Posted on 03/24/2017 11:06:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It's a given that Newton liberals have little patience for anyone or anything Republican. If candidates are Republican, they must be stopped. If policies are Republican, they must be stopped. If their neighbor, colleague or parents of their kids' friends are Republican, they must be stopped from entering their liberal safe space.
They'll sometimes tolerate Republican politicians if they at least appear to bend over backwards to accommodate Democrats. Charlie Baker can be tolerated, for now, and for as long as the Boston Globe approves of him. But their tolerance will stop at his re-election bid next year when they'll support anyone Democrat.
Other Republicans will be tolerated only if they're so likable it would appear unseemly not to tolerate them. Like Jim Cote, the lone Republican on the Newton City Council. The more people who know him, the more they like him.
The same was said about Paul Celucci. And Mitt Romney. And Ronald Reagan. And the Bush father and son.
And the same is said about ... Donald Trump. The most charming man they'll never meet.
Donald Trump. The president of the American people. All the people. And since liberals are Americans this means he's their president too. Whether they campaigned for him or not, whether they voted for him or not, whether they can stand the sight of him or not, he's still their president.
Their relationship with President Trump, as with any president, is supposed to be a traditional symbiotic one. They pay taxes to the government that the president leads, and are expected to defend their country if World War III begins. The president, in turn, protects their environment, their rights, their neighborhoods, their borders, their nation from all threats foreign and domestic, as mandated by the Constitution. And he does, for every American, liberal or conservative.
Even if some disoriented liberal wanders across the DMZ into North Korea, or is washed ashore from a cruise ship onto a Cuban beach, or kidnapped by narco-terrorists in Colombia, their president, Donald J. Trump, will come to their rescue, without hesitation.
So why do they despise him so?
First, he's a Republican, so in their liberal mindset he can do no right. They didn't like Mitt Romney, and were pleased that he lost. They didn't like John McCain, and were very pleased that he lost. They really didn't like George W. Bush, and were very displeased that he won. Twice.
But their animosity towards the current occupant of the White House goes beyond their traditional disdain for any Republican president.
The liberals don't just dislike Donald Trump. They hate him. And they're not the least bit coy about expressing it. On the contrary, they spew their venom at him any chance they get.
To the liberals Donald Trump is the Devil Incarnate. The harbinger of evil.
They want him out of the Oval Office. No matter what. Impeachment is the goal. But if tomorrow he met his demise by an assassin's bullet, they would be discreetly gleeful, or maybe not so discreet. That's how much they hate our new president.
It's disturbing. It's bizarre. It's pathological.
There is absolutely nothing Donald Trump can do that will make the liberals happy. He could create millions of jobs, cut taxes, secure our borders, defeat the terrorists, fix our urban schools, keep our environment clean, lower the crime rate, restore Detroit, send a manned mission to Mars or find a cure for cancer, and they would still never accept him as their president.
Normally, when the candidate not of ones choosing wins the presidency, the disgruntled voter will go through a short period of anger and disappointment, but then gradually accept the new president, with the usual gesture of giving him the benefit of the doubt, and a desire to see him succeed, since if the president succeeds so does the country.
Yet for liberals this rule doesn't apply to Donald Trump. They will never give him a chance. They want him to fail. Case closed.
So, since there's nothing that Donald Trump and his supporters can do to try to win over his most hardcore detractors, there's no point in even trying. Especially with his congressional detractors. Yet Elizabeth Warren can scream, Nancy Pelosi can whine and Chuck Schumer can lecture, but it won't make any difference. Because Donald Trump is not the choirboy Mitt Romney, or the Boy Scout John McCain, he's a fullback plowing ahead, bowling over his opponents with a determination not seen since Teddy Roosevelt. One way or another he'll get across the goal line. And the country will be the better for it.
At his 2009 inaugural concert, Barack Obama personally invited Pete Seeger to perform. No president had never extended such an invitation, and with good reason. Seeger had for decades been an unrepentant communist, and an outspoken admirer of Joseph Stalin to boot. Yet there he was, the old commie singing astride a beaming president.
At Donald Trump's inaugural concert, Lee Greenwood performed his classic "Proud To Be An American." Everyone in the huge audience, it seemed, including yours truly, was visibly moved. Because everyone could identify with the song. Everyone, that is, except the screeching liberals just outside the perimeter. They still long for the days when Pete Seeger performed at the inauguration. But those days are gone. Pete Seeger is not coming back. And neither is Barack Obama.
Donald Trump is here to stay. The Republicans know that. The Republic does too.
At his 2009 inaugural concert, Barack Obama personally invited Pete Seeger to perform. No president had never extended such an invitation, and with good reason. Seeger had for decades been an unrepentant communist, and an outspoken admirer of Joseph Stalin to boot. Yet there he was, the old commie singing astride a beaming president.
As long as Rachael madcow is upset everything fine.
Quote from Swift..”When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign..that the dunces are all in a Confederacy against him.” Trump’s life shows that he does possess true genius which could greatly help and even save America, but those whose ENVY eats them up want him extinguished. Will they succeed with what is now bordering on madness? Time will tell whether lawlessness in our government wins out over those who want a government of laws and not of men/women. If things do not change, Obamacare is not the only thing which is shortly to implode.
The constitution party is lookin' mighty good.
“since there’s nothing that Donald Trump and his supporters can do to try to win over his most hardcore detractors, there’s no point in even trying. “
That’s the central point of the commentary.
Pretty good read though.
The constitution party is lookin’ mighty good.
This. I have been feeling that Trump should leave the R Party and start NOW building a new party with three years plus before the 2020 election.
Ala, I saw him speaking about the AHCA this morning and he shows no signs that that has even been considered.
They hated George Bush, and Ronald Reagan, And Mitt Romney, and, well....all Republicans.
The Left will never change and they can go straight to Hell.
It’s all about pushing the right button.
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