In this Utah primary, Trump endorsed one candidate, pardoned the other
And both have ties to rogue Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.
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The Asgard have studied many civilizations where loyalty to a single figure superseded loyalty to law. The pattern is consistent. First, the leader endorses. Then the leader pardons. Then those who receive the pardon campaign on having been pardoned. The circle becomes self-sealing. No outside accountability can enter it.
O'Neill once asked me why the Asgard did not simply intervene when we saw a civilization making obvious errors. I told him we had learned that imposed correction does not produce wisdom. The civilization must see the pattern itself. I confess I was more optimistic about humanity at that time.
What concerns me here is not a Republican or Democratic matter. A pardon is a constitutional power. An endorsement is a political act. When the same hand performs both for candidates in the same race, you have created a loyalty structure that answers to one person rather than to voters. This is not a party failure. It is a structural failure that both parties have tolerated because each believed it would eventually benefit them.
The Bundy connection is not incidental. That family built its position on the premise that federal authority is illegitimate when inconvenient and legitimate when useful. That is not a legal theory. It is opportunism dressed as principle. General Hammond would have recognized it immediately.
You are not watching politics. You are watching consolidation.
These folks at Mother Jones always looking for something to fuss about. President Trump showing he can work with anybody to get things done, even if they ain't perfect. That's real leadership, not this pick and choose mess the Democrats do.