Frankly

 Hey, I don't want to crowd into your holiday reverie with more news about the malevolent yam that has taken over our government, but I feel not commenting might lead to some sort of condition that could interfere with my needed rest and relaxation. 

I know. Selfish, aren't I?

But here goes: Last week contained a few instances of what we have come to expect from the convicted felon and "alleged" pedophile. Most everyone caught the "Quiet, Piggy!" incident in which the "president" became annoyed with a female reporter asking questions about the Trumpstein files and rather than simply going on, or sighing or anything that might have constituted adult behavior, he chose to point a finger at ABC News' White House Correpsondent Mary Bruce and let fly with what must have been a case of mistaken identity. After all, ABC's parent company Disney owns The Muppets as well and the doddering old fool must have believed he was talking to a hunk of felt and foam. Certainly no adult would resort to such childish behavior. Or perhaps you prefer his press minion's explanation: “The president is very frank and honest with everyone in the room."  According to a woman whose lips have been referred to as being like "a machine gun" by her boss his “frankness” is “one of the many reasons that the American people reelected this president.” And still she persisted, “He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him, when you spread fake news about him and his administration, but he also is the most transparent president in history.”

Okay.

How about another instance of this "frankness?" A week ago, a group of six Democratic lawmakers', all of whom served in the military or intelligence service, put out a video in which they told members of the United States armed forces that it was their duty to "refuse illegal orders." The convicted felon's response was to type out his social media response: “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.” And of course, he went on: “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.” And on:  "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

So, as you can see, calling a woman reporter "piggy" is actually quite tame compared to the tirade unleashed on a group of veterans of our military. 

Or maybe it's just how a seventy-nine year old convicted felon has been allowed to behave all his life. 

Now if we can just figure out a way to spin this into my annual "what I'm thankful for" speech at the table.