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Kate Fall's avatar

I'd just like to say right now that if Trump asked me to be his Vice President, I'd say no. I know you were all wondering, since I'm probably at about the same level on the list as Ben Carson. But I'll have to decline as I hear that Trump fellow can't keep his hands to himself.

Also, I haven't decided if I'm going to accept the results of the most recent vote here. I know it's just the school budget, and me accepting it doesn't make any difference, but I'd like to announce my ambivalence, just in case you were forgetting about me and how important I am.

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Deutschmeister's avatar

I'm going to go out on a big, wobbly limb here and speculate that the gang members who have embraced DJT and his candidacy don't actually give a defecation about him and his agenda -- or lack thereof -- so much as they see the prospect of him either a) offering them pardons for any federal crimes committed if he were to return to the presidency, b) enabling them to get into the good graces of MAGA with an acceptance of and public shoutout for their endorsement, or c) both.

True that the contrast with DJT's supposed law-and-order stance is glaring. But he crossed the bridge of contradiction on that count long ago, and has done so many times since then. Instead the concern is that the person who seeks to be the leader of our nation, and by extension the free world, cannot see how blatantly he is being played by a group of thugs for their own personal gain. If he is dumb enough, and/or is desperate enough for approval, to make that sort of deal with the devil with gang members, what does that tell everyone about his ability to figure out what Putin, Xi, and others want when they come calling with their own flattery and much more dangerous agendas for our nation and the world?

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