I re-watched the 1979 Al Pacino courtroom classic movie “. . . And Justice For All” over the weekend, ironically sandwiched around yet another Donald Trump assassination attempt.
I began the film Saturday night, DVRd the second half due to the late hour, and finished it Sunday evening.
For those unfamiliar with the film, it’s a study of a dysfunctional legal system, made so by a stew of corrupt and unhinged judges, inept and uncaring prosecutors, and similarly limited defense lawyers.
The underlying theme is that innocents suffer from these systemic breakdowns. And that brings us to the present, with our corrupt legal system, ineffective and inefficient bureaucracy, lapdog media and various other institutional failings combining to punish the populace.
Heading the list of wronged individuals is Donald Trump. His offenses include, but are not limited to, failing to kiss the far-left ring, speaking out for the rights of Americans, running yet again for the presidency, and doing so in his typical bold, brash style.
Trump’s success in the face of never-ending harassment from all the above, bewilders those on the left who wish him ill, if not dead.
They laughed when Trump, the candidate in his first political run, said he was being spied upon by U.S. intelligence. He was!
They falsely floated and promoted the Russian hoax.
They lied to judges to get wiretap authorization on Trump and associates.
They denied Hunter’s laptop was, indeed, Hunter’s laptop. Several felony convictions later, even Hunter admitted it was his.
Clueless Joe Biden was given a pass on mishandling classified documents, beginning when he was Obama’s lackey vice president. But Trump is being threatened continually for classified document offenses.
Trump also is being persecuted in the legal system with charges that gradually seem to be dropped, but cost him valuable time and money. No less a Democratic partisan than former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has said the suspect charges brought against Trump in his state never should have been pursued.
And on, and on, and on.
These days the lapdog media has taken to blaming Trump for the assassination attempts, a variation of the rape victim “asked for it” by dressing provocatively. Trump’s offense is speaking passionately. Against that backdrop, it somehow is judged fair commentary for lapdog media and wild-eyed Democrats alike to liken him continually to Hitler.
They are frustrated. Too many of them want him dead and yet he survives. One meme I saw mixed the ongoing Haitians-eating-cats drama of the moment with the supposed nine lives cats possess. By the count of the meme, Trump already has spent two.
First, he dodged a potentially fatal bullet while speaking near Butler, taking an ear injury when he turned his head at the time of the shot. And the critics for a time floated the idea he had not been shot at all and it had been a campaign ploy.
Now, while golfing on one of his courses Sunday, Trump seems to have been shot at by a domestic malcontent fixated on giving money and aid to Ukraine. Again, Trump survives.
But it is fair to ask if he can keep beating the odds.
It’s hard not to see regime cooperation in this. This is the same group that constantly denied Secret Service protection to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, offered it belatedly after the first Trump assassination try, then pulled it as soon as RFK Jr. endorsed Trump.
Similarly, the Butler attempt was aided greatly by high level Secret Service incompetence. And this latest shooting at Trump was explained away afterward by some local incompetent, that Trump didn’t merit protection on par with, say, a sitting president.
This man was the president and could be again in months. He has been the target now of at least two assassination attempts. Yet, protection levels are limited when he’s involved. Hmmmm.
It’s like they are flashing the green light for any would-be Trump assassins. We’re there, but not in sufficient numbers to protect him if you are serious about succeeding.
The whole thing stinks like week-old fish. And the clock keeps ticking.
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