Posted on 05/16/2018 11:38:32 AM PDT by ethom
If you want to understand why Donald Trump is president today (and why he could very well win a second term), look to the Democrats' hysterical response to two of Trump's major foreign policy achievements over the past week.
Last Thursday, the president traveled to Joint Base Andrews to greet three American hostages whose release he had secured from North Korea. Unlike his predecessor, Trump did it without sending the offending regime an unmarked plane loaded with hundreds of millions in hard currency. The return of these American captives should have been a moment of celebration and bipartisan unity.
No matter what Trump does, the Democratic reaction is the same: Outrage. When Democrats can't even praise Trump unreservedly for bringing American hostages home or show up when he fulfills a plank of the Democratic Party platform by moving our embassy to Jerusalem, it further convinces millions of Americans who abandoned the Democratic Party in 2016 that they made the right decision.
Seriously? How do Democrats take a positive event such as the release of American hostages and turn it into an excuse to attack Trump? Apparently, Trump Derangement Syndrome is so debilitating that Democrats can't bring themselves to say "Good job, Mr. President," even when he brings our hostages home. Before, Democrats complained that Trump was too belligerent toward Kim; now, they're upset that he is too effusive. This is absurd. Trump is laying the groundwork for a high-stakes nuclear summit with Kim; of course the president is not going to publicly criticize him. People in Middle America listen to the Democrats' reactions and think: Can Trump do nothing right in these people's eyes?
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“Never got a time out, but a few stern warnings. :)”
Try harder.
LOL.
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Yeah. It’s rare air to see that long lasting. I look occasionally and see someone who has been around for 4 or 5 years and I think “Newbie!”
When 9/11 happened, we had 300 people at the Postal Service trying to figure out what the heck happened. I was the only one who had answers because I had FreeRepublic. Everyone else was trying CNN, MSNBC and others.
I have another month to get the 20. Yours was last month. Did you get your gold coin? Remember, Jim lives out there in gold country..... ;)
(O.K. THAT might be the impetus for my first time out. ;) )
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