Some of my faint-at-heart, squeamish friends are having a lot of heartburn over the prospect of voting for Donald J. Trump, as opposed to the most corrupt, vulgar politician since Bill Clinton was president; Hillary Clinton.
Some of them are simply self-righteous folks who detest DJT’s flamboyant, Queen’s-bred style and his personal extravagance. Perhaps a bit jealous.
Then there are my pious religious friends who are offended by The Donald’s multiple marriages, and his obvious good taste in woman, rough language, self-promotion, and lack of humility, at least up until now.
I have conservative friends who are squirming like fresh worms on a fishing hook. They don’t think he is conservative, they bristle that he snatched the nomination from whomever, and they don’t much care for their perception of the typical Trump voter. And, they’ll claim that he and the radical Alinskyite, Hillary, “are just the same.”
Finally there are the Krauthammers, Wills, Kristols and Brooks, whose moral preening is, honestly, juvenile, and even obscene. These self-appointed guardians of “mainstream” thought and “conservative values” have ridden bareback on the horse of the elite, making millions of dollars, while the country has disintegrated over the last decade, with none of this outrage for the perpetrators – a corrupt Congress and Barack Obama. Strange.
Is Donald J. Trump dangerous, odd, and unfit for office?
All I can suggest is that we take a quick look at some presidents just since 1961.
John Kennedy? For all his personal charm, this was a really, really weird man. He had massive sexual addictions that were hidden by the press, and indiscriminately, and preferably daily, bedded anything in a skirt even to the point of risking national security. His presidency was snatched from defeat within the city limits of Chicago and the Texas valley by ballot stuffing.
LBJ? There may have never been anyone so corrupt in public office. He outright stole a Senate election in Texas and became fabulously wealthy during his Senate and Presidential years. He also liked the ladies, and was less than discrete. His War on Poverty did for black Americans what his war in Vietnam did for Southeast Asia.
Richard Nixon? This was one tortured man. He had more issues than the Saturday Evening Post. In many ways he was a radical, anti-constitutionalist. Despite his perceived anti-communism, his mishandling of LBJ’s war was a heart-breaking debacle that cost untold human misery. His implementation of Wage Price controls destroyed the economy and formalized lying as a way to do business.
Bill Clinton? Of course, this man was sexually brazen and corrupt almost in a class by himself. Almost. His womanizing and rapes were legendary even before he became President, and his corruption follows him to this day. Net worth? $300 million dollars, ‘nuff said.
Barack Obama? Oh my. Here is another one for the books. We still know next to nothing about this man’s early life, background and school years. No one seems to care. Strangely, no classmates can remember him from his Columbia years and he never wrote a word at Harvard. He’s lost to history. There is a body of evidence about his private life and drug use in Chicago that is pretty saucy. He has classic psychological issues that have been written about extensively, yet, again, no one seems to upset about it. He’s a train wreck and leaves the nation teetering on second world status.
Soooo, back to Mr. Trump after a bit of historical perspective; history speaks for itself.
Even though he was not my first choice in this election, he’s growing on me, a lot. First, I’m reminded that God often – maybe always – uses broken pottery to accomplish His purposes. So the fact that Donald Trump has taken a different road that has led him to this point in time, is no surprise. I’m even coming to believe that he is what we need right now, and that the voters knew it before the pundits and experts.
Many of his positions on the economy, energy, trade and immigration are issues that I share and that I’ve been writing on for years – they are spot on.
He has given a whole slew of really good, detailed speeches recently on these issues; compared to Hillary he is a walking policy manual.
His America First appeal is popular because it is obvious. His urgent message that we need to fix our dangerous immigration policy, stop appeasing radical Islam, and start thinking about and acting on what’s best for America, is resoundingly obvious. His criticism of corrupt cronyism, the status quo, the rigged system, and the special interests is blindingly apparent. It’s inarguable.
If the issues are put aside, the summary of Mrs. Clinton’s private life and personal corruption is to Mr. Trump’s personal story and history a difference so vast as to defy measure.
Every voter has the moral duty to themselves and the nation to vote their personal conscience, of course. However, the scales of history – different than those measures you and I employ in our everyday life – rarely offer such an obvious choice.
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I have lots of reasons for opposing Trump, probably the greatest of which is that he has no ideological principles. But when I’m brutally honest with myself, part of my revulsion for Trump mirrors a similar reaction I’ve always had to Rick Perry. He’s just so stupid. While I complain about his vulgarity and all the rest, and I really don’t like those things, I have to admit that I’d probably overlook it all if he were conservative or libertarian and if he just weren’t so stupid. It feels good to get that off my chest. Some of my Trump supporting friends have accused me of being elitist, and I suppose they’re right. So be it. I lived through eight years of George W. Bush, and I’m just done with the moron president. Never again.
