(Part 3 of 3 . . . It’s time for Republicans to show us
how they would govern and lead us forward, not backwards. Stop kicking funding
a couple of months down the road and look at the long term. Stop the political
bickering, and threatening to close down the government and get to work
proposing legislation that helps the country, builds the jobs base, better
feeds and educates kids and protects instead of harms the environment. The
middle class is struggling, so stop pandering to the 1 percent and big business,
fix and simplify the tax code, end failed trickle down economic policies and
encourage investment here, not abroad. Show us you can lead, not just bitch,)
Trump has captured an audience with his plain, tough (and
often offensive) speeches and interviews. Eventually he needs to tell us what
his policies are . . . instead of simply saying “I know how to get stuff done.”
That’s not good enough. But do people care, Not in August 2015 they don’t.
Pundits had Trump fading soon after he announced, but instead he has improved
in the polls. He’s a celebrity accountable to no political interests, at least
as far as we know. People love his off-the-cuff remarks, unadulterated opinions
and willingness to take on everything that he sees wrong with America.
The problem is most of his off-the-cuff ideas aren’t
possible . . . A wall along the Mexican border would cost a trillion dollars
(which, he said Mexico would pay for) . . . How could we possibly round up 11
million of so undocumented immigrants? . . . Couldn't. Not even with Dog the
Bounty Hunter. . . . And on and on. They all sound good to some people, but we
need someone who can lead, not just talk. He has also pulled most of the GOP
field even further right than they were. That, according to even Republican
analysis of the 2012 election, is not a winning strategy.
Therein lies the problem for now . . . Who can govern and
lead the country forward through an ever-changing world?
To me, the current Republican tone is much too negative.
There’s not one voice trying to lift voters up . . . There’s too much of “This
is what’s wrong with America.” I might remind people that much the same thing
was said when Bush the Son was in office, getting us in to two endless wars and
spending a few trillion dollars in the process.
We need more jobs, better educational systems, stronger
protections for food-insecure families, support for broad-based women’s health
care, a trade agreement with Cuba, protection of voting rights for everyone,
fewer tax breaks for large corporations and a tightening of tax loopholes that
let companies avoid U.S. taxes by moving operations overseas, an end to
trickle-down economics that just don’t work, a continuation of a health care
system that enables the middle class to afford health care, an ongoing and
long-term approval of funds to maintain and repair our highways, transportation
systems, rails, bridges and tunnels, and less talk about how you want to spin
us back into the 50s . . .
Obama’s not running for office . . . He already won twice
. . . So you need to stop beating that dead horse, pull up your big boy pants
and show us some vision.
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