‘ENOUGH,” BY CASSIDY HUTCHINSON.

Over the ages, since homo sapiens started roaming planet earth there have been as many brave and courageous, brilliant and talented women as men. Cassidy Hutchinson, along with Liz Cheney, stand so prominently out because since the War of 1812 never has one political party, predominantly made up of men, exhibited such cowardly, subservient behavior as they bow down before a four time draft dodger, rapist, liar, tax cheat, insurrectionist, bully, illiterate, traitor, etc, as the former president and current leader of the Republican Party.

I was a little hesitant about reading Ms. Hutchinson’s memoir, “Enough,” simply because I thought I knew all I needed to know about this young lady, but I was totally wrong, which is not unusual.

If one does choose to read her memoir, which I highly recommend, I think it is important to remember that this young lady, at the tender age of 23, was an eyewitness…in the center… of the political malfeasance known as the Trump years. She was in all practical terms, the assistant Chief of Staff, to the subservient, deeply religious Chief of Staff Mark Meadows who never so much as had an alcoholic drink in his whole life.

Mr. Meadows, like many heroic figures throughout American history, decided on the day American democracy was at its most fragile, and innocent Capitol police officers were being hammered with the American flag, to do “Nothing,” he was in such fear and awe of the President of the United States. In all honesty, he was not the only one. There were plenty of others who could have prevented the insurrection on Jan 6, 2021 or at least put a stop to it but like, Mr. Meadow’s, did nothing. (In a side note: In Dante’s masterpiece “The Divine Comedy,” he places at the very bottom of hell, next to Lucifer, those that could have made a difference but did “NOTHING.)

But this is all old news, but what is not old news is how a 23 year old young lady, who in many cases put her blind trust in Mr. Meadows and President Trump, became the unlikely hero in this tragic story. Instead of prayers and denial of all alcoholic beverages, she possessed that most uncommon of traits in politicians, “morals.”

That is not to say she didn’t have her doubts and wasn’t scared shit, but in the end she looked into the mirror and decided she could not live with herself if she did not tell the unabridged truth about what she witnessed and heard previous to Jan. 6, on Jan. 6., and after.

“Enough,” gives us a full picture of Ms. Hutchinson from the time she was a little girl growing up in New Jersey, to her full out desire to succeed in Washington, D.C., to a realization and enlightenment that far too many republicans still have not accepted about Mr. Trump and his cronies.

I highly recommend Ms. Hutchison’s memoir.