What do you think Obama was? He was, and still is, an unaccomplished socialist.
With this sort of reasoning, just vote for Democrats… skip the rationalizations and moral gymnastics and go straight to Biden/Kaine “personally this, publicly that” mentality.
Profoundly disagree with this.
Nobody’s perfect, especially moreso in politics. We all have things we’d rather have not done, words we’d rather have not said.
Trump should scare the bejeebies out of you professionals because he is up-ending your industry, your influence, your powerbase.
He beat all your usual suspects, he beat every other Republican. He proved his mettle in the arena of politics against the hordes of special interest professionals — and he was and still iis that broken pot.
Don’t be bitter, don’t resent and try to scuttle because you didn’t win. You’re better than that! If you are not 100% behind Trump, you are enabling and supporting the ‘just vote for Democrats.’
C’mon back, we can forgive you for this one time.
That is because you are a lover of open borders. A guy who wants to drive nativists out of “your” that is the Chamber of Commerce’s party. Cantor lost, Yeb lost, Rubio lost. Apparently “your” party is nativist.
Trump probably isn’t going to win because guys like you in the establishment have enabled the Democrats to change America to where Ronald Reagan doesn’t win California anymore. And Virginia won’t go Republican if the Democrats get out their vote and that is becoming more evident by each election… Virginia is a destination state for illegal and massive immigration. So is NC, GA, TX etc… Those are natural Democrats and will create a Democratic monolith for the rest of your life.
Name something conservative that you cherish… The Constitution.. down the toilet as you have enabled the Democrats to have majorities that are unbreakable in the future.
Second and Third Worlders don’t give a damn about your conservative principles.. they want and need a welfare state. And let’s not even get started about the use of welfare… you and the Democrats foist that on the American taxpayer with your amnesties, non immigration enforcement, and refugee resettlement programs…
Yup your party is dead…
If any readers were convinced to support Donald Trump as a result of reading this, please stand up…
Nobody? No wonder — the author categorizes you as faint-at-heart, squeamish, self-righteous, pious & easily offended, squirming like worms on a fishing hook, or moral preeners. The language in the article is free from the use of obscene language, but I have to wonder when the Trump base is going to stop trying to employ ridicule as a means of persuasion.
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You realize that you can’t really see if people are sitting and standing from the other side of the screen right?
We know we can’t use ridicule to persuade those that can’t be persuaded, we use it for public-spirited entertainment.
Your guy lost, Trump is the GOP nominee, you may back him or you may enable the democrats. I think articles like this might just strike a little too close to home for you.
Fair point, but I keep making the same mistake in reverse. I’ve unremittingly ridiculed Trump and his supporters. Guess that’s to my shame.
It’s easy to go from objective criticism to emotional commentary. Ridicule of Trump probably won’t convince anybody, but it isn’t as destructive to conversation as ridicule of our fellow conservatives. I try (and probably fail on occasion) to start with the insistence on viewing other conservatives (regardless of their positions on Trump) as reasonable people who mean well. The conversation should go from there.
We can all do better, right?
We are all “broken glass” and the Good Lord loves us still.
Excellent post! Thank you.
Jeanine, the guy who wants to drive nativists out of his party is here–didn’t he and his main moron, attack you with some nonsense about being anti-Hmong?
I was a broken glass Republican for Romney and McCain, they can be broken pottery Republicans for Trump.
lol I like that one a lot. Glass wasn’t half full but broken.
Glad to see you back! We missed you.
There are lots of people who question what Trump values. Well, here they are:
– he values America and speaks unabashedly about it.
– he values the Constitution and sees socialism and Islam as threats to it.
– he values the rule of law and works within the law to advance his business interests. He has been convicted of no crime and has not sold American national secrets for profit.
– he values the private enterprise system
– he values the men and women who serve and have served in the USA military. He knows the importance of a strong military.
– he values free speech and despises political correctness.
– he values opportunity for everyone and sees the welfare plantations as nothing more than modern slavery
– he values quality of education and sees that the current public school system needs to be modernized and replaced if necessary to free kids to be the best they can be.
– he values a robust economy and sees the damage that excess taxation and regulation have done to small business and the middle class family.
Hillary values only herself and political power.
I have been helping out at the local Republican HQ. This mirrors what I have been seeing there.
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