What's Really Important
I know it’s di rigueur for you lofty libs to bash Trump. Yes, he’s bombastic, yes insulting, yes a tweet freak who even uber conservatives like myself wish he’d halt. I know he offends your sensitivities and is not the guy you’d like to share a bottle of Dom with and a toast to Franklin Roosevelt with a tap of crystal flutes. He’d likely refuse a dab of caviar on a savory gourmet cracker.
Are you for the little guy? Are you for good wages and jobs? Do you contribute to the food bank and love it when a family is able to subsist on their own? Do you favor our military making a living wage? Are you pleased you haven’t heard of ISIS raping and murdering? Are you even a little bit pleased that the U.N. and NATO have been put on notice to pay their fair share? Are you a little more comfortable that North Korea is less likely to put a nuke up your prodigious backside? That said, get the hell off your high horse and give a thought to all you’ve been preaching since your mama took that silver spoon out of your chops. Oh, I get it, you don’t want to be embarrassed by a president who has accomplished all those things, because he forgot to extend his pinky finger when sipping from that flute. Sorry, but you’re equally a bombastic ass, and far worse, a total hypocrite.
Jesus Christ would like to have a long talk with you about what’s truly important in life, and if you don’t believe in Him maybe you’d like to be chastised my Mother Teresa or Ghandi? Or any American who TRULY cares about others.
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6 年I don't think most people want to see politics on LinkedIn, but for a little deeper analysis of what is actually "really important," see Time's person-of-the year article on the substance of the Trump regime. https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2018-donald-trump-runner-up/ "This year brought forth the consequences of Trump’s disruption. The deficit soared. The stock market trembled. The voters revolted. Special counsel Robert Mueller circled closer. Trump has tested the system and exposed its weaknesses, but also revealed its strength." "Trump’s moves have touched the lives of millions. By loosening the rules on everything from water safety to banking, he has changed the balance of power between businesses and consumers. Disavowing decades of U.S. strategy in Europe, the Middle East and northeast Asia, he has scrambled alliances and emboldened strongmen. He has upended American politics, darkening the tone of the public debate and spurring both parties to remake themselves in response to his provocation" "Until the recent market downturn, most U.S. economic indicators soared throughout the year. The tax cut the GOP passed in December 2017 fueled corporate profits. With the unemployment rate at historic lows, wages rose somewhat and businesses complained of a hiring crisis. Trump spurned fiscal conservatism, boosting spending toward a $1 trillion annual deficit and ballooning the national debt by $1.9 trillion. He also abandoned his populist economic promises, which included raising taxes on hedge-fund managers, providing universal health care, spending on public works and reining in prescription--drug prices. The result: majorities of voters considered their economic situation satisfactory, but few believed the President’s policies benefited them personally. "Trump has tested the nation, and some pillars of American democracy have proved up to the challenge, says presidential historian Timothy Naftali. “Trump is the first President to make undermining routinely our public institutions part of his brand,” he says. “Our judiciary is standing up to his Administration when it crosses a line. The Mueller investigation is going forward."?
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6 年Well said, Larry.? I feel exactly the same way.??