Recent accusations against Donald Trump concerning past
sexual activities, and his vehement denials have resulted in lower and lower
poll numbers in the 7 or 8 so called battleground states, those states he needs
to win to get anywhere near the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the
presidency. The campaign has degenerated
into concerted media attacks on Trump and his belligerent responses to the biased
media. The topics have become whether
Trump kissed and groped various starlets in the past, rather than trade,
terrorism, jobs, the economy and the Clintons’ past criminal proclivities
Trump was a businessman, and an entertainer, and yea, a
playboy in the mold of what that meant in the 60’s and 70’s. Off color speech, kissing and groping seem to
be the worst of the worst that he has been accused of. In this time of political correctness, no one
condones such forward actions toward women and the braggadocio surrounding such
activities. However they do not make
Trump the devil incarnate as espoused by the NYT and Michelle Obama and others
of their political ilk.
We have heard Trump’s sophomoric comments about the easy
access of women in the entertainment business on a You Tube clip released by
NBC as an obviously pro-Clinton “October surprise”, and to detract from real
content – the emails that Julian Assange released at the same time. Several women from his past have also,
suddenly this October, accused him of “kissing and groping”. Not rape. Nothing he has been legally accused of –
“kissing and groping” are his unpardonable sins.
I cannot continue in good faith without referencing the
hypocrisy around this topic vis-à-vis both Clintons. It has been well established over 50 years
that Bill Clinton has been a sexual predator that has assaulted and raped
numerous women, not only “kissed and groped.
Hillary has indeed “stood by her man”, or by her accomplice, by
threatening and persecuting these same victims.
What unmitigated cynicism and disregard of moral principles (and the
law)! This is only one example of moral,
ethical and legal infractions. There are
many, and the allegations against Trump, even if they are true, being brought
out by the Clinton campaign this late in the election, literally pale by
comparison.
Not to say that Trump is some model citizen. Not being a politician for most of his life,
and forged in the crucible, first of privilege in New York City society, then
of the rough world of New York real estate development and construction, and
then of Hollywood and the reality shows, one can hardly expect him to be a
model of behavior and decorum. He is
rough and tumble, brash and lewd – and he has seized upon these characteristics
as part of his public persona. His private
life, as evidenced by his offspring seems to be another story.
His movement is comprised of working Americans; not just
Larry the Cable Guy types, but also honest, straightforward and proud Americans
who are fed up with the political correctness and ineptitude and inactivity
which have made our country nearly laughable at home and abroad. They are not upset, like some liberal
elitists purport to be, when someone, in a locker room and Hollywood oriented environment
says “pussy” and does not refer to their cat. (In fact sometimes the reference
is to the president and his minions). They
have heard it all and seen it all in their normal work environments, whether in the business towers of Manhattan, or on our jobs, or in our schools, or in graphic
TV programming that we Americans are assaulted with every night (and not only by
CNN, the Clinton News Network), but by our TV programming in general. What we experience in the work place or see
on TV is certainly as bad, and sometimes much worse than anything that Trump
has said or done, notwithstanding Michelle Obama’s attempts to demonize him,
and to make him the poster boy for true evil in our society.
We don’t have to watch TV, and some of us don’t. Personally, I do not watch reality shows, I
do not need to live vicariously in a fictional world. I do watch other TV, much of it from
Europe. I feel that I need to keep up
with the times. (Although I do not watch
commercials, so I feel like I’m missing some small part of Americana). The content of our U.S. TV programming is not
much removed from Trump’s trailer comments or his “kissing and groping”, if
any.
It is also conveniently forgotten or just not acknowledged by
our terribly biased media, that historically, the Republican Party are the ones
who freed the black Americans and then later enfranchised them. The Republicans also enfranchised women early
last century. Don’t take my word,
research the votes by Congress and the States on these topics. See below. Yet Republicans are made by the
liberal elitists to be the bad guys. Ask
anyone who truly freed and enfranchised the slaves, and enfranchised women. I’ll bet the response you get are “the
Democrats”. Thank you, CNN, ABC, NBC, NYT, Time Mag and
all you biased left wing media!
The ferocious and vituperative barrage against Trump and his
movement by the media in this country is way beyond the pale. I understand that it is meant to mask the
Clinton disregard of the law over the years, and I understand that this is
payback for Trump’s posture of not adhering to the “good old boy” backroom politician’s
and media diktats, but it has to be obvious to any thinking voter that this
constitutes a gross violation of media ethics.
Trump and his followers at rallies are lashing back at the media bias and
dishonesty.
After reading Dinesh D’Souza’s “Hillary’s America”, my first
reaction was that it blamed the Democrats for all of the ills perpetrated on
the country for the last 250 years. It
was clearly biased! But in retrospect,
it was not any more biased than CNN or MSNBC or the New York Times when
“reporting” on Trump. IMHO, we need a Dinesh D’Souza to shake up our political
thinking, and we need a Donald Trump to reset our government.
Trump is not a model citizen, nor a model candidate. If I am going to condemn him for anything, it
is how he continues to drag the campaign and the party, to unforeseen
depths. Shut up Donald!! He just has to fight every accusation, no
matter how absurd and inconsequential, and bring the campaign to depths never
before seen. Concentrate on the current
issues and on traditional Republican values, like support for women and support
for blacks - supports that have been co-opted by the liberal elitists in spite
of the historical record, - a strong economy,
pragmatic trade, immigration, law and order and anti-terrorist policies.
To the liberal or progressive elitist, and to the
millennial, schooled in the same vein, Republicans are the bad guys when it
comes to racial equality or women’s rights.
Not true in history. This is only
a sad fantasy in minds that have been turned by lies and untrue rhetoric. Some links:
Democrats.
Republicans and women’s rights:
Democrats, Republicans and slavery”
Back to Trump. I
don’t like him, but I despise the other side more because of their crimes and
their contempt for decency and the law.
Unfortunately the weight of the opposition stacked against him,
particularly the media and, including some in his own party, does not bode well
for Trump and the Republican Party at this point. Pity our Republic under the corrupt and
lawless Clinton machine, who have committed such egregious and cynical crimes,
and more, in the past.
Ray Gruszecki
October 14, 2016
