November 15, 2018: Message In A Bottle, Desperate Times, Bridge the Divide

This afternoon I posted this message on Mitt Romney's Facebook page.

Mitt, I respect what you did to save the Olympics and the fight for health care as governor of Massachusetts. You have a record of bipartisanship that is totally lacking in Washington. I was thinking about that the other night and I was thinking that it would be great if you were to announce that you would join any Republican or Democrat who would vote to elect independent Senator King of Main as the new Senate Majority Leader. A non partisan majority leader working with a majority that would appoint members of both parties to chair the respective Senate Committees, and neither party would have a majority in all committee assignments. This way we would be able to move bipartisan legislation as well as have effective oversight. For instance Dems could control one committee, Republicans another. I'm thinking you as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee which will soon be charged with probing this administration. it would be a grand gesture, one that the nation is yearning for, one that could save your party from certain political destruction and, more importantly, save the Republic from being torn apart. These are serious times, as dangerous as the years leading to the Civil War. The nation desperately needs a leader, a real leader, one who dares to bridge the divide.

It is a message in a bottle, I know.  But these are desperate times.  As McConnell once again blocks an attempt by the Senate to protect Mueller's investigation--even in the wake of the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions the day after the election and the replacing of Sessions with a boot-licking sycophant.  It was a line that several Rescumlickan senators had swore would be one that Disgustus would cross at his own peril.  There was hardly a peep of protest.  Only outgoing Senator Flake of Arizona protested, vowing to hold up the vote on any judicial nominations until there is a floor vote on several bills to protect Mueller.

We are living through a slow-motion coup, and everyone knows it.  This is not the time to remain silent, for silence is, in this case, the friend of evil.

And so, my message in a bottle.  One can only hope that the vessel reaches some distant shore in time and that, perhaps, against all odds the intended recipient.  One can then only hope that he will respond with the courage that the crisis demands.

This is how serious it has become.

"An Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh"

Impeach and Imprison.