HOW HAVE WE COME TO THIS? THE INCOMPETENCE, IRRATIONALITY, CRIMINALITY, AND BETRAYAL THAT HAS LEAD THE U.S. TO EDGE OF THE ABYSS. PT 2.

IN A PAST ARTICLE I WROTE THE FOLLOWING: 

THE INCREDULOUS ATTITUDE THAT DEMOCRATS, PROGRESSIVES, LIBERALS, INDEPENDENTS, AND A FEW REPUBLICANS SEEM TO HAVE WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS AND/OR DOES OUTRAGEOUS THINGS.

EXPLANATION:

HIS BEHAVIOR IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE OPPOSITION BEING SO INDECISIVE OR TIMID, THAT HE AND TOP LEVEL REPUBLICANS HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE DESIRE TO AVOID CONFRONTATION, OR RISK OFFENDING ANYONE THAT MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THEIR OPINION, LIMITS THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY HAVE INFORMING PUBLIC POLICY.

TODAYS DONALD TRUMP IS WHAT HE WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME...    

I WOULD LIKE TO ALTER THIS CONCLUSION, DUE TO RECENT EVENTS AND PAST BEHAVIOR. THE ABOVE PHRASE IS STILL ACCURATE, AND INDECISIVE AND TIMID BEHAVIOR BY THE OPPOSITION STILL HOLDS TRUE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING:

THAT THE U.S. SENATE, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS DONALD TRUMP TO MAKE DECISIONS AND CREATE POLICIES WITHOUT ANY REAL FEAR OF SHORT TERM CONSEQUENCES TO HIM, OR MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. 

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, FROM THE ONSET OF HIS CANDIDACY, SOME OF DONALD TRUMPS MOST EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR HAS EITHER BEEN DOWNPLAYED, OR IGNORED ENTIRELY. GIVEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTIES DECISION TO EMBRACE RACISM, RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, HOMOPHOBIA, ANTI-SCIENCE LEGISLATION, AND XENOPHOBIA, HIS BEHAVIOR IS HARDLY SHOCKING. IT IS THE DEMOCRATS RESPONSE,(MAINLY THE U.S. SENATE), THAT MAKES LITTLE SENSE, IF THE DESIRE IS TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM THE FASCIST AGENDA TRUMP PUSHES AT EVERY TURN. 

DO YOU RECALL THE FOLLOWING QUOTE FROM JOHN MILTON: 

"They also serve who only stand and wait."

IN THIS CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO ALTER IT A LITTLE:

"THEY ALSO SERVE WHO STAND, SAY, AND DO NOTHING."

TO BE CONTINUED....