I’m inclined to write when I observe what I consider to be
abuses or aberrations in thought and action on various topics. I normally hang with professors and
philosophers and scientists, and our arguments are of a more esoteric
nature. However, my origins are humble,
and I have lived a long time, and in many venues.
The latest item that I feel has veered completely out of
balance concerns the unbelievable uproar in the country over some private
comments of an explicit nature that Donald Trump made over ten years ago in a
sexually oriented Hollywood environment. We are ready to disenfranchise this
abusive individual, revoke his candidacy and revile his very standing in our
community. He has been attacked by
pundits, politicians, newspapers, actors and actresses and nearly all people
that temper our opinions in the country.
He has been made to be a truly evil man, and his evil far
outweighs his opponents small peccadillos, - four dead Americans in Benghazi,
33,000 destroyed emails, Clinton cash, lucrative deals with Wall Street
bankers, abetting sexual abuses by spouse and then attacking the victims,
inveterate opportunism and cynicism, and on and on and on. But the Donald’s transgressions by virtue of
his audio comments of ten years ago are far more egregious. So the elitist opinion makers have decreed.
Has anyone actually listened to what Trump said? I sought the whole episode out on Youtube to
hear for myself the horrors said to have been perpetrated on our daughters and
wives and womankind in general. What I
heard were some sophomoric comments about the ease with which women in the
entertainment business could be approached by someone who was wealthy and had sexual
smarts. The language was in the
vernacular, but I did not hear solicitations to the devil or other dark
powers. I just heard some stupid locker
room braggadocio that most of us males had heard in the past in one form or
another. (And I’m sure similar is heard
in female locker rooms , as well).
Yet the brouhaha caused by this private citizen’s
inappropriate comments ten years ago have the country in an uproar. Why?
Could it be that the same biased media that has run rampant with other
Trump mal mots and faux pas has set out to really put it to him this time? Attempts to do so in the past have never
worked for very long.
Trump will not play CNN’s or NYT’s or Hollywood’s or even
Fox’ games, so polls and “who won the debate” numbers have less meaning than in
a normal election. And he certainly has
provided a lot of ammunition himself for the liberal elites to attack him. However, the Trump candidacy is a movement,
and he has a following that cares not what is stacked against him by the
opposition. They have heard it all
before, including crude boyish reference to body parts in this 10 year old
audio tape. They are still with him.
Having said all that, the constant and ferocious attacks by
the politically correct liberal elitists of various stripes cannot fail to
erode some of Trump’s support in even the few flyover swing states that Trump
needs to get his 270.
I am not a big Trump supporter, but the alternative is
anathema to me. The country needs a
reset. Unfortunately it may be Trump,
with his controversial personality.
Let’s hope he hires the right people, like Reagan did.
Ray Gruszecki
October 9, 2016
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