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Edwcraig

Edwcraig's Journal
Edwcraig's Journal
December 31, 2020

Let's expose this Trump attempted coup for what it is . .

A Russian initiative plot to overthrow American democracy by using an American they have turned into their agent with the full aid and support of the Republican Party as willing accomplices to this sedition.

December 15, 2020

We have now moved from Constitutional process to Constitutional authority

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the constitutional authority of the state is the definition of sedition. Sedition is a serious felony punishable by fines and up to 20 years in prison.

December 7, 2020

Joe Scarborough just tried to equate Republican MAGATS to peace protestors of the 60's.

In his effort to justify Republican dogma that he helped create and has lead to this anti-democratic Ronald Reagan "Government is the problem." attempt by Republicans to destroy our democracy he has drawn a moral equivalency to the peace protests of the 60'. His ego will not let him admit that he helped sow the seeds of this sedition. No Joe. Stop rationalizing this evil. You were wrong then. We rejected the fascism of your Republican Party then and your efforts to justify them today. And the peace protestors of the 60's were right.

November 18, 2020

Nicole Wallace Just asked Steve Schmidt "How did the whole party break bad"?

She went on to ask how an entire political party became corrupt. Schmidt dodged the question giving a diatribe about the evil Trump. I suspect they both believe that Trump had hijacked the pure, pristine, conservative Republican Party that they worked for for years as highly paid operatives.

Really Nicole. Really Steve.

Donald Trump is a Republican. Republicans are Trump. Trump is the manifestation of the ultimate leader of the modern day Republican Party. Founded on the philosophy of Ronald Reagan that "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" and before that the Southern racists who abandon the Southern Democratic Party in opposition to the Civil and Voting Rights Act to form the "modern" day Republican Party.

Really Nicole. Really Steve. You did not see this coming. Republicans embracing the overthrow of our government and white supremacist's taking over. Too many good pay checks and fun parties paid for by the oligarchs and foreign enemies set on destroying our Democracy.

Really Nicole. Really Steve.

November 13, 2020

Gene Robinson just said Trump has gotten the 2020 experience

He got Covid
Lost his job and
Is being evicted.

November 12, 2020

Do not give Trump any excuse to institute the Insurrection Act

Let Trump's people march.
Let them say what they will say.
We only lose when there is "insurrection" when citizens fight citizens.

DO NOT GIVE HIM THIS.

November 11, 2020

We need to start discussing military use against citizens, Lawful and Un-Lawful Orders

Been in the military. There are laws about the use of the military against US Citizens. Interesting article.

https://militarybenefits.info/military-civilian-law-enforcement/

Even if there is deployment, military personnel need to know the responsibility of obeying only lawful orders. Military members disobey orders at their own risk. They also obey orders at their own risk. An order to commit a crime is unlawful. An order to perform a military duty, no matter how dangerous, is lawful as long as it doesn't involve the commission of a crime.

"Lawful" orders must be obeyed. Unlawful orders such as killing innocent civilians must be dis-obeyed. It is tricky. The consequences of obeying unlawful orders are to be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This is not the civilian court system. Not a lawyer. Do not know what civilian court authority would exist.

October 9, 2020

We just had Trump goon's attempt to kidnap or kill a sitting Democratic Governor. Full stop.

It is like we have been so de-sensitized that we are not even acting outraged. Look at the posts this evening. Attempt to kidnap or kill a sitting Democratic governor. How are we going to protest this act by Trump loyalists? Tonight tomorrow, there needs to be an outpouring of outrage against Trump Republicans. We need a symbol of our collective outrage. I am looking for a Gretchen face mask. What else???

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About Edwcraig

I was raised to be a right wing Republican. Born in South Carolina. Great grandson of a trial lawyer famous for defending whites on trial for lynching blacks. Strom Thurmond studied in his law firm. Mother dated Thurmond. Nephew of a KKK member. Late father and mother both Republicans. Sister active in Republican politics to this day. The University of South Carolina's political science department and its fraternities, of which I have a degree and membership respectively, are and have been ultra conservative. Lee Atwater was a college and post college drinking buddy. Served in the US Army. For eight years, I was a lobbyist for big oil. I also was an investment banker and I am now and have been a entrepreneur businessman in the financial technology area for the last 25 years. I am a white man and over 60. A church elder. I am in the 2%. To the surprise and disappointment of many people I know and in spite of all the odds, I am a staunch Democrat. I was Executive Director of the South Carolina Democratic Party under Don Fowler.
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