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POTUS is an acronym for president of the United States, but it might also mean people of the United States, or politics of the United States.
Yesterday I listened to an entire speech by Michelle Obama, (FLOTUS) in New Hampshire. If you were a democrat I imagine you might think it was a really great speech given by a really good speaker. I liked it a lot because it seemed very much from the heart and spoke to what she thought was important.
“This is not normal,” she said. “This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful, it is intolerable, and it doesn’t matter what party you belong to. No woman deserves to be treated this way — none of us deserves this kind of abuse.”
Her speech lit up Twitter and the Internet. She spoke as Trump was waiting to appear, and on the cable networks — two at least — the images showed a fiery first lady dominating the screen with a tiny box in the corner of the crowded arena awaiting the GOP nominee. Both CNN and MSNBC broke away from regular coverage to show the Obama speech. Fox News did not carry it.
And then I listened Donald Trump give a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida. If you were a democrat and Clinton supporter I can only imagine what you thought of the speech. Deranged, mean spirited, indecent and in ways incoherent, full of attacks on Clinton, Obama, establishment Republicans, the "media" and by implication everybody who doesn't think that the Clintons should be in jail.
He cast the choice in November as between a political-media-corporate establishment against the rest of the country, a divide-to-conquer strategy that has been urged on him by his advisers.
“This is not simply another four-year election,” he said. “This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether or not we the people reclaim control over our government.”
He said the most recent allegations of sexual misconduct were “preposterous, ludicrous, and defy truth, common sense and logic.” He promised to produce evidence to refute them and appeared to take a swipe at a People magazine reporter who said he had kissed her and forced himself against her, seeming to suggest that her appearance should cast doubt on her allegations.
“You take a look. Look at her,” he said. “Look at her words. You tell me what you think. I don’t think so. I don’t think so.”
He said the establishment will try to retain its grip on power through all manner of means. “Anyone who challenges their control is deemed a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe and morally deformed. They will attack you, they will slander you, they will seek to destroy your career and your family, they will seek to destroy everything about you, including your reputation. They will lie, lie, lie, and then again they will do worse than that, they will do whatever is necessary. The Clintons are criminals, remember that. They’re criminals.”
Twenty five days left and it isn't over.
Yesterday I listened to an entire speech by Michelle Obama, (FLOTUS) in New Hampshire. If you were a democrat I imagine you might think it was a really great speech given by a really good speaker. I liked it a lot because it seemed very much from the heart and spoke to what she thought was important.
“This is not normal,” she said. “This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful, it is intolerable, and it doesn’t matter what party you belong to. No woman deserves to be treated this way — none of us deserves this kind of abuse.”
Her speech lit up Twitter and the Internet. She spoke as Trump was waiting to appear, and on the cable networks — two at least — the images showed a fiery first lady dominating the screen with a tiny box in the corner of the crowded arena awaiting the GOP nominee. Both CNN and MSNBC broke away from regular coverage to show the Obama speech. Fox News did not carry it.
And then I listened Donald Trump give a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida. If you were a democrat and Clinton supporter I can only imagine what you thought of the speech. Deranged, mean spirited, indecent and in ways incoherent, full of attacks on Clinton, Obama, establishment Republicans, the "media" and by implication everybody who doesn't think that the Clintons should be in jail.
He cast the choice in November as between a political-media-corporate establishment against the rest of the country, a divide-to-conquer strategy that has been urged on him by his advisers.
“This is not simply another four-year election,” he said. “This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether or not we the people reclaim control over our government.”
He said the most recent allegations of sexual misconduct were “preposterous, ludicrous, and defy truth, common sense and logic.” He promised to produce evidence to refute them and appeared to take a swipe at a People magazine reporter who said he had kissed her and forced himself against her, seeming to suggest that her appearance should cast doubt on her allegations.
“You take a look. Look at her,” he said. “Look at her words. You tell me what you think. I don’t think so. I don’t think so.”
He said the establishment will try to retain its grip on power through all manner of means. “Anyone who challenges their control is deemed a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe and morally deformed. They will attack you, they will slander you, they will seek to destroy your career and your family, they will seek to destroy everything about you, including your reputation. They will lie, lie, lie, and then again they will do worse than that, they will do whatever is necessary. The Clintons are criminals, remember that. They’re criminals.”
Twenty five days left and it isn't over.
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