But little Timmy will never touch his heart. I opined a few months
ago that Donald Trump had disqualified himself when he criticized Carli Fiorina’s
looks. I believed that personal attack was an insult too far. Now it seems that
most Americans believe that the “bar all Muslims” is an insult too far. Welcome
to my world view. Glad you could come along. Unfortunately, the die-hard Trump
backers will not be deterred. In fact, many of them will be more fanatical in
their support for Mr. Trump than ever. This is a shame. It paints a picture of
an underbelly of America that has been so infuriated by the current
administration’s incompetence that it will support a grotesque man just because
he points out the incompetence that we all abhor.
Why do I call Mr. Trump grotesque? Because he has stated: 1)
Mexicans are rapists; 2) the Mexican government deports their criminals to
America; 3) Jeb Bush has to like Mexicans because he married one; 4) Carli
Fiorina is ugly; 5) Megan Kelly is bleeding out of who knows where; 6) other
candidates have no right to be on the debate stage because their poll numbers
are too low; 7) he Tweeted incorrect statistics on racial crimes; 8) he mocked a disabled journalist, AND 9) because
he is a bigot that has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the
world’s most successful melting pot. This is behavior for which most of us would scold our children. It is not the behavior of a president.
Mr. Trump’s campaign is based on his being a “winner.” He will fix
everything because he is a winner and to prove it he says “just look at my poll
numbers.” His poll numbers are the highest among the Republican candidates
because he more clearly than any other candidate identifies the incompetence of
the Obama administration and because he is a celebrity that knows “if it
bleeds, it leads.”
Sometimes plain talk can subtly covey deep meaning. Sometimes
plain talk can be just the babbling of someone out of their league attempting
to discuss complex issues. Mr. Trump’s plain talk falls into the category of
the latter. Yes, he stirs emotions regarding the issues Americans care about; the
threat of terrorism, the slowness of our economic recovery, the porousness of
our borders, the rise of ISIS, and the lack of our government to do anything to
fix these issue. But to each of these issues, Mr. Trump has stated that he will
build a wall, hire great people, be a fantastic military leader and make
America great again. Beyond causing some bleeding, Mr. Trump offers no
solutions.
Mr. Trump is feeling the heat from the throngs of Republicans who,
up to this point, were tolerating his crudeness. I even defended him in a
previous article when I took John Harwood to task for asking another candidate
during a debate if, when he looks at Mr. Trump “do you see someone with the
moral character to be the leader of the free world?” At that point, the
question was premature and out of line. Today I believe that the question is
appropriate. And, my answer is NO! Mr. Trump does not have the moral character
to be the leader of the free world.
And now he will become Mr. Scrooge. Eventually, he will get tired
of the harassment that will not go away. He has earned this harassment and he
will receive it. Then he will leave the Republican Party, run as an Independent
and take 15% of the Republican voters with him. Good riddance. I would rather
lose to Hillary Clinton than have Donald Trump represent the Republican Party.
Although I am a registered independent myself, I have great respect
for the Republican Party. It is the only defense our country has against the
craziness of the leftist, progressive movement.
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