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| A Message to Garcia |
| 2016-11-22 |
| Years ago there was a popular movie titled A Message to Garcia. The plot went like this: "With tension increasing between the United States and Spain (which then ruled Cuba), President William McKinley desired to initiate communication with the Cuban rebels, who could prove a valuable ally in case of war with Spain. McKinley asked Colonel Arthur L. Wagner to suggest an officer to seek Calixto GarcÃa, one of three top commanders of the rebels. Wagner suggested Andrew Rowan, a lieutenant, who then traveled to Cuba via Jamaica, dressed as a traveling sportsman. ...In the aftermath of the 2016 election, almost everyone wants to take a message to Garcia, now billeted in the Trump Tower. Unfortunately Lt Andrew Rowan has long since been gathered to his fathers and can no longer beat his way past the fever swamps of Manhattan. So Leo Linbeck's letter to Trump, now in my hand, has go to Garcia by Internet. I am perhaps not simply a messenger but someone who occasionally expounded on the same themes. Dear President-elect Trump, I’m gonna try to keep this brief, because we’re both pretty busy with important matters ‐ you with filling positions in your cabinet, me with cleaning the kitchen and helping the kids with their homework and school projects. I want to reach out to you to make sure you remember why you won, and don’t get distracted. It’s easy to do after pulling off a stunning upset. You’re getting a lot of advice right now from a lot of different people, and magnanimity in victory is a classic American character trait, so please do keep talking to everyone. And if you should pull some of these folks into your administration, even better. Some of them are exceptionally talented people who will help you govern. But here’s the thing: your supporters didn’t vote for you to "make Washington work." They voted for you to "drain the swamp" ‐ not to put the "best and brightest" in charge of making decisions, but to stop making so many decisions in Washington DC. Look, I get it. There are some decisions that can only be made in Washington: military, foreign affairs, post offices, voting laws ‐ you know, those areas specifically enumerated in the Constitution as amended. The rest of the decisions made in Washington DC ‐ in health care, education, labor laws, environment, energy, and campaign finance, just to name a few obvious areas ‐ have no business being decided there. All of these decisions should be moved back to the states. That is how you drain the swamp. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 Can't anyone here |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-22 16:15 |
| #1 Trump NOT move into el White House. El DC pindehos gonna have to see Presidente at his own crib, Trump Tower. Pablo Garcia |
| Posted by: Garcia 2016-11-22 13:13 |