ABD 2020

It's hard not to get wrapped up on coverage of the latest news about the Mueller report. The most interesting information I learned this week was that there were/are people around Donnie who ignore his crazy orders and try to do the right thing. Still, I have no sympathy for anyone who hitches his wagon to that horse. Why would anyone work for or even defend such a person? This guy would throw anyone under the bus to save his own ass so it's amazing to me that anyone would help this guy in any way. We see time and time again how he uses people and just disposes of them after he decides their usefulness has run its course. Loyalty only runs one way in the current administration. But that's the government we (not me personally) elected, so we have to deal with it. As I've said before, we get the government we deserve. That brings me to ABD 2020 which stands for Anyone But Donnie in 2020. If we want change in Washington, we have to vote and that starts with making sure that Anyone But Donnie is POTUS in 2020. At this point, I feel like a potted plant would be better as POTUS than Donnie. Hell, I'd take Mittens Romney at this point. I'm not crazy about anyone in the Democratic field right now. There are too many people and I don't see anyone breaking out of the pack at this time, but I'll support the nominee because Anyone But Donnie needs to step in and right the ship. I long for a presidency that isn't scandal-plagued and whose administration's shenanigans isn't presented as "breaking news" every day. No wonder nothing gets done in Washington.

I was in DC a couple of weeks ago for my day job and I always enjoy going there (no matter who's in the White House). One thing I like about Washington is that you see people working and you see people who still dress for work. Many of the offices there don't go for a very casual workplace and I like seeing men in suits and ties and women in dresses or dress pants rather than men and women in gym shoes and jeans like I see in the West Loop where I work in Chicago. I'm all for casual dress at the office, but some people take it too far. Holes in their jeans, athletic pants, dirty Chuck Taylors. But I digress. There are a lot of people working in Washington and there's a lot of money there. It's unfortunate that not much seems to get done on by our government lately. There's no spirit of cooperation between parties and elected officials seem to have forgotten why they were elected in the first place. Hopefully a new administration will help to bridge the partisan divide although I doubt that will happen with just one administration. The divisions are so deep and awful now that it'll take more than one presidential term to make a difference.