Barack Obama has added so much class, dignity and grace to the office of the Presidency.
He has withstood constant attack and obstructionism with equanimity and a calm demeanor, and in so doing, has added distinction and honor to the office. Most of the other Presidents also added their stature to the image of the office, with the exception, maybe, of Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, and Richard Nixon! And even they were not as outrageous as Donald Trump! And all three of them had a substantial record in public life and government and the military, unlike Donald Trump!
But now we are faced with the possibility of a school yard bully, a braggart, a person of great egotism and narcissism, who loves to brag about his “package”, uses foul language, insults everyone and everything, boasts about his prowess in everything without any substance in reality, and demeans the image of the Presidency in the midst of this Presidential campaign.
And yet, the most common folk among us, the low lifes, revel at everything he utters and does, and in the process, undermines the image of the Presidency in a very detrimental manner.
What kind of role model does Donald Trump present to the younger generation? It is one of disgrace and one of promoting braggadocio, aggression, hostility and hate, all designed to gain power and undermine our civil liberties and social discourse, and to provoke bloodshed and violence in both domestic and foreign policy!
It is clear that Donald Trump is a dangerous sociopath, and a threat to American values and decency, and he should be committed for observation, and the mental health of his followers is subject to one’s concern about their stability, that they cannot see the phony and the fraud that he is.
This is exactly what 2012 GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney said yesterday, and one does not have to admire Romney to agree on what he says about Trump.
So to hear that the remaining GOP Presidential candidates, in their outrageously insulting debate last night, agree they would back Trump if he won the GOP nomination, is disheartening, and further cements the demise of the party of Lincoln, TR, Ike, and even Ronald Reagan!
Re: Their support of him – Just like my Republican neighbor. He’ll vote for Trump or whoever the GOP nominee is because the ultimate goal is to ensure that the Democratic nominee is beaten.
Jim Webb is thinking about supporting Donald Trump.
http://bluevirginia.us/2016/03/two-of-jim-webbs-most-important-2006-endorsers-donald-mceachin-and-leslie-byrne-rip-him-for-his-comments-on-donald-trump-hillary-clinton
Ronald writes, “It is clear that Donald Trump is a dangerous sociopath, and a threat to American values and decency, and he should be committed for observation, and the mental health of his followers is subject to one’s concern about their stability, that they cannot see the phony and the fraud that he is.â€
When you get down to it, I think this actually applies to the Republican Party.
A few short years prior to his death, Gore Vidal pretty much described the Republican Party as not so much a party but a “mind set†which loves money and war. Well, especially money.
This is a party whose majority leader in the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell, immediately used the death of one of their lionized figures, Antonin Scalia, for what potential political advantage [McConnell] figured they [Republicans] might be able to have for a replacement justice on the United States Supreme Court.
This is a party which had no problem getting us involved in an unnecessary war, in Iraq, and for the thousands of soldiers maimed or killed in that war.
This is a party which gladly, and completely, prostitutes themselves for the “1 percent,†and wants their advantageous U.S. Supreme Court to remain intact for “Citizen’s United.â€
This is a party which demagogues—as they incorporated the “Southern strategy†in early-1960s Texas and, more effectively, with the blessing of 37th president of the United States Richard Nixon.
This is a party which had no problem with Donald Trump until they realized that Donald Trump could not be controlled by them.
Mitt Romney’s March 3, 2016 press conference, in which he denounced Donald Trump, reeked of hypocrisy. This is the man who governed Massachusetts. And, during the presidential election of 2012, he knew better than to deliver a “47 percent†speech which revealed what his contempt for the entire electorate; that they’re not human beings and are just numbers (“47 percent†would definitely vote for him; ironically, 47 percent did).
The latest by the Republican Party, to try to influence upcoming primaries and caucuses—as we go even deeper into the primaries schedule—and to beg self-identified Republicans with how to handle their voting, is rather insulting. And it’s also like the blind leading the blind. Mitt Romney didn’t even suggest, between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz and a more distant-ranking John Kasich, who specifically would be the best to nominate for president of the United States. And perhaps that’s because Mitt Romney knows there is not a “best†choice among them.
Glenn Greenwald, from his March 4, 2016 column in “The Intercept†[ http://theintercept.com/2016/03/04/trumps-policies-are-not-anathema-to-the-u-s-mainstream-but-an-uncomfortably-vivid-reflection-of-it/ ], has an astute take on what the real problem is between the Republican Party and Donald Trump: that Donald Trump “reflects†this Republican Party. And I agree—Donald Trump does it out front while his two closest-ranking Republican opponents, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio (both of whom are also sociopaths), remain dutiful in their politician costumes.
Mitt Romney’s complaint is this: He, along with many from his party, should be acknowledging that the Republican and Democratic parties—based on how they operate behind the scenes—should be realistically looked as not political parties but as businesses. Their business is American politics. And what is being said lately about Donald Trump, by right-wing pundits and by corporate media outlets plus Republican insiders like Mitt Romney, is that they now are damn certain in believing that Donald Trump is not good for their business.
WOW, D, what a GREAT analysis, and you are one hundred percent correct!
Somehow, Donald Trump cannot be allowed to become President, and the media must stop fawning to him, and investigate and expose what a dangerous Fascist he really is!
Southern Liberal. let’s face the facts, that Jim Webb has always been a bit kooky, so not surprising that he might support Trump.
He was never really a Democrat, having been Navy Secretary under Reagan!
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Correcting a small passage:
(“47 percent†would definitely NOT vote for him [Mitt Romney]; ironically, 47 percent did).
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Republicans love their country, but mostly not the people living in it.. ; )
You are correct, Paul!