Saturday, February 18, 2017

The Importance of our Democracy

Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times. I found his first paragraph to sum up far better than I can what has transpired.

"The story so far: A foreign dictator intervened on behalf of a U.S. presidential candidate — and that candidate won. Close associates of the new president were in contact with the dictator’s espionage officials during the campaign, and his national security adviser was forced out over improper calls to that country’s ambassador — but not until the press reported it; the president learned about his actions weeks earlier, but took no action."

Do you understand the existential threat this has on our Democracy? If you are a Republican or usually inclined to vote Republican chances are that you were okay with your party holding 33 hearings (4 public hearings) on Benghazi. You really do not believe with all the evidence we have so far that we should not be looking into this deeper? It is time for every American to stand up and ask that we get to the truth on this matter. 






Now I want to share with you a recent tweet from President Trump.


Do you really believe that the press is the "enemy of the American People"? The 1st amendment to our Constitution calls for a free press. A free press is an essential foundation of our Democracy.

Are you really planning on sitting on the sidelines as all of this is going down?  It only takes a few minutes to call your State Senators and demand an investigation.






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