Thrashing and Gnashing of Teeth

Thrashing and Gnashing of Teeth

I know I said I’d shut up, but the continuing rancor against a legally elected populist president just continues unabated.  The country is divided, as it has been before after past elections, but this continued barrage by the amassed left wing liberal clique is beyond belief.  The “no we won’t all get along” tweets, sanctioned by an ostensibly responsible pundits like Charles Blow are a case in point. The riots and looting on our streets by left wing thugs are another.  The sedition preached by proponents of “sanctuary cities” that hide criminals and defy future federal law is another egregious example.

Liberals/progressives should have chosen a more viable candidate, although that may not have been possible in light of the dissatisfaction with the machinations of the Washington crowd over the last eight years.  Suck it up and act like adults, all you screaming, foot stamping, spoiled children.  The country needed a reset from the irresponsibility, corruption, laisser-faire approach to governing and law: and from the cloying political correctness of the last eight years.

The contention is that Hillary won the popular vote.  Neglected is the fact that without California, Trump won the popular vote in the rest of the country by 2 million votes.  California does not rule the country.  The people that voted to end the nonsense in Washington do.  

Trump has never been my favorite person.  But one thing I’ve observed about him through the years, that he is a pragmatic and no nonsense executive.  Also, he does not take anything on that he won’t be successful at.  He also is a showman that got a tremendous amount of free TV and air time and exposure by virtue of his sometimes outrageous statements.  He spent a tenth of what his opposition spent, took on the massive, powerful liberal establishment, including an incumbent government and popular president – AND WON.  Unfortunately the liberals took him literally as regards his outrageousness, but didn’t take him seriously as a candidate, right from the start.  I can still hear the din of the loud, derisive laughter when some of his supporters said that he had a good chance of winning.

I have to believe him when he says that he did this for the good of the country.  Why else?  He certainly has all the wealth and power he’ll ever need.  The White House and Air Force One are a step down for him when it comes to creature comforts.  Why endure a year and a half of a grueling political campaign to then take on the toughest job in the world?  He says it’s to make America great again.  I have to believe him.

And I’m also sure that he will continue to prevail against the left wing forces massed against him.  Conflict with the biased media over air time and content?  No matter. He uses Twitter or Youtube to talk to the people of the country directly.

Trump is a phenomenon and I understand some fears.  Like Berlusconi in Italy he is an extremely wealthy and powerful figure even before the presidency.  He leans toward Nationalism and Nativism.  His politics are not defined.  He has taken on both political parties as part of the Washington establishment.  However he can make deals and what is politics if not deal making at the national and international level?  Also, we have checks and balances, although with predominantly Republican House, Senate and State legislatures, these will be in his favor.

At any rate we have him for four years (and most likely eight years) irrespective of the thrashing and gnashing of teeth in opposition.  Let’s get used to it and realize that our country will change and become less soft as regards ours borders, applying our laws and perhaps we will be not as kind and gentle as we have been.  Most likely this will all be mitigated by the next Liberal torch bearer, but what we have now is Trump.

November 24, 2016

Ray Gruszecki