It was the Spring of 2001 in Paris. French municipal and cantonal elections had recently been held.....and the next year would see the presidential election....this one to be won again by Jacques Chirac for second term....but Jean-Marie Le Pen had surprised everyone by forcing a runoff. In America....9/11 was a few months away. As my wife and son and I walked the Champs-Elysees....groups of.....I don't know....twenty or thirty......would run up and down the avenue.....shouting slogans......the lead runner holding a large flag....flowing at least with the momentum of their running....the flag the color of their party.....this as best as I remember it anyway....a party color....and slogans.
That my friends.....is whoever we are or whatever we have become in the Republican Party today....just a color and a slogan. We are just two parties in America running with our flag.....our color is red. It does not matter in the slightest that Donald Trump...our representative....is ethically corrupt. It doesn't matter that in foreign policy it may turn out that he is a dunce......for his words evidence this....but his supporters claim he is just trolling...that's it's actually brilliance. So what is truth here? Well....truth here is in who gets the most electoral votes.....nothing more.....nothing less.
Everyone.....including me.....had always made a big deal over the difference between the French Revolution and The American Revolution. They fought in the swamp......to rule in the swamp....whereas we held the high ground in our revolution....but that has all changed today.....for we are in the swamp too. Ideas are not exchanged....there's no debate.....just slogans....the two parties keep their people in line....or try to....and money alone determines the size of the net to trawl for the fish.
That my friends.....is whoever we are or whatever we have become in the Republican Party today....just a color and a slogan. We are just two parties in America running with our flag.....our color is red. It does not matter in the slightest that Donald Trump...our representative....is ethically corrupt. It doesn't matter that in foreign policy it may turn out that he is a dunce......for his words evidence this....but his supporters claim he is just trolling...that's it's actually brilliance. So what is truth here? Well....truth here is in who gets the most electoral votes.....nothing more.....nothing less.
Everyone.....including me.....had always made a big deal over the difference between the French Revolution and The American Revolution. They fought in the swamp......to rule in the swamp....whereas we held the high ground in our revolution....but that has all changed today.....for we are in the swamp too. Ideas are not exchanged....there's no debate.....just slogans....the two parties keep their people in line....or try to....and money alone determines the size of the net to trawl for the fish.
