally ill than as utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt.