Bishop Buddle's Plea

 

I don't blog often about politics.  It's not because the topic doesn't interest me.  I'm aware of how it shapes our daily lives, especially at the local level.   The last few federal elections have left me exhausted but even I knew the implications if Trump won the election.   I thought it was common knowledge.   How could a convicted felon, rapist, racist, and plain dumb man be given the keys to the highest position of the land?   The homework assignment was for everyone to do their part and vote for Kamala Harris.   It's disappointing that half of the country was so against having a black woman as president that they chose to re-elect an out of touch and dangerous man.   Harris was not perfect and perhaps the democratic party should've went through the normal vetting process to get a candidate that the party could stand behind.   But Harris at least was willing to work with folks even across party lines.   Trump has shown time and time again that he's not willing to do this.

I could not bring myself to watch the inauguration except for what the local media forced on the TV.   I felt the pain of Biden and Harris to have to sit there and listen to the nonsense that he was saying.  So imagine my glee when I heard about Bishop Mariann Edgar Buddle making a plea directly to Trump and the even more stupid but evil vice-president J.D. Vance during today's (01/21) service at the National Cathedral.    It was a thing of beauty to see and hear how Bishop Buddle pierced through with her words.   The whole family was squirming and appeared disgusted.   The only person that seemed to listen was ironically J.D. Vance's wife Usha.   

From the little I've seen of Usha, she seems to carry herself as a decent person.   How she ended up married to the likes of J.D. Vance I'll never understand.

Sadly Buddle's words will fall on death and dumb ears.   All it did was make Trump angry and he and the rest of the clan tuned it out.   But those who stand for decency heard her loud and clear.    The United States needs a lot of help and prayers to get through these next four years.