re: Socialism has to be stamped out

First of all, thank you for replying without a personal attack.

I have been cursed and called names here. Even though such comments from anonymous online sources don't bother me, I do prefer straightforward comments such as yours, so thank you again.

A comprehensive reply to you would take a book, but perhaps let's go back a few years.

Remember Michael Dukakis in 1988?




How about Howard Dean in 2004?



These relatively minor moments were sufficient to end their respective candidacies.

So in 2015, when trump did this much worse act, he demonstrated that he was not a credible candidate and he would be completely inappropriate to serve as President. Mocking a disabled man? Definitely not presidential and he should have been eliminated from consideration at that time.





In 2016, his "grab 'em by the pussy" became known. Honestly, that's disgusting for anyone. And it is especially so for someone seeking public office. It is incomprehensible for someone who wants to represent all of the citizens of our country. At the time, my daughters were teenagers. Suffice it to say that we had some difficult conversations.

Of course, there is much more. He has been found in a court of law to have committed sexual assault. His companies have gone into bankruptcy, even a casino. How do you run a casino into bankruptcy? He found a way. He also found a way to misuse charity funds. And so many contractors and workers he just didn't pay. How can you do business like that?

Then there are the lies. So many lies. Yes, Obama was born in Hawaii, and when the Republican Governor of Hawaii confirmed that fact, that should have ended all doubt on the issue. But he kept on and on. Same thing with the nonsense about a stolen election in 2020. Over 60 lawsuits, and all of the dismissed, with many dismissed with sanctions. In other words, there has been zero, zero evidence to back up his claim, yet he continues to repeat it to this day.

He cheated on his first wife with Marla Maples. He later married Marla, but cheated on her with Melania. He later married Melania, but shortly after giving birth to their son, he cheated on her with a porn actress.

Oh, yeah, and he's an actual felon x 34. I literally would not hire someone with his background and resume to be my yard man. All of this, and yet I've barely scratched the surface.

And then go back to Michael Dukakis simply riding in a tank, and Howard Dean with an awkward yell. That's all it took. It still is hard to see how we got to this point.

Eventually, there will be a miniseries documentary exposé on the many horrible things this man has done, some show like American Greed. I'm old, so I may not still be around when it happens. But my daughters will be. And they will remember that their dad constantly opposed trump.

You don't fight socialism with big govt. We made that mistake with the cold war. Decentralization is the answer.