A Wide Gulf

Wide, indeed. Gulf of Mexico or gulf of ideas. The ideologues are on a field day and soon will get the message that they are on the outside looking in.

Our form of government is the issue. No other issues exist compared with this one. The tripartite democracy we have is unique in the world. It has done amazing things during its formation and afterwards for nearly 250 years.

It relies on no king or dictator. In fact, it is specifically designed to thwart either forming. We have experience with that design but no experience in defeating a king or dictator who wishes himself into existence.

That is what we face now. Right now. So, what do we do about it?

The courts have the real power in my opinion. I am not a lawyer, so I leave the mechanics of this to those who know. President Obama has been a Constitutional expert in academia. Let’s seek his experience and expertise in this. But let us also pull in others who have knowledge and expertise in managing our form of government. Senator McConnell from Kentucky comes to mind. There are others in the House of Representatives as well. Both parties are needed to participate in this endeavor. Their role is complicated in the doing, but not in its mission.

That mission is to protect and maintain the American democracy formed by the US Constitution, and that has been functioning successfully in its long history. That’s it. That’s the mission.

Those who currently wish to change the government truly are outsiders. They are in the minority and thus have no authority to do what they say they have the right to do. Electing a president is not electing a king or a dictator. We have policies and procedures in place to keep that from happening. Declaring those null and void, is not in the job description or authority of the President of the United States.

In actual fact, the President has sworn to uphold the US Constitution. If he does otherwise, he is not only impeachable, but imprisonable.

It is our job as citizens to make certain our form of government functions appropriately. We elect people to do this for us, but if they don’t, we have the ultimate authority to defrock them and maintain a functioning government per the Constitution. In the final analysis, it is We The People who only have that ultimate power. 

Trump and his supporters do not have this authority. They don’t even have the authority to rename of Gulf of Mexico. Nor do they speak for 51% of the American people. We The People determine that, not him.

So, let’s get going.

February 28, 2025

 

 

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