A Plea for Logic
October 30, 2019
Stan Olmstead
To the Honorable U.S. Senators: Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn
We have been witnessing for nearly three years the obscenity of the Donald Trump administration, it is obvious and in plain sight. There are no surprises, the man has been selfish his entire life and has performed multiple ethical violations including numerous miss deeds of a legal nature. Yet he acquired the position of the Chief Executive of the United States none the less, although under questionable circumstances, and yet he remains having support from a questionably informed base and Party loyalty of the GOP. I plead with you as a U.S. Senator, a logical individual and as an American to reject what has been occurring during these past three years and stand above the Political Party allegiance and speak for ethical decency.
Donald grew up in wealth and acquired much from his father Fred, whom also was a real estate “magnet”. One of the primary developments in Donald’s learning experience was from Roy Cohn, the infamous lawyer that advised Senator Joseph McCarthy during his “reign” of attacks on U.S. citizens in the early 1950’s accusing them of Un-American activities. If you know anything about American History, you also know that this was a low point of honor in America. Roy Cohn after the McCarthy era was complete and placed in historic American “waste”, moved to New York City and represented the Trumps in a lawsuit and prosecution which argued Fred and Donald Trump discriminated due to “race” in their New York apartment rentals. There is little doubt that the discrimination had occurred and was real, but in the end little punitive measures materialized.
Donald liked the style of Lawyer Cohn and developed his own mode of dishonesty and deceit to conduct his worldwide business in real-estate; bilking contractors, filing dubious law suits to avoid payments, the use of bankruptcy to avoid payments, skimming moneys during these protracted law suits and he most likely reported questionable tax returns. These many and “ugly” actions by Donald may or may not have been legal but generally and obviously unethical viewed by a sincere individual. His effort of dishonesty in the form of lies and rhetorical argument assists Donald in his deceit towards nearly every issue at hand; business, personal or political.
His alliance with Russia and Vladimir Putin is a known fact and is known that his business interests, loans, and other activities including his early “beauty pageants” have been many. His son Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged their financial needs from Russian in the past. The Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election although with some unknow facts clearly demonstrates the Russian connection. Robert Mueller’s report, indictments and prosecution of numerous individuals clearly show a Russian connection and yet the GOP has no complaints? Attorney General William Barr’s depiction of the Mueller report can only be summarized as a “ruse” for the ignorant individual. Yet Donald remains with a strong base support and a GOP that is not responsive to the obvious.
This then brings us to Ukrainian issue and Trump's continued effort to subvert the U.S. Constitution in working with foreign governments for personal gain whether political or economic and we know that his political wants, his personal wants and his economic wants are all for aggrandizement and financial gain. This Ukrainian issue has at last forced the Democrats to make issue and initiate impeachment proceedings. The question why this is not a bipartisan complaint has to be asked? Why is not the honorable GOP Senators and House Representatives not equally concerned? You know that much of the U.S. Citizenry has little knowledge of American History and have difficulty in following the unjust activities of the opposing parties in American politics but you as a Senator are on the front lines, with staff to inform you of the truth, where is honor to stand as an enlightened individual and reject the obscenity that is occupying this White House Administration?
Donald’s lack of work ethics where he is constantly away and disengaged, his extreme golfing excursions at tax payer expense, his violation of the Emolument clause of the Constitution whether insisting that the Vice President room at his Irish resort while in Ireland, the acceptance of military personnel at his Scottish resort, his initial suggestion of the G-7 being held at his Florida resort, all and all a failure of ethical consideration.
Donald has verbally assaulted may good people without cause, an action that if for any other would be condemned. His “all roads lead to Putin” activity or to another dictatorial regime is so in the extreme and obvious and yet the GOP excuses the action. Donald has numerous businesses in Turkey which is transparent in not only allowing Russia the dominant hand in Syria but also is allowing Turkey once again to “cleans” an area of a cultural group that asks for a homeland and the president assists and support the Turks against our Kurdish allies that have payed so much.
The impeachment process is moving forward, it is unlikely that a majority will not be reached in support of the impeachment. This indictment will be the first half a crucial need to save America from what the founding fathers feared and placed in the Constitution and an avenue of escape from an incompetent and selfish executive. The Mueller report is clear that if not for the Presidency, Trump most likely would have been indicted. Once the indictment via the impeachment reaches the Senate then will be the need for honor. Will the Senate vote Party Allegiance and support from an ill-informed conservative electorate in hope for their vote in the next election, or will the Senate realize the serious nature of what is before the nation and remove this demagogue? Will a responsible Senator step up and vote their sincere conscience without regard for elections, campaign donations, party loyalty and the like? Will they be honorable and vote to remove the president for the good of the Nation? It is in your hands as one of the one hundred Senators to save the nation from this scourge.
I plead with you to do the right thing at this crucial moment and speak out against Trump during this process and speak up for the Constitution and remove Trump from the presidency and have the GOP return to honor and select a presidential candidate in the 2020 election that has honor and ability without the “crass” showmanship and ignorance this individual has shown. This experiment of a selfish administrator has failed.
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