DEMOCRATS PLAYING WITH FIRE

TREASON: THE CRIME OF BETRAYING ONE'S COUNTRY....ESPECIALLY BY ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.

Democrats attempting to sink the ship upon which we all sail rather than changing its course.

The view from the top of Stratton these days is beautiful. Okemo valley seems like a great bowl ringed by snow covered peaks. North lies Bromley, its ski trails cutting white across the dark green spruce and hemlock forests, bright in the sun under a clear blue sky. It all looks so placid. But the scene up here belies the dangers for our nation---bubbling in the poisonous cauldron in Washington far to the south. There hysterical Democrats, forgetting that they are (or should be) Americans first are playing with fire, determined it seems to incite violence, delegitimize our President, undermine the nation's 2016 elections, and nudge the country into a dangerous political insurgency.

In the less than a month since the new Trump Administration stepped into office, the Democrats, with the help of a politicized judiciary, hold-over Clinton-partisans in the Washington bureaucracy, and aided and abetted by a biased media, have foolishly tested the bright line that separates valid political opposition and near- treasonous actions to destabilize, weaken and ultimately overthrow a legitimately elected government.

What are they thinking? Can they not foresee the tragic end-game and ultimate consequences and dire impact of such actions? The effects on our nation, its wealth, its foreign policy, its reputation, its military preparedness, its domestic tranquility, even the stock market would be shattering. The Democrats forget they have foolishly maneuvered themselves into the status of a minority party--one populated by dical feminists (who march with red "vagina caps" on their heads), violent and irrational academia, the LGBT and transgender community, illegal immigrants, the urban poor, and the elite-left of isolated enclaves along the coasts. This is not the demographic of a popular uprising with the possibility of leading this weakened polity back into power over an entire nation. Their actions, were they even partly successful, can lead only to chaos. They are a rump radical fringe, but even as such, aroused and incited to violence they could destroy the fabric and democratic processes of a nation. I can only conclude the Democrats are not thinking. Their hysterical hyperbolic speech and vicious actions are those of the desperate and despairing who have little thought for the long term well-being of our nation. If they are unhappy with the present election---there is 2018 for them to regroup and refit for a new presentation to the voters. But today and so far they are only poised to sink the ship upon which they sail rather than work within the system to change its course.

Their attempts to delegitimize a hard-won (and yes surprising) election by engaging in "war mongering Russia" for domestic political purposes in a attempt to help explain away their failures and justify their massive loss in 2016. The "theory" of Russian intervention in our election so satisfying to the hardcore left that Mr. Putin had some hand in undermining their candidate's massive loss is so unbelievable and insane it is embarrassing--even as a political ploy. They have thrown every road block into the legitimate and necessary process of Trump government in its attempts to form its cabinet so it can get on with serving the needs of the people. The incessant campaign of leaked information, half-truths, innuendo, allegations against the new President, his staff, and his nominees, almost always with no proof has come to the point where its constant repetition has become a white background noise..ignored by all.

The case of General Flynn, who has been forced to resign from his post as national security advisor, is dripping with irony. Flynn lost his post--as a result of political assasination. In pursuit of due diligence and in preparation for his new post he was in legitimate contact with the Russian Ambassador..prior to January 20, 2017. In those conversations he allegedly spoke of the recently imposed sanctions on Russia and the dismissal of Russian embassy staff from Washington by then President Obama. He was pursing a course of foreign policy action, upon which Mr. Trump had been elected...the legitimate and desirable "resetting" of relations with Russia. There was noting sinister or "traitorous" in this behavior. Unknown to him, his private conversations were being spied on. The secret FBI transcripts were then --illegally--leaked to news media. This was the illegal element in this fiasco. Not General Flynn's actions. That is the irony. Mr. Snowden is now under threat of a thirty-year jail term for similar leaks of classified information to the news media. Yet is has been the honorable, General Flynn who was forced out of his position by an avalanche of news reports of his "contacts" with the Russian bogey man---an evil specter manufactured by the Dems to assuage their pain of an embarrassing election loss.

Democrats beware!