(Sorry to go all ‘Music Man’ on you..)

This is reflected in their leadership. GW Bush and Brezhnev were analogs of one another, the last sputtering gasp of the ancien regime.

Obama and Gorbachev attempted to salvage what was left, to reintroduce humanity and reason, but failed. The system was too far gone, too corrupt, too unstable.

Boris Yeltsin and Donald Trump are the dysfunctional buffoons who ruled fitfully during the interregnum.

In Russia we now have Putin firmly and brutally in charge. The masses long for stability. His American counterpart will probably be Pence. There is a perverse sense of symmetry there, and both their names start with a “P”.

The reality is they went too far down the path to hell to turn back… the only way they survive is if they ensure this madman stays in power – if that means they have to violate the constitution and deprive millions of their votes, then they will grimace and do it.

If their president goes down, they know they are all finished… because they sacrificed all they claimed to stand for in order to get him elected. THAT is why they are going after the voter rolls…

If they are to survive, then the last election must be the LAST election.

Again, I strongly suggest we compare contemporary American events with Germany between the World Wars. Most Germans did not agree with the Nazi program, and felt Hitler was, at best a ridiculous buffoon but they made his seizure of power possible by allowing him to get away with it.

I realize some of you reading this may be offended by my insistence on comparing our recent history to the rise of the Third Reich. Well, that is precisely the effect I wish to have, you really need to be offended–and hopefully, insulted. It won’t be just the bigots, racists and fascists who will bear the responsibility for Trumpism. Those who choose to remain silent, make excuses and look the other way are equally guilty for what will happen. And even those who resist heroically will still have to face the full consequences if Trump and his allies succeed.

Like Germany, we too are a democracy; America will get the government it deserves.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/07/26/trump_administration_argues_federal_law_doesn_t_protect_gay_employees.html

What he is doing is as obvious as it is clumsy- he realizes he is starting to piss off even the republicans that voted for him- so he is trying to bolster his support among the most bigoted and fanatical religious right by turning on the LGBT community…

Banning transgender people from the military, declaring that America worships God and now this- all in one day…

He is simply declaring war on a vulnerable group of Americans to distract the rest of America from his serious crimes.

Fun fact, Lincoln -unlike Trump- massively won the popular vote…