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Showing Original Post only (View all)Picture this: it's the year 2035 - 16 years from today [View all]
we turn on the tv and who do we see but Ellen Degeneres, or another yakker talking about how Trump deserves our kindness. Or, a Democratic president hugging him like he's their long lost brother. What would your reaction be? Mostly revulsion, right?
Well, it's been 16 years since 2003 when GW Bush lied us into a war and started down the road to becoming a war criminal. I don't know about you, but back then I wouldn't have thought that in such a short time we'd have people treating Bush like he's their warm and fuzzy grandfather, or other such relative.
This is what happens when we don't hold our leaders accountable for their crimes. Among other things, it permits the revisionism that is now occurring. If we - and I include Obama and other politicians in the "we" - had held the Bush administration to account either during his presidency or through a subsequent legal process, we might not be in the situation we're in today. Perhaps our elected officials might understand that there are severe repercussions to their behavior...that we, the American people, wouldn't stand for lies, corruption and unethical policies. And THAT is why we must do what we can do to protect our democracy, and make Trump answer for his crimes and unethical, immoral behavior.