{"id":80992,"date":"2017-08-13T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80992"},"modified":"2017-08-13T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T18:10:37","slug":"deep-state-the-swamp-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80992","title":{"rendered":"Deep State, the Swamp & Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why the Swamp Hates Trump<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Bob Weir
\nAmerican Thinker<\/p>\n

Imagine that you were elected to a federal office several years ago and had a safe seat with all the perks attached, including salary, expense account, and influence with corporate CEOs and other titans of industry. \u00a0Suppose further that you knew that the future would be prosperous when you left office because the connections you made would make you a fortune as a lobbyist. \u00a0Moreover, since unseating an incumbent is a herculean task, you felt that you were set for life. \u00a0In fact, as soon as you got elected, you began raising money and preparing for re-election. \u00a0Governing and legislating became an afterthought \u2013 something you might engage in after your next campaign was carefully planned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly, a guy runs for office with a lot of ideas about “draining the swamp” and making rules that include a prohibition on lobbying for at least five years after leaving office. \u00a0As if that’s not enough, he criticizes the “establishment” of which you are a significant part. \u00a0To add insult to injury, this upstart comes from the private sector with no record of elective office, yet he has the audacity to run for the highest office in the land. \u00a0You, and most of your colleagues, got where you are by starting in local elections, from city councils to mayor to state rep, and on to your currents spots at the national level.<\/span><\/p>\n

You didn’t take him seriously throughout his long and vociferous campaign, often refusing to endorse what he said and what he stood for. \u00a0When he shocked the world with a strong win against a candidate the polls said would win easily, all you could do was feign approval and acceptance. \u00a0You didn’t dare speak publicly about your disdain for the man who was elected to actually make America great again!<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only did this newcomer speak bluntly, eschewing politically correct tap-dancing around issues, but he spoke forcefully about the venal nature of politics and those who use it for personal aggrandizement. \u00a0He didn’t use lofty rhetoric and eloquent phrases like his predecessor. \u00a0Instead, he spoke in a language rarely heard in a country weaned on Pied Piper-style oratory. \u00a0He merely told the truth in plain words that would resonate with the proletariat, the people who made this country the envy of the world. \u00a0The voters were thrilled to finally have a leader who uses common sense, rather than a wet finger in the air before making decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, those who have been entrenched in their private little fiefdoms in the nation’s capital began to wonder how they were going to deal with this brilliant maverick who had captured the imagination of millions of Americans who had given up on government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats hate him with a ferocious intensity that comes from seeing their plans for party dominance collapse under the weight of this new spirit of patriotism. \u00a0Republicans hate him for beating all their veteran politicians and for proving how ineffective they’ve been at improving the lives of their constituents. \u00a0After all, if neither party can win with the customary bromides, spewing from the mouths of the usual suspects, they must have lost touch with the people who once lapped up their verbal vacuity, believing that it was the only pabulum on the shelf. \u00a0Why would voters reject prominent names like Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich, et al., political veterans all, in favor of a neophyte?<\/span><\/p>\n

Those questions continue to haunt the inhabitants of that sewer on the Potomac. \u00a0They don’t appreciate being forced out of the darkness, where greedy deals are made and concern for the people gets thrown under the grinding wheels of political expediency. \u00a0These are not exactly profiles in courage. \u00a0With rare exceptions, these are people who arrived at the “shining city upon a hill” with the intention of making a career, and if that meant going along to get along, it was fine with them. \u00a0They weren’t about to step out of their comfort zones by addressing controversial topics that might make them unpopular during the next plebiscite. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, when an intrepid leader emerges and abandons caution in favor of keeping his campaign promises, he’s treated like an anomaly. \u00a0The fact that he’s fighting for the principles voters elected him to fight for is lost on those who got elected with one thought in mind: to feather their own nests.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Trump is reminiscent of the Founding Fathers \u2013 the type of statesmen who surmounts incredible odds to build the greatest country in the world. \u00a0Now, after many years of being led by a man who apologized for our country, we have a leader working indefatigably to make America great again!<\/span><\/p>\n

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