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Donald J. Trump
People, a lot of us are skeptical. Some of us have faith. Some of us believe. Some of us want to believe. Some of us don't believe. Take a step back and think about everything that has happened in your own lives to this point. We have all seen how unfair life can be. How we from time to time get cheated by the courts, by the law, by a person we trusted. We go to work and receive our pay that never seems to be enough. We watch the news and hear one lie after the next about why we are struggling. We listen to one President after the next say every time how he, or she will be the one to fix it. And we grow old hoping the whole time things will get better. All the while dealing with life's problems. Bills, jealousy, fighting, kids, schools, house, cars. We never seem to have enough time to do what we want or think about the things we want to do because we are constantly tired and busy. We all want something to believe in. Something that when we wake up each day, we can look ahead and think to ourselves, that is why i'm doing this, that is why i'm here. And we can have confidence that the work we are doing will pay off and we will be rewarded for it. We can make plans to do things and look forward to them and be excited about them. And look forward to sharing them with our families. Well, lately in this country things have not been like that for anyone that I could see. It has been slowly getting worse in every way in each aspect of our lives. We are usually too caught up in trying to survive to notice when it started getting worse but I think we all have that moment where we can look back and recognize a slight change. But for me Donald Trump becoming President was at first, no different than any before him. But then I started paying attention to the media harassing him at every turn. I started to get curious as to why they were giving this man so much trouble unlike any other President before him. I found it odd that the intense hatred for this man was off the charts to an unreasonable degree. I was curious as to why they were targeting this man who was just another President in my mind. He was no different than any other I personally had seen come and go to that point in my life. Presidents come and go. Some are liked some are disliked. But this time it was unusual. He was doing something that the media and the establishment and the whole world was not happy about. I started to pay closer attention and I realized that what he was doing, he was doing not for himself, or for anyone other than America and Americans. I saw that he doesn't even take his Presidential salary. I started to like him a little for that. I watched him re-structure the trade deal with China. Not to make himself rich, but to stop the financial bleeding of America. He brought jobs, manufacturing, and money back into this Country for Americans. I liked him a little more for that. I watched him bring our economy to it's greatest success in decades if not in history. And he did all of this while under fire and constant attacks from the democrats in Congress. All of this while being smeared in the media and insulted at every turn. And I liked him a lot for that. And the First Lady being supportive of him and dealing with the snubs of the Media. She handled that with the kind of Class I can only compare to Jackie Kennedy. I watched all of this and I realized that, for the first time since I have been alive, we have a man in that Office that is there for us. A man who is there for the People of this Country. And he is fighting people from every direction. He deserves so much better than that. If people that dislike him knew what he really stands for and what he is really fighting for and how hard he is fighting, they would be ashamed of themselves for ever slandering him. He is truly an inspiration for all Americans . If we could aspire to be half the man he is, we would be lucky. If he is the real deal, then we are watching history unfold. If he isn't, we still have a man in that office fighting for you and me. We should be so lucky. We have all become so used to the way things are, that we forgot how they should be, and CAN be. I see people doubting him and saying his sincerity isn't real. But it is real. And the suffering this country is dealing with is real. The corruption is real. The lies that the media and the Democrats are uttering are real. And the man in the oval office who is fighting for you, he is real. I believe his sincerity is real. And I believe in President Trump and what he is doing for us. So if you want to wake up and go to work, and feel good about your future for once. You should believe it too. Because there is nothing wrong with wanting to believe in something. There is nothing wrong with hope. There is even nothing wrong with being wrong. To believe in something that is bigger than yourself is never wrong. It is your hopes and your ideas of what a good life can be like. That is something that can never be taken from you. That is a dream that belongs to each and every one of us and is unique to us. If I am wrong then I am wrong. But I believe that life can be better and I want to help make it happen. Is that a bad thing? Is it really so impossible to believe that a man who may not be well liked by everyone, might actually be a good President? The message here is that, you don't have to like him, but try to give him a chance before you judge him. And I mean you, yourself, give him a chance without the input from the media. You might see something there that was clouded by the hatred of everyone else. It is at the very least something you can do for our country to take a closer look.
