The Full Willie

The pundits are calling the latest Trump/Republican advertisement against the Democratic Party the “Willie Horton ad. on steroids,” in reference to the infamous, racist Willie Horton advertisement run against the Democratic Presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis, during the 1986 election. But this current Trump advertisement is even worse than the Willie Horton ad. By some incredibly illogical leap away from anything resembling a fact or decency this ad. created by Trump's Herr Goebbels conflates support for DACA with heinous criminal acts committed by undocumented (“illegal”) aliens. Calling these "dreamers," these loyal, hard working people who were brought to this country as young children by their parents a criminal class of undesirables defies all reason. Nor is there any evidence to suggests that granting these “dreamers” legal status will cause or encourage criminals to enter this country. Furthermore Trump's ad ignores all the statistics showing that the percentage of the undocumented aliens who commit criminal acts is lower than the percentage of legal citizens who commit criminal acts. Yet in some sort of hateful, paranoid, alternate universe inhabited by Neo-Nazis, xenophobic dumb asses and members of the KKK this advertisement resonates. For the rest of us all that is missing from this hateful ad. is the swastika.

This advertisement is Trump laid bare; it is his inglorious Willie. And yes it is that obscene! Trump and the GOP moral midgets supporting him want you to believe that the shut down is about illegal immigration and the very, very expensive and impractical wall Mexico was supposed to pay for -- they lie! As the Atlantic, the Rolling Stone and many others have reported this shut down is about more than Daca. It is even about more than Trump's ignorance, negligence and petulance, although those traits are also significant factors, particularly in regard to how little trust anyone can place in Trump's promises to sign bipartisan bills about issues such as DACA. The real problem, the real reason for this shut down is the inability of the Republican Party and its leader to govern. No other President has failed to keep the government open when his party controls both houses of congress. But why the hell should Trump and his chumps care? The government is the problem rather than the solution anyhow, and the deep state hates him.

Could it be that the people Trump thinks of as the deep state actually know more about governing than Trump and his party know?  Well, one thing they of the “deep state” know is that the uncertainty of the funding of the military and other departments caused by the passage of a succession of “continuing resolutions” rather than a long term budget has hindered the implementation of needed projects and measures. Furthermore, as the Democrats correctly point out, the Republicans intentionally held out funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program so they could use it as a bargaining chip in regard to the budget. And a damn poor job the Republicans did of trying to use it as bargaining chip because the provision in the House proposed CR does not even include any funds for the hospitals and clinics that are supposed to provide the care. Add to this Speaker Ryan's adherence to Ayn Rand's “provide nothing to no one” philosophy and it is easy to see why the Democrats are not willing to trust the Republicans when it comes to correcting this defect in the CR any more than they are willing to trust Trump when it comes to DACA.

All I can say is that we must all follow the lead of the ladies who march in protest and turn out for elections. We must make it evident that in the November elections we will keep our resolve to discard the GOP diapers covering Trumps Butt and throw into the gutter the brown shirts supporting his fascist rule. If nothing else, Trump's full Willie advertisement demonstrates beyond all dispute what Trump and his administration are about, and why anyone who does not oppose him is complicit in his hateful, harmful, and dangerous demagoguery!