Before reading this, keep in mind that Ron was not a Trump supporter. Some of the stuff he sent me when Trump started running maligned him. Even after he wo0n the nomination, Ron was more anti-Crooked Cankles than pro-Trump. Trump has earned his support. Here’s Ron.
Well . . . the economy has escaped from the doldrums of the past 10 years and built up a full head of steam. NATO freeloaders have been told to ante up or fold. Meso-American bums, tramps, and parasites are reconsidering the downside of sneaking across the southern border. The NorKDork has made some concessions toward reducing tensions in east Asia. Trade deficits are being reversed. Investment capital is returning from offshore. Unemployment is at historical lows. Various areas of the Potomac Swamp have been cleared and drained and sunlight is beginning to dry up the slime and muck. Payments into the climate-change extortion scam have stopped. Strong popular resistance to theocratic oppression is emerging in Iran. Snowflakes are melting. Social Justice Warriors are falling on their swords. Democrats’ heads are exploding. Fake News Networks are hemorrhaging viewers. The DNC is having an anxiety attack.
And the only thing that has changed is the guy behind the Resolute Desk.
Hey, this ain’t exactly brain surgery, folks. DingleBarry had 8 years, and all he did was lie, pontificate, pose, speechify, spin, deny, exaggerate, weaken national defense, encourage racial discord, increase illegal immigration, give birth to ISIS, destroy our international prestige, stifle the economy, spend public money on private vacations and “dates,” promote “sanctuary” cities, and create the “It’s Whitey’s fault!” myth while totally ignoring the immigration problem, the Muslim refugee problem, the economic problem, and the border problem.
O.K. So Trump is non-traditional. So what? Seems to be workin. So he’s coarse at times in his language. Big deal! No, not as Joe Biden said: “This is a big fuckin deal.” So he’s thin-skinned and responds in kind on Twitter when news media give incomplete, biased, or false reports on him. Means he’s got a set and doesn’t come to a gun fight armed with a water pistol. Personally, I’d rather have a guy in charge who’d grab a prostitute by the pussy than a poseur who IS one.
We haven’t yet HAD a president without faults. Dig deeply enough and you’ll find somethin in each of their backgrounds, actions, policies, behavior, whatever, that you don’t like. And that includes Washington, Jefferson, and even Lincoln. Ol’ George was most certainly NOT a particularly good military leader in his early career, and most of what we know about his service is from his own diaries, in which he shows himself a master of spin, deflection, and blame-shifting very much like a Clinton.
Thom Jefferson was a slave-holder, a womanizer, and a free spender who was such a poor public speaker that he traditionally sent his communications to others in writing instead of dealing with them in person.
Lincoln hired and fired more generals and advisors than Trump. His entire life was one of melancholia and self-doubt, and along with Marfan’s syndrome, he had a variety of health issues. He knew quite well how to duck and pivot and maneuver on controversial issues, such as race, and was not particularly fond of black people or native Americans. And if you think Slick Willy’s wife was bad, read about Abe’s.
Point is, of course, that nobody’s perfect. Carter – who bestowed upon us the gift of a theocratic Persia while giving away the Panama Canal. Slick Willy? C’mon, get serious. A simple opportunist who was there for the girls and the good times. Bush II? No business being there; in over his head. Soetoro? Liar, hypocrite, fraud, and scandal generator par excellence. JFK? YGBSM! Even Reagan – Iran/Contra, capital flight, amnesty to illegals, HUGE debt increase, despite his tax cuts.
So exactly what has Trump done that’s so bad in comparison to all those other guys? The guy came into the game in the final quarter down 2 touchdowns and a field goal, backed up to his own 1-yard line, 3rd and 35 with a tired, fat, out-of-shape line, some very suspicious coaches, a shady manager, and a questionable defense. And within minutes he had the score tied and the fans on their feet waving WE’RE #1 signs while the other team’s fans shouted obscenities, curses, and threats in their disbelief.
Hey, once in a while even the best quarterback fumbles, or throws an interception, or falls on his butt. But you don’t take out your pitcher just because he walked a batter, or even if he hit one with a wild pitch. Patton was an egotist, a bully, and a primadonna, but the German High Command had more respect for him than for Eisenhower or Montgomery. Harry Truman was a career nobody, a nebbish, a failed haberdasher, but he made momentous decisions amidst momentous personalities during momentous times. Elvis was a profligate self-indulger who often sang half a note off-key flat, but he’s STILL the King.
You didn’t have to like Patton, or even agree with him, but you had to respect him. You didn’t have to like Reagan, but you have to consider that the Ayatollah released the American hostages after 444 days of Carter’s muddling ineptitude within MINUTES of Ronnie Raygun’s swearing in. And you don’t have to like Trump or the things he’s done or the things he says, but you gotta admit, things are better now than 2 years ago, and the only thing that’s changed is the guy in charge.
It’s like I said a coupla months ago . . . if you characterize our “leaders” as dwellers of the sea, McCain would be a beached whale, Graham would be a blowfish, Pelosi would be a clown fish, Schumer would be Charlie Tuna, Ryan would be a pilotfish, Waters would be a mud crab, McConnell would be a turtle, Hillary would be a barnacle, and Soetoro would be a flounder. Trump, of course, would be the Great White.
To paraphrase Pogo, who was in turn paraphrasing Commodore Perry . . . we have met the enemy, and it is left-wing Trump Derangement Syndrome. And the antidote to that malady is a big swig of MAGA Covfefe, or some MacDonald’s fries and a Diet Coke.
I don’t partic’larly like aspirin, or fish oil, or the prescription meds I take each mornin, but they’re keepin me alive. And the alternative sucks, as would another Clinton PotUSy.
Bravo Ron! MAGA!