Month: January 2017

David Ignatius in his January 29, 2017 Commentary, suggests: “as with any other form of self destructive behavior, it is time for intervention by those closest to him.” The trouble is, those closest to him all think the same way, and so do the Republicans who put him over the top in the electoral college. Just think for a moment how quickly “never Trump” became “ever Trump” before the election. The Donald is doing what Republicans have fervently hoped-for ever since the Reagan “revolution” of the 80s. He brought them total control of the federal government, which is all they ever wanted. Now, we do not know how long it will take these Republican enablers to realize how destructive this administration really is. What we do know is: it will take active resistance at every turn to keep the worst from happening.

Anyone with knowledge of mental health who has observed the sayings and actions of Donald Trump during the recent election campaign, but especially after the inauguration, would readily conclude that this man is not in his right mind. So, America now has a man, not in his right mind, who has nuclear weapons. Ouch!

“Give Trump a chance”. That is what Republicans are saying now. But what if they had demonstrated that same attitude toward a new president in 2008, and given Obama a chance? Even half a chance would have made a world of difference.

The way the Republicans treated our first black president was so disgraceful, so indescribably awful, so unprecedented in history, it can only be compared to the worst of the Jim Crow era in the South. In fact, if Barack Obama were not black, you can be sure the Republicans would never have tried to pull off such a massive dirty trick. They needed the acquiescence of their party members and they got it. We’ll never know how much better off the general population of America would be if Obama had been allowed to govern in the regular way.

Someone should tell Dennis Moyer (January 5, 2017) that 35 red states with more electoral votes that shoehorned Trump into the presidency did not, in any way, offset the 2.8 million votes by which he lost the popular election. All the anticipated regression the Republicans are now gloating over will not be legitimized by popular mandate. Not by a long shot.

Someone should tell George Will the “hate Obama” campaign is over, no longer needed. Obama is not running for any office, so Will’s January 5, 2017, diatribe was completely unnecessary.