She is frequently right. Long time ago when Trump first started his shenanigans with the White House, my mother said, "That man has a lot to hide. That is why he is in the White House. If he were a successful businessman like he portrays he would not be in the White House. You wait and see, he will end up against the law before long."
From the first day she heard the name Allen Weisselberg she said he would be convicted of law breaking. She stated, "He will probably die in prison when this is over."
I said, "Mom, please can the facts come out and we will see what occurs?"
She replied, "You have got to be joking, Donald Trump has been hiding from reality and the truth all his life. He wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the butt. He is guilty and so is Weisselberg. And if Weisselberg takes the blame alone then Trump is threatening him. Cohen wasn't enough. Trump had to ruin lives to do what he did all his life. He doesn't deserve the time of day from any American in this country."
I guess if there has to be a moral to the story it is that many people like my mother have lived their lives within the law, paying their taxes, fighting for their country in war, raising their children to do better than they did and expecting their souls to go to heaven to be in the presence of the Almighty.
That is how my parents have lived their lives and they have a sixth sense when politicians are lying and/or promising something they can't deliver. The "can't deliver" part is a lie in a campaign that is unrealistic to any possible outcome. The "can't deliver" part is not about obstructionists like McConnell. My parents expect everyone elected to be forthright and honest and deliver what the country needs. My parents would not heap praises on a man who likes to be called "The Grim Reaper" or "Moscow Mitch."
They were and my mother, now a widow, are very Middle Class. They didn't mind it. Both of their parents made their living as coal miners. In the case of my maternal grandfather from the age of 13 he went to work in the mines with his father. My paternal grandfather was a Blacksmith for the Pennsylvania coal mines. Anthracite coal was the commodity and it is gone now. But, they were poor. My parents didn't have nice homes as children growing up. My father went into the Air Force after graduation from High School and sent his pay home with instructions to buy a house for his return. Four years later, he returned to his parents and they had bought a two story house and he lived upstairs.
Those are my roots. I am proud to this day to be the daughter of Middle Class adults who were in dirt poor poverty as young people and pulled themselves up through legitimate work and strong moral values. My grandparents on both sides are just as admirable and I still miss them to his day.
These people I speak of from my family have a sixth instinct. They know when something is wrong. They can sense it. It doesn't fit their moral fiber. So, when my mother says, "He will break the law, you just wait and see." I know she is right. I just like to have the facts before I "...get on my high horse about things."
I don't value living a lavish life. I value living. I value the quality of life I am afforded as an American and the freedom that accompanies it. My father and my uncles fought for it. I know when my mother protests the portrayed reality as false she means it and I know where she is coming from.
There is a Middle Class morality that many of us learn from the Unions that we join and the honor of representing others as Shop Stewards. We know the values that maintain the honor within our lives and we stand up for it every time.
I am glad Mr. Weisselberg is cooperating with the prosecutors. It is the right and moral thing to do. I am glad he will be in prison a short time and be able to be with the ones he loves for the rest of his life. I hope he holds this cleansing of his past dear to his heart and brings it to his god in humility. He is forgiven by the people of the USA. Mr. Cohen is, too.
Donald John Trump is a traitor and he will not get away with it.
August 18, 2022
By Sheila McClear and Mark BermanNew York - Allen Weisselberg, (click here) the longtime top financial officer of former president Donald Trump’s company, pleaded guilty on Thursday to committing more than a dozen felonies, including criminal tax fraud and grand larceny.
Weisselberg and the Trump Organization were indicted last year by authorities in New York who charged them with concealing certain financial compensation as part of a years-long scheme to avoid paying taxes. The case is part of the churning legal maelstrom still surrounding Trump and his close allies, with local, state and federal authorities scrutinizing everything from his namesake business to his handling of classified government documents since leaving office.
Appearing in a Manhattan courtroom, Weisselberg, 75, acknowledged his part in the scheme outlined by prosecutors — and agreed to testify, if called, at a pending trial for the company. As part of his plea agreement, Weisselberg, Trump’s close and trusted associate for decades, would spend five months in jail, followed by five years of probation....
