Donald Trump's ghastly fail.

Presidential hopeful Mr. Donald Trump registered a total fail at his recent Town Hall meeting in Rochester, N.H.
His first questioner asserted that  President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, that the President is Muslim, and that Muslims have "training camps" (for what?) in  the United States.
If Mr. Trump is a "Statesman"  ( as the Sarasota County FL Republican Club has twice asserted) he would have replied in words such as these.
1, "It is beyond doubt that the President was born on the U.S.A.  His birth certificate makes this clear".
2. "Our President is a baptised Christian".
3. "If you have information about Muslim Training Camps which are a potential  threat to national security, please report them to the F.B.I."
Instead Mr. Trump evaded the questioner by saying that  "we are going to be looking at that and plenty of other things." 
Thus Mr. Donald Trump pandered to the the all-American tradition of Nativists, "Know  Nothings"; Anti-Catholics; Anti-Semites, and Anti-Immigrants. 
This all-American tradition  is deeply embedded  in our D.N.A 

Lest you should be tempted  to not believe ( and in some cases discount)  my words, because I am  proud Liberal, please read the following from Republican Senator Lindsey  Graham.   (Taken from NBC)
"Trump remains under fire for his response to a questioner at a town hall on Thursday night, who suggested to Trump that President Barack Obama is Muslim and was not born in the United States. The man also complained of Muslim "training camps" and asked "When can we get rid of them?"
Trump told the man "we are going to be looking at that and plenty of other things." Trump's campaign clarified after that "that" meant the training camps, but many, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, attacked Trump for not standing up to the premise of the man's question.
"You had a chance here to show who you were," Graham told NBC's Andrea Mitchell. "You have to push back. We are trying to be the leader of a nation here."

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Shoe insults

Last year I consulted with a local podiatrist: Dr. Robert F Herbold Jr. D.P.M. 4717 Swift Rd., Sarasota , FL – 34231  because I was being bothered with a couple of bunions  (yes I am at that age). I was very impressed with this Doctor.  He agreed that I had bunions, but he ventured that it was much too soon for surgery. (Now there’s a first). Instead he recommended some “arch supports” to relieve the tension for my feet, a tension which was exacerbating the bunions. What’s more -  he told me that he sells these arch supports at the miserly sum of $2.50 each (about 1/5 of the price in the local pharmacies). He is an honest man, and I recommend him to anyone with foot problems. So, a couple of weeks ago, having purchased some new walking shoes, I knew that I needed to buy a couple of new arch supports I took myself to his office. Once there, my mind went blank. I wanted to ask his front desk Clerk if I could buy some “shoe inserts” , as I could not remember the words “ar
Read more

The background, the couple, my friends, the wedding ceremony, the Shaykh, the Priest,

Image
The background   I have known the Keller/Bonsey family since 2000 when I became the Rector at St. James's, Cambridge, MA. They (Elisabeth Keller and the Revd. Steven Bonsey with their four children Noah, Sam, Josiah and Annie) had come back to Cambridge from Hawaii where Steve had been the Rector of an Episcopal parish. Steve had just been appointed as a Chaplain at Tufts University (no Sunday morning duties) so the entire family was able to enrich our common life at St. James's - which they did with great love and joy. I count them as friends and have stayed in touch with them since my retirement.  Noah, the oldest son is eloquent in Arabic (he spent a year in Damascus when Syria was a safe place).  He has developed a super career as an analyst of social media in the near East.    Noah worked in Tampa for a while a few years ago, so he and I were able to get together a few
Read more

It began in Bristol U.K. "A man dies" and "Jesus Christ Superstar"

Image
I well remember the swirling controversy in Bristol, U.K. when a (Presbyterian) Minister the Revd, Earnest Marviin created a ":Rock Opera", called "A Man Dies"  in and for his congregation in the Lockleaze area of Bristol, U.K. Earnest Mrvin I was a sixteen years old member of the Plymouth Brethren Church back in those days, so I most likely disapproved of "A Man Dies" .  We, (the Plymouth Brethren),  disapproved of everything! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I had forgotten all about "A Man Dies" until earlier today when saw these pictures on the "Bristol, Then and Now"  Facebook page.   St. James Presbyterian Church, Lockleaze, Bristol  The Bristol Then and Now page includes the following commentary: Lockleaze, Bristol  -  'Jesus Christ Superstar' began at St.James (Presbyterian) Chur
Read more