As a reminder, my keyboard is acting up, so please forgive typos.
What do I feel about the past few weeks? A whole myriad of things have gone through my mind.
First, I haven’t been happy that so many Democrats piled on President Biden, urging him to drop out of the race. I hated that for him – he didn’t deserve it! He has done so much for the country, I only have the highest admiration for him. I know he’ll continue to serve this country until the oath of office is administered to the next president, whoever that will be (please not Trump!). I thank him with my whole heart for his more than 5 decades – yes, 50 years – of public service. You don’t have to agree with his policies or politics to admire and respect the man.
I, too, was worried about the election after the debate. As the days went by and more people were calling on Biden to drop out of the race, I felt we had to s**t or get off the pot. Either pull the plug or drop it! But, it needed to be resolved quickly because we’re getting so close to the Democratic National Convention.
I’m glad Biden stepped up. And I’m glad he endorsed Kamala Harris. I think she will unite us and move us forward – she’s already had a positive impact. So now let’s rally and get this done!!
BTW, clearly Trump and the rest of MAGA world are scared s**tless! He has gone on a two day social media frenzy. I’m loving it! Go ahead, Donald, and sue for the DNC to reimburse you for your media ads/attacks on Biden. Your campaign should be centered on your policies rather than on negative attacks on your opponent!
The shooting – the assassination attempt? I was very upset that this occurred. However, I started being as suspicious as other X (twitter) users. Why hasn’t the treating physician provided the public with specifics? Why hasn’t the Trump campaign provided a photo or description from someone other than fake Rep Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician who proclaimed Trump was the healthiest president in US history? [By the way, how did he know how healthy/unhealthy prior presidents such as Washington, Adams, Jefferson,, etc, were??]
Do I think he got injured? Yes. Do I think he was shot? Not so sure. I’m starting to lean towards glass from a broken teleprompter. But, I’m also wondering just what the injury was – how bad it was.
The day after the shooting Trump apparently went golfing. Pictures taken during that outing revealed no bandage – or, at least not a big bandage like he had on last week. And from those same pictures I was not able to see any swelling, scab, redness, or anything else to indicate an injury.
So, was he really injured? Did he have anything more than a “pin head” size poke? Head injuries tend to bleed A LOT. I suppose ear injuries would too. I had glass fall on my head when I was 10 years old. I bled like my head was cut off! In reality, it was one little pin prick from one piece of glass. So, the blood we saw on July 13th could have been something similar.
All of sudden, though, at last week Republican convention, he has a bandage the size of a maxi pad on his ear! I mean, come on! Clearly, he was going for the sympathy vote! “I took a bullet for democracy.” Images from after the convention, show a smaller, flesh-colored bandage.
If reports are accurate, he was out golfing yesterday again. A clip of a video showed no bandage at all. In fact, you can’t even see a scab or anything on the ear. Rep (Dr) Jackson’s letter indicated the “wound” was 2 centimeters wide and would need constant monitoring because it bleed once in a while! Uh huh! Sure! I’ll buy that bridge!
As for the shooter, I’m not so sure he was actually trying to assassinate Trump. I think he was trying to commit suicide by cop! From all accounts, the shooter researched both Trump and Biden to see what events were coming up and where they would be held. Trump’s was the earliest and the closest to his home.
By researching both candidates, I find it hard to believe his motive was political. Schoolmates have said that he was a conservative and had been for a long time. But, if so, that begs the question why would he target Trump?
No, I think he wanted to commit suicide and make a noise doing it.
Regarding the Secret Service, yes, it was a failure. However, reports coming from a local law enforcement commissioner indicate there were failures (multiple) by local law enforcement who were tasked with covering the building from which the shots came. I hate that the director was made to resign over this. We’re only 10 days out from the incident and the investigations are on-going. I personally think it’s too early to hold Congressional hearings, hold anyone to account, etc. The investigations should be allowed to continue uninterrupted. After we get all the facts, then we can point fingers about incompetence or whatever.
There you go! Just my meanderings from the past few weeks. Again, I’m sorry I was away. Technology is great – until it isn’t!!
Just sayin’ . . .
In My Humble Opinion 