Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 19
January 30, 2020
The Death of a Republic
It’s often useful to take a step back from the political battleground in order to reach a broader understanding of how the battle is going. In the current situation, the likely victors are those who would, for either personal or tribal advantage, abandon the foundations of Madisonian Republicanism. These groups are easy to identify as […]
January 29, 2020
GOP scrambles to get votes to block witnesses
The headline screams coverup. “Let’s get this over before the real facts come out! If they do come out, Americans will see, firsthand, the kind of corruption that we are protecting. We have to put this to and end ASAP!” It is such a sad thing to see American politicians act is such a short-sighted […]
January 28, 2020
The ridiculous charade continues
Don’t know about you but I’m getting tired of this line that the Republicans are running about witnesses in the impeachment trial. They seem to be working to convince Americans that, because of the intransigence of the Democrats, the country will never get to hear the critical testimony of Hunter Biden. And, in order to […]
January 27, 2020
Co-Founder of Students for Trump is a Confessed Felon
Remember the name John Lambert. Put it on a post-it on your laptop monitor. Carve it into your memory. Because John is the quintessential example of a Trump supporter. https://www.businessinsider.com/stude... Lambert, the 23 year-old co-founder of Students for Trump – all the members have to be so proud to be associated with John – pled […]
January 26, 2020
The Swamp People
Any thinking person will realize that the Senate vote will not be the end of it. The House will continue its investigations. New evidence will emerge. Trump, empowered by what he will claim as a vindication, will become even more rash and unpredictable. Senators who defended him will have served their purpose and will increasingly […]
This is what lawyers do …
And why they should not be trusted as politicians Trump’s defense team, partially taxpayer funded, took to the well of the Senate to make the argument that their client should not be removed from office for six reasons. Let’s start with the most amateur of them. Pat Cipollone – the white House council that your […]
January 25, 2020
The Sad Truth for Senate Republicans
They will listen to the intellectual garbage being spewed by Trumps legal team and declare it above the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and the Bible. They will do as they are told and subordinate the Senate to the corruption of Trump no matter what the cost to the country and future generations. […]
January 20, 2020
As the saying goes “When you lie down with dogs …
… you wake up with terminal cancer. Trump is forced to make a deal with Putin because of the kompromat in the Kremlin’s files. And the most powerful office in the world – the Presidency of the United States – is occupied by a Russian asset. The files that the Russians have collected – primarily […]
January 19, 2020
Alan Dershowitz is George Orwell’s Nightmare Become Real
His argument is stunning and so far from any historical reality that it resonates with the startling evolution of other old white men who were once respect and even revered. The likes of Rudy Giuliani, who was once America’s mayor. Lindsey Graham, who was held up as John McCain’s wingman in reasoned defenses of limited […]
January 18, 2020
The Corruption of The National Archives
Those who were warning that George Orwell’s dark vision in his novel 1984 might come to pass need to update their warnings. The Washington Post recently reported that The National Archives – the government agency which preserved and displayed historical documents of the United States – “acknowledged in a statement this week that it made […]
