I’m no Democrat. In fact, the saddest part about getting rid of Trump – if that should happen – is that some Democratic politician will undoubtedly replace him. The other side of the same coin. Do not mistake the arguments being put forth in his article as coming from some leftist Democrat as this writer loathes both parties equally. There are more and more folks who are tired of both parties, which by rights we shouldn’t have anyway. The greatest president this nation ever had told us not to form political parties in our government in his famous farewell address and went to the trouble of describing the calamities which would result from partisan divisions in the country, among which: (political parties) become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. Sound familiar?
One of the most prescient warnings is this next paragraph. It must be studied in its entirety to grasp just how emphatically George Washington was trying to make us understand the dangers of institutional factions (parties): The alternate domination of one faction (party) over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
We’ve seen every possible iteration of the exact happenings come to pass, there was a case where one party wouldn’t allow a sitting president to appoint a Supreme court justice because in his opinion, it was too close to the end of the president’s term – which still had eight months to go. What???!!! There’s absolutely no Constitutional authority for that! But Mitch McConnell got away with it so the next President (Trump) could appoint a Republican approved justice. This kind of thing is exactly what President Washington was warning of.
How about this jewel? It (partisanship) opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. . Recognize anything in that one? or how about this? Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
This is too real, folks: Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.
The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I really think we should have given this document at least the same consideration as the Constitution. There’s a lot more in it than what I’ve put into this article, and I would strongly advise every American to read it and so understand what we have done wrong. If we’d obeyed his admonitions, especially about political parties and foreign entanglements (such as merging our military with another country’s). If we’d have listened to President Washington, we wouldn’t be ruled by Israel today because that was exactly what he warned us against.
If Americans are to regain control of our nation, we must resort to the admonitions of the founding fathers and use their wisdom as a guideline to return to our free form of government where citizens rule and government only facilitates the will of the people.
The most critical action we can take is to return to God for His blessings for any endeavor to reacquire our lost freedoms – you can trust that nothing good will come of any effort otherwise. Jesus Christ kept this country on its feet for a couple of hundred years, and we made a lot of mistakes, especially when it comes to Native Peoples, but when we walked away from Him and adopted this lawless, immoral society, things started going south. We are at a critical inflection point today and the actions we take (or don’t take) must be predicated on our desire to live Godly lives or we are going to sink. You think things are bad now? Just keep giving the servants of Satan more and more control – surrender more of our rights to an evil authoritarian regime that operates under the control of the evilest country ever to exist, and yes, it will get worse.
As an American, I’m ashamed to even be writing about this travesty of a human being occupying the same office as one so honorable as George Washington. Can you even begin to imagine what President Washington’s reaction would be to hearing this vulgar, trashy maggot dropping an f bomb in public in front of women – and children? How far we have fallen!
I strongly suggest a reading of George Washington’s farewell address to be able to discern what we’ve done wrong, but I even more strongly suggest a reading of the Bible, the very Word of God – to find how we can get things right. We desperately need to resuscitate the Congressional Republicans from their Trump-induced stupor and get rid of this abomination – and soon, before he completely destroys the nation like he’s already done to the White House. He’s not gonna stop on his own.
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
MK