A Bitter Pill to Swallow

With few exceptions, politicians have not been known for their dedication to the truth. However, in the last half a dozen years, political lying has reached new depths. The Washington Post in tracking the 45th president found that during his term in office he made over 30,000 false or misleading statements. That has to be a record. Not only did he fill the air with his lies, but for the most part members of his party went along with him.

Presumably most members of his party knew that the president’s statements were not exactly the truth, but they feared that if they spoke out, the president would use his power with his followers to end the political careers of anyone who opposed him.

The result, in my opinion, has left the country in a precarious position. Ac-tions have been taken to placate one man rather than the good of the country. Politi-cians, particularly at the state level, have whittled away at the principles of democ-racy. I am not particularly given worry, but I worry, for the first time in my life, that democracy could be lost.

For the past year I have been writing in The Alternative about events that seem to endanger democracy in our country. I have put together these postings in a little book that I am calling A Bitter Pill to Swallow.

I am now preparing A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW as a kindle book. I hope to have ready soon.