I think many of you are missing the point. The author is not one of the rich lib-leaning Wall Street types. He is the owner of a small business who makes his living by selling services to them. He relies on the end of summer income to get him through a lean winter. We’ve allowed an Imperial Presidency (Obama is the worst, but not first) to be able to trample on ordinary citizens at will. There is no national issue causing this trip; it is a fundraiser.
Instead of ‘author’ I should have said ‘source of the quote’.
Well it’s OK because he didn’t build that. ;)