Commentary: Another Morning Cup Of Coffee “News”

Another Morning Cup Of Coffee “News” Thoughts Form A Republican

By Dannie McIntire

January 6, 2023

As a Republican, I was disheartened by the recent comments of our former Vice President Mike Pence urging the Department Of Justice not to pursue any criminal charges against former President Trump in regard to Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol.  

Quoting Pence; “I think that would be terribly divisive in the country at a time when the American people want to see us heal. At this time of year, we’re all thinking about the most important things in our lives, our faith, our family, and my hope is the Justice Department will think very carefully with how they proceed in that regard.”

A line from the movie “The American President” comes to mind;

“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight”.

Part of the fight for American citizenship is the premise that no one is above our laws, from the everyday citizen up to the president of our country.  We as a nation seem to have lost that principal core belief. 

Look at the headlines of lawlessness that pervades the fabric of our society today; murder, mass shooters, shoplifting, embezzlement, riots, looting, it seems to be an endless list of transgressions against the rule of law, sometimes with little or no consequences.  

One simply has to study history to see when the rule of law in a nation breaks down, that nation declines to a point it will fail to exist as a nation. 

No one person should be above the laws of our nation. If the  Department of Justice has evidence that former President Trump has broken any laws of our nation, having been president does not warrant him a pass from facing any charges. He should have to face our judicial system as any other citizen would have to do.  

As a Republican, if our former president is not indicted by any state or federal court, which well may still happen; I wish he would simply accept that he has been “retired” by the vote of the people. My hope is that he will fade into the background, close this chapter of divisive government and let our nation try to begin healing itself. 

Yes, I was once a “trumpeter”, I voted for him twice, while for me I still don’t consider my vote a “mistake” considering the alternative candidates offered at the time, but it’s clearly time for new leadership and new thinking from both parties.

Whew, time for one more cup of coffee.

It appears that the outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pulled a fast one before stepping down from her post, issuing a new directive raising the maximum rate that lawmakers can pay House staff a salary up to $212,100 annually.

Currently, both lawmakers in the House and Senate currently are paid an annual salary of $174,000.  Well, they certainly can’t have their office staff making $38,000 more than they make, so look for our congressional lawmakers to vote themselves a raise this coming year. 

Hmm, simply attach themselves a pay raise to a new mind-boggling 4,000-page subsidy bill; surely no one will notice. 

FOOTNOTE:  The City-County Observer posted this article without opinion, bias, or editing.