DON'T STOP DIGGING. A COMMENTARY By LLOYD ECKBERG

STRAIGHT TALK

Commentary – Don’t stop Digging – June 17 – 21, 2019
By: Lloyd Eckberg

There is a truism in political strategy: When your competition is digging a hole, don’t take the shovel out of their hands.

On June 5th and 6th we witnessed a replay of the 75th anniversary of the Allies D-Day landing on Omaha and Utah Beaches in France. As it was on the 25th and 50th celebrations this year’s event was another solemn and emotional experience especially for anyone remotely connected in any way with World War II and its horrendous consequences.

President Trump, as did other Presidents in the past gave a gripping and compassionate remembrance to those who sacrificed so much during that incredible conflict.
As tens of thousands of British and French citizens expressed their admiration and appreciation for America, its leaders and its continued concern for those who gave their all, Democrats and their socialist media folks were here at home calling for President Trump’s impeachment.

In a disgraceful show of contempt, among a backdrop of thousands of white crosses on graves of fallen Americans, U.S Representative Nancy Pelosi said, “President Trump should be in prison.”

The Democrat Party under Pelosi has developed a despicable attitude toward America’s leadership as they refuse to address the urgent problems of our day.

It is my patriotic duty to say to Ms. Pelosi, stop digging and help fill the “empty holes” in our nation’s fabric: Worn out roads and bridges, removal of trash and excrement on the streets of cities in your own legislative district, drug addiction of the homeless in hundreds of cities in America and a legion of other nasty problems besetting our republic.

Your party is bereft of an agenda to move our people into the future. My political hat says, “Keep digging that hole”, but Shakespeare’s character Falstaff said, “Discretion is the better part of valor”.
What part of that message do you not understand? It’s not possible to have it both ways: either keep neglecting your duties as an elected representative for the people or get out of the way and let someone else do the job which you seem to be incapable of executing.

America deserves better leadership than you are providing.

For Straight Talk this is Lloyd Eckberg