Posted on 09/01/2024 5:20:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
According to Google Maps, I live 39 miles from The White House. Looking at the region around the White House, I’ve thought about what might be a mascot for what Donald Trump and his supporters call The Swamp. How about Polyphemus, the one-eyed Titan from Homer? Another contender might be Medusa, the snake-haired hottie who turns those who look at her into stone. A more modern contender for The Swamp mascot might be Jabba the Hut from the Star Wars series.
A vote for Donald Trump this November is a vote to “drain the swamp.” For those of you unfamiliar with this term, I offer Wikipedia.
Drain the swamp is a phrase which has frequently been used by politicians since the 1980s and in the U.S. often refers to reducing the influence of special interests and lobbyists. The phrase can allude to the physical draining of swamps which is conducted to keep mosquito populations low in order to combat malaria, prevalent during the time in Washington, D.C., on supposed swampy grounds. [End notes omitted.]
A vote for Kamala Harris, however, is a vote to pour “Miracle Gro” on the swamp.
It is a shame that we don’t have Dante around to describe The Swamp because he did such a good job in The Inferno describing Hell. I will try.
Many decisions about the United States government’s conduct are made in DC, aka, The Swamp. The military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us about resides in The Swamp. The intelligence services—the FBI, CIA, NSA, and myriad other intelligence entities—all are located near The Swamp. The lobbyists on K Street connive in The Swamp. The Wizard of The Swamp, former President Obama, lives and meddles in the middle of the Swamp.
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Draining the swamp will require pulling out the teeth of the alligators, one at a time. Quite a dangerous job.
More like a reality check for “We The People”.
If people really believe that Biden got more votes than Obama, then they will believe anything.
The very institution that was supposed to act as our watchdog for freedom became an attack dog.
And we let it happen.
When it is finally drained, some will find the FR threads documenting the draining process in real-time.
Pardon the following crudeness...
How about a used condom? As soon as you've been used you're thrown away.
A blast from 2017.
It would be quicker and much less expensive if we built a new smaller capital on solid ground away from DC and the Lobbyists and Bureaucraps.
Just walk away from it and let nature handle its removal.
Wow...just as I said that...it looks OK again.....never mind.
There it is.
the sewer
full of rats
So is the Swamp part of the Deep State or the other way around?
The swamp will never be drained by voting R or D. The lobby industry is way too large and set policy, not the people. The entire point of DC is to take money from people and transfer it to groups and other industries.
This election is not Left versus Right or Democrat versus Republican. This is a realignment election - Washington versus America.
Life literally imitates comic book art - to our detriment.
"By their key rings ye shall know them."
The Creature From the Black Laagoon!
That is one take. Another take is that it is a referendum on abortion.
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