It feels so good to finally shuck off the yoke ol' Barry What's-his-excuse had this country under for the last eight years. Don't know about y'all, but I am most certainly not better off now than I was in January of 2009, in terms of the " 'Merican Dream," whatever the hell that is. Not all of it was the "Guvment's" fault, but enough of it was to make the last eight years essentially one long and excruciating s-l-o-g along a poorly-maintained path, hoping against hope that the personal stamina would hold out longer than the slog did.
Needless to say, justice prevailed - with twin bonuses of the catastrophic downfall of the "Clinton Crime Family," and the utter disintegration of the Democratic Party as a whole, putting the icing on a rather sweet cake. If President Donald does nothing else worthwhile over the next 4 or 8 years, he has already served the country well as the catalyst of said two bonuses, IMHO. Say what you will about DJT as a person, outspoken New Yorker, brutally crackerjack businessman, or whatever - he is still the complete antithesis of the "career politician" who is more concerned with aggrandizing personal power, than doing the "people's business" they were supposedly elected to do.
And make no mistake; I'm the first one to point out that such "power-trippers" can be found on both sides of the aisle - John Mc Cain and Mitt Romney are quite akin to Harry Reid and "Queen Nancy" Pelosi, despite the nominal (R) following their office titles, as the most egregious example.
DJT, on the other hand is a traditional - and by "traditional" I mean "as the Founders Intended" - President, arguably the first one we've had since U.S. Grant! To wit, he is a true "citizen-servant" who relied mainly {if not solely} on his own devices to first secure the nomination, then win the general election. He isn't a creature of this or that special interest; he's not beholden to any certain political bloc, or faction; he holds personal experience under the international microscope, thanks to his business ventures; and he's not afraid to bluntly call a spade a spade, if the situation calls for it.
In short, President Donald John Trump is a genuine throwback to a time when our political system wasn't literally choking under the tons and tons of detrimental BULLSHIT that have infused it since Woodrow Wilson was in the Oval Orifice. The Presidency - or a Congressional seat, for that matter - was NEVER intended to be a "lifelong career path."
The Judicial Branch aside, our Executive and Legislative branches were set up to allow Joe Citizen to serve his fellow countrymen for one or two terms, then clear out with minimal fuss or hassle, so that the successor could hit the ground running without worrying about any leftover messes to clean up, or how to acquire as much power as they could before they got caught with a hand in several cookie jars. In short, once upon a time it truly was "government BY the People FOR the People." A beautiful thing, really - simple, yet incredibly effective, if given half a chance.
Be that as it may, there's already an interesting notion about The Donaldcy to ponder, that I'm all but certain everyone has missed. Throughout the entire 2016 election cycle, much was made by both DJT and The Hildebeast about "repairing our infrastructure." All well and good; infrastructure issues have been part of the elected official landscape since at least the era of Eisenhower, if not long before that. But here's the kicker; there's a good chance that the Trump-nado is actually going to heavily overhaul our Governmental infrastructure.
Pure conjecture on my part, yes, but there's a crap-ton of readily available empirical evidence over the last 16 months or so, to give my notion real "legs," if you will. To be sure, outside of the Interstate Highway System, our national Parks, and the odd dam or three, the bulk of maintaining and improving our national infrastructure is by and large a states'-rights responsibility, as it should be. Thus, if America is again going to be as truly Great as we've been frequently promised by our new Donald-In-Chief, I can logically see no better place to start the heavy lifting than with our national Guv'ment. As always, time will tell, but me gizzard is already doing the warm/fuzzy schtick, especially in light of The Donald's vow to "drain the swamp."
And on a final high note, God Bless And Keep our newest and loveliest National Treasure, a certain Kellyanne Conway:
I haven't had my fancy tickled so much by a Conservative Lady since the earliest days of my Dear Sarah Palin! Brains, beauty, and a deliciously wicked way of flaunting these and all her other myriad charms to the fookin' tee - what's not to Love about Our Miss Kellyanne then, eh?
Be of Great Good Cheer, Boys and Girls - methinks we're embarking on a pretty thrilling ride, all things considered.
More shortly.
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