Brian BeckerPublished 4 years ago in The SwampReport on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 4
And the 2020 Democratic National Convention concluded on Thursday night, very likely the most important political convention in our American history, because it nominated candidates for President and Vice President for what in many ways is the most important election in our history, upcoming in November. Why so important? Because it's the last and only chance to vote out of office a President who is the biggest threat to our democracy in history, Donald Trump.
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampThe Freedom's Ring of A Gentrified House
My house doesn't need "things" to make it a dream home, nor does it need a remodel or a makeover or a staging crew. It needs to be moved into a different neighborhood. That’s it.
THE CRUCIBLEPublished 4 years ago in The SwampSearching For Truth, Part III
You never know. Things are a little bit different this year. They are not so good. Comparing the past hundred years or so with now was necessary. It forced me to look within myself. I realized this used to be a wonderful time of year for sports fans, for it was the time of year when there was a grand intersection of sports. On television one could see several different sports being played every day, all the time, everywhere, by high school, college and professional athletes in baseball, basketball, football and soccer. And by kids in the neighborhood. The ancient sports, those that pitted one player against another—sports like golf, tennis, wrestling and boxing became easier to deal with because they did not rely necessarily on fan support. You could still safely wander around the golf course looking for your ball.
Barry BlakePublished 4 years ago in The SwampReport on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 3
What a speech by Barack Obama on the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the first virtual National Democratic or Republican Convention in history! I thought the speech was so pertinent and powerful it was even better than his speeches as President, and in his campaigns for that office. Unafraid to call out the monster, the would-be destroyer of our democracy, now in the White House. Sobering, inspiring, chilling, and so very necessary.
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampReport on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 2
I thought the second day of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, totally virtual, on television last night, hit an emotional tone which was at once as deep as it gets, and hopeful. The casting of the nominating ballots, state by state, in alphabetical order, was especially moving and satisfying, a much better multi-faceted picture of America than could ever be offered in an in-person physical convention, because we actually got to see the states and cities across this country from which the delegates, multicultural, colorfully dressed and spoken, were casting their votes.
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampReport on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 1
I thought the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the first virtual convention ever held, was truly effective. Not only because of what the well-known speakers said, which was passionate and true and highly effective, but also because of several speakers I don't recall seeing before at any national political convention.
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampDespite the Biden/Harris Problem
Despite the Biden/Harris Problem Like many voters, I’m not a fan of Biden/Harris. We don’t need to discuss the many reasons why, but I understand the sentiment. It will literally hurt me to cast my vote for the Biden/Harris ticket, but I will.
Glenda DavisPublished 4 years ago in The SwampDefending the Postal Service
It seems strange to have to write in defense of the U. S. Postal Service, but it's a measure of the depravity of the man in the White House, and how far he's willing to go in his flailing attempt to win another term in office. Removing sorting machines, removing mailboxes, doing whatever he can to gum up the works of a service that everyone loves and has never been more essential in this our age of the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming Presidential election. An election which could well determine the fate and future of democracy in this country. An election which the person now in office will do anything to win,
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampCOVID - 19
I live in New Hampshire where there's two hundred and fourteen cases of people who have tested positive for the Coronavirus and two have died. No one knows if that's the accurate numbers because we all follow something different, social media, newspapers, and the tv. Even then how do we really know everything is actually true? It could be, but what if someone said the wrong number, hit the wrong button, or recorded something falsely on purpose to try and reveal some "new" news.
Kieko KaziPublished 4 years ago in The SwampWhat is happening??
Don’t know where to start. The Pandemic made people so selfish that it didn’t matter who was in front of you. Then came the Protests and whoops.. everyone started to care for one another. I sense some hypocrisy.. but that’s just my opinion.
Lisa SultePublished 4 years ago in The SwampWe have to get control of our country before it is too late
We are now living in the twilight zone. We are placing criminals on the street, because of a disease that is ravishing a large part of the country and the world, while placing business owners in jail for trying to feed themselves and their families. You can go to jail for not wearing a mask, but it wasn't good enough to give convicted felons, they had to be released for their safety. Meanwhile, rapists are rapping again and one has even killed his former victim. Bars are not allowed to opened and neither are gyms or fitness centers, yet, large scale protests and riots are allowed to happen with no repercussions. The police are under attack in this country and there seems to be no end in sight.
Bradley PerryPublished 4 years ago in The Swamp