American Political Life: Today (I)
America is rigidly divided. The division is a harsh reality that has never fully recuperated since 1860s. Since 2016, it became a cesspool. Yes, America is now no different than a Third World!
I would know best about American Political Life: Today, for sure. I have been in active politics since June 2015. That is when I was asked if I would run for Mayor in Palm Springs, California. That is also when Donald J. Trump decided to run to become the 45th President of the United States of America.
I ran for Mayor. I also became a pre-committed delegate for Trump when the atmosphere was most toxic. In Palm Springs, I insisted that I would run as a Republican in a city that was half populated by LGBTQ community. I championed Trump when no one had the guts to associate with him.
That is my past.
THE MESS IN THE US
Somebody in the Atlantic Magazine poses the following questions and then writes:
“How has America slid into its current age of discord? Why has our trust in institutions collapsed, and why have our democratic norms unraveled?
“From 1820 to 1825, when times were good, only one riot occurred in which at least one person was killed. But in the five years before the Civil War, 1855 to 1860, American cities experienced no fewer than 38 such riots. We see a similar pattern today. In the run-up to the Civil War, this frustration manifested politically, in part as anti-immigrant populism, epitomized by the Know-Nothing Party. Today this strain of populism has been resurrected by Donald Trump.”
American Political Life: Today (I)
I co-authored with my partner Daphne Barak “Struggling for One America”. It is published in the USA in 2021. Two weeks before the 3 November 2020 presidential election we also released: “Trump vs Hollywood” documentary. On 4 November 2020, we changed the title: “Trump vs Hollywood: The Two White Houses”.
During the Trump Administration we put Trump’s name and image on two of our other books. I authored “GameChanger Trump Card: Türkiye & Erdogan”. Daphne authored: “To Plea or Not to Plea”. Mine argued that the US had to collaborate with Türkiye. Daphne scooped the “investigators” while they were investigating Trump.
These four works in four years explain clearly how America is rigidly divided. No, we did not touch the “cesspool” America. I had done that work when I ran for Mayor in Palm Springs. My motto was: "Elect me so I can clean this cesspool!” When Trump announced his candidacy, he said: “Elect me so I can clean the cesspool in Wash DC!”
Today
Today, I am the president of a political Pac, called “Fighting 4 One America Pac”. We started our journey with a social event.
To promote our “inaugural” event, we had to attract members of media. So, we came up with a “delicate” press release.
Oh boy, did they take the bait?
Among those non-savvy-members of media who attacked us, most probably none of them understood what we were doing.
All they were thinking, they were going to feast at our expense. So, they ferociously began trashing the event.
American Political Life: Today
The cesspool, that we are living in America today, does not discriminate. However, the elements must be there. One is the money. The other is the celebrity factor.
Money
As a result, we kept the prices of our inaugural event high. We listed them: $2500 dollars per person. Some went up to 50 or 100 thousand dollars. In this American cesspool, they were enough to attract attention.
For your information, our events are only open to the citizens or Permanent Residents of the United States of America. The funds are to promote causes that are for the benefit of Americans. Charitable contributions keep people informed and sway their voting preferences. The “Pac” operates independent of political campaigns of candidates.
The economy during the presidential years like 2024 reportedly runs in the billions of Dollars. In that respect, we appeal to donors with our personal credibility. We have a track record. We have done it “unofficially” once before. The beneficiary was the 45th President, Donald J. Trump.
In other words, our reasoning to keep the prices high had double purpose. One, we only wanted to reach the “Fat Cats”. Two, we had to capture the initial attention of the media with some abnormality.
Celebrity Factor
When we do events, we do not discriminate. We pick celebrities among young, award-winning Hollywood superstars, elderly legends-in-their-own-right, women, and minorities.
We start with the media and entertainment industries. Unfortunately, more often than not, elderly celebrities become the easy prey of non-savvy-journalists. In our case, they went after 80+ year old legends.
Within 24 hours, the mess in this “cesspool” became as vicious as it used to be between slaves and wild animals in the Colosseum. Like our lawyer summarized it: “They are not out there to hurt. They are out there to kill.”
They simply did not care about the fact that we have created our “Pac” to champion “Autism”, “Mental Health”, and “Opioids” victims. We saw again, soothing pain in heart and mind was not a priority, next to hatred, envy, and greed.
American Political Life: Today (I)
Erbil Writes
Stay tuned!
Hunting season only began!
Here is what you may come across in this series.
Who tried to throw who under the bus, how, when?
Where does political loyalty end in America?
Who do Erbil and Daphne stand by today?
Who is RFK Jr?
What is the deal with Donald J. Trump?
Is there anyone else worth mentioning?