“President Trump needs to listen to the people before he takes this presidency in a place that is not acceptable for our country.” – GOP Ohio Governor John Kasich on “Today” show this morning.
Nope! Nope! Donald Trump took it there yesterday.
Commentary said this yesterday:
I watched Donald Trump read his statement yesterday. You know he just hated to read it. Most times he enjoys telling a lie.
Well that didn’t last long. He took it all back yesterday.
Over the last couple of days, those folks that keep insisting that somehow and some way, “both” sides should take responsibility for the violence in Charlottesville this past weekend are quite simply cowards.
Those that don’t call out Donald Trump for placing blame on “both” sides are quite simply cowards.
If Donald Trump wants to play Bigot-In-Chief and give cover to White Supremacists, the KKK, and Neo-Nazis because they were key to his getting the GOP nomination and winning the election last November, that is his choice.
If folks want to defend him, side with him, work for him, support him, that is their choice if they want to support bigotry. There is no other way to explain this.
And don’t buy into to this crap that his staff was “stunned” and that Trump went “rogue.” They know who they are working for. If they want to continue to be part of bigotry, it is their choice.
AP put this out recently:
At AP, we have taken the position that the term “alt-right” should be avoided because it is meant as a euphemism to disguise racist aims. So use it only when quoting someone or when describing what the movement says about itself. Enclose the term “alt-right” in quotation marks or use phrasing such as the so-called alt-right (no quote marks when using the term so-called) or the self-described “alt-right.”
And where does this “alt-left” term crap come from. F__k you! Some of us may be liberal or progressive (Commentary prefers liberal), but we are not wacko or extreme. We support equality.
Commentary has to be honest with you all. I didn’t know until a couple of days ago that we had a Confederate statue on city property.
Yesterday was pretty dark if you ask me. No MLB talk today.
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“If Donald Trump wants to play Bigot-In-Chief and give cover to White Supremacists, the KKK, and Neo-Nazis because they were key to his getting the GOP nomination and winning the election last November, that is his choice.”
Again, there are not that many people associated with these groups to secure anything, never mind a presidential nomination. They just don’t amount to a blip on the political map in term of numbers these days, any support they give leading to far greater numbers of people less likely to support a candidate. The clown circus known as the GOP primaries were more a process of elimination showing candidates trying to get traction in individual states, most running out of resources as they bounced around the country.trying to convince primary voters they were the best thing since the invention of the wheel.
Realistically, there are said to be well under 10 thousand members of the KKK, a group that used to number in the millions. True nazis or “neo-nazis” are also a small band of misfits spewing their hatred to tiny audiences, when was the last time they marched to a crowd that didn’t outnumber them 10 to 1 or more? And actual white supremacists, not the garden variety bigots we’ve all encountered over the years but someone who believes strong enough in his cause to actually march in public or take some affirmative action promoting his cause?!? There just aren’t enough to matter in a nationwide political contest.
That doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous, nor does it mean they should go unchecked, all hate groups should be stood up to, but empowering them by suggesting their influence nominates presidents or constitutes a large part of a sitting president’s base of support only does them a favor. As far as the statues are concerned, that’s a slippery slope. To some out there, every statue of George Washington, the “Father of our country”, amounts to a reminder how millions were brought here in chains as slaves. Every statue to Abe Lincoln represents a power grab by federal authorities over states rights to others, FDR statues symbolize the move towards a handout state, and so forth. Sure, those views are held by relatively small numbers but one man’s hero is another man’s villain; at what point do we draw the line? Are we going to rename cities like Houston as we do schools?
So let the losers march down Main street USA where the vast majority can boo them, marginalize them, and ridicule their outdated beliefs. Leave the statues up as historical reminders of how crazy some people were in years past, not as symbols of worship but as examples of how far we’ve moved forward. And either stop naming schools and buildings after people altogether or leave them be to start reasoned discussions.