And You Thought
It Couldn’t Get Any Worse!
The View from the Middle
I wanted everyone to know
that I am planning NOT to watch the debate tonight. I’m literally sick of slimy, gutter tactics
being used by both sides. If it isn’t
Trump’s 3rd grade bully tactics, it’s Hillary’s lying, hypocritical
rhetoric. It sickens me that one of
these two people is going to the President of the United States. I wish I had a “reset” button and we could
deliver two different candidates out of the primaries, but that’s just wishful
thinking. No matter who wins, the
country’s biggest challenge will be unity, and that is something that neither
of these two seem to be able to deliver.
There are a couple of
things that favor Trump tonight in the debate, if he can stay out of the gutter
and on message. First, he stands for change
and most of this country is sick of Washington and it’s corrupt, inept,
duplicitous, dysfunctional ways. 84% of
Americans disapprove of Congress, so if The Donald can come across as the
change agent, he will appeal to the vast majority of voters. Second, Trump has just embraced and related issue
that gets a “thumbs up” from 75% of Americans and 79% of Independent voters,
and that issue is “Congressional Term Limits”.
Even 65% of Democrats favor term limits, so if Trump is seen as the
champion of this concept he will definitely get the support of much of the
public. This has been a recent
development and you might even call it a “brilliant” move. Maybe it was Kellyanne Conway’s idea.
Finally, I have to comment
on President Obama’s recent “off prompter” comments that should confirm that
there is no shame, honesty or even common sense left in Washington. First, the President suggested that Trump’s
complaints about voter fraud were un-American and threatened to undermine our
entire election process. I guess he
forgot about Al Gore’s complaints of the exact same thing in 2000. How soon we forget!
But the piece de resistance
of hypocrisy occurred when he said, “If, whenever things are going badly for
you…you start blaming somebody else, then you don’t have what it takes to be in
this job.” This, from the man that
blamed George Bush for every problem he had for at least six years, and only
recently shifted to blaming Congress for everything, because the “blame Bush”
strategy was just not believable any more.
Gag me, please.
For anyone who thinks government
is the answer to anything, I say, “take a hard look at what government
(Washington) does right now.” And let’s
not forget that we are fast approaching $20 trillion in debt that we will pass
on to our kids. Great job D.C. You are destroying the lives of our children
before they are even born. Or should I
say, “IF they are even born”.
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