Politics

A couple things… why the hell wasn’t Tim Walz’s military service more thoroughly vetted; and what’s left to consider regarding Trump’s fitness for office—any office, never mind POTUS?

Regarding Walz’s military service, why leave an opening for Republicans to pounce on? Yes, Walz served four years beyond the twenty required to receive full retirement benefits. But apparently overlooked or left out was the detail that he retired before his unit was due to deploy to Iraq.

Maybe he should have been more forthcoming in mentioning this instead of leaving it to the opposition to uncover and pick away at and turn into an issue of faux patriotism or cowardice on Walz’s part.

Walz had every right to retire, with honor and regardless of the timing, but he probably didn’t foresee that he’d be running for high office one day and his detractors would turn over every stone when it came to finding something to use as a black mark on his character.

Secondly, what more do we need to know about Donald Trump and his fitness for office? His go-to tactics are all grade school playground stuff, and he’s obviously got a fetish for crowd sizes.

Pronouncing Harris’s name wrong, on purpose; assigning her nicknames, at all—regardless of whether or not they’re ridiculous and unimaginative; his penchant for race-baiting; his vacuous wandering off topic at his sleazy and tedious rallies; his association with and respect for far-right conservative fascist wannabes and actual autocrats and dictators; his feeble efforts at distancing himself from Project 2025; his default mode of lying through his teeth; his 34 felony convictions, and criminal intent in multiple jurisdictions; his instigation of an insurrection; his heinous mishandling of a pandemic; his disregard for American history and institutions; his blatant ignorance, incompetence and coldness in any facet of governance, diplomacy, thoughtful service, or human interaction; his gargantuan ego; his stunning immaturity and lack of character; his age.

The list is partial.

What are we doing? Why is Donald Trump still in the news? We’re just feeding his need for attention, which should tell us all we need to know about his fitness for office. And then there’s the rest of the stuff.