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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (135379)	9/2/2017 4:16:32 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Joseph Silent Respond to of 220075

People can come to different conclusions, but too often those different conclusions are due to a lack of information and a lack of understanding. As the saying goes, "You're entitled to your own opinions, but you're not entitled to your own facts." Trump could repeal the Law of Gravity, but his actions wouldn't have any impact on the real world.

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (135379)	9/2/2017 4:56:39 PM
From: Gemlaoshi	4 Recommendations Recommended By abuelita bart13 bruiser98 Joseph Silent Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220075

Joseph, IMHO, Donald Trump (the person) is just a distraction for both political parties who refuse to recognize the Big Lesson from the 2016 election. Had the DNC run an honest primary, the general election would probably have been between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Two outsiders from the entrenched interests of both parties is the real lesson to be gained. We The People at some gut level realize that our country faces some very real problems, many of which have some very practical solutions. We are tired of ideological gamesmanship and political hacks. Trump may not be the Great Savior, but he is a great example of the larger underlying issue. If the Democrats don't abandon the "resistance" mindset and develop some very practical solutions, they will continue to lose. And the Republican PTB need to move beyond Reaganomics, the Tea Party, and neocon regime change to address very real economic and social issues. Otherwise, they will become as irrelevant as the Democratic Party. Donald has the opportunity to become the next FDR by addressing the practical needs of the people while taking on the entrenched interests in both parties. It remains to be seen if he finally catches on to why he was really elected. If not him, I think The People will continue to search for an outsider who has learned the Big Lesson and is capable of acting.

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (135379)	9/2/2017 7:15:08 PM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Recommended By alanrs Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 220075

What do you deduce from this ? Lynn Yaeger, writing at Vogue.com, Aug. 29, 2017: This morning, Mrs. Trump boarded Air Force One wearing a pair of towering pointy-toed snakeskin heels better suited to a shopping afternoon on Madison Avenue or a girls’ luncheon at La Grenouille. While the nation is riveted by images of thousands of Texans wading with their possessions, their pets, their kids, in chest-high water, desperately seeking refuge; while a government official recommend that those who insist on sheltering in place write their names and social security numbers on their arms, Melania Trump is heading to visit them in footwear that is a challenge to walk in on dry land. ... What kind of message does a fly-in visit from a First Lady in sky-high stilettos send to those suffering the enormous hardship, the devastation of this natural disaster? And why, oh why, can’t this administration get anything, even a pair of shoes, right? Lynn Yaeger, writing at the Village Voice, Feb. 27, 2007: The country may be ready for a woman in high office, but can we shed its lurid fascination with the details of her wardrobe? . . . The problem, in a nutshell, is this: Unlike their male counterparts, women politicians have no single way that they are expected to dress. Whatever you do, you’re wrong: You’re either too sexy or too dowdy; too soignée or too sloppy. The apparently irresistible desire to savage women transcends party and even international lines: Condi Rice’s butchy boots and her shopping trip to Ferragamo on Fifth Avenue (OK, so it was only a few days after Hurricane Katrina) were widely excoriated; Ségoléne Royal, the Socialist candidate for the presidency of France (if she wins, she’ll be that country’s first female head of state) was hammered for traipsing around the slums of Chile in spike heels . . .