And in doing so, bash the tens of millions of Americans who support many Trump ideals, if not Trump himself. Liberals have a hard time showing actual patriotism
We hold this truth to be self-evident on the nation’s 240th birthday: In character and vision, Donald Trump clashes with the timeless wisdom of America’s Founding Fathers.
Trump , the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, vows to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, choke off legal immigration and bar all refugees from war-torn Syria. His gut called for closing the door to all Muslims.
George Washington wrote:
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges.â€
Of course, Washington was talking about people coming to the national legally, people who would then become part of our great melting pot (a phrase coined much later). We are a generous nation. What we do not want are people coming to our shores illegally or overstaying their visas. Nor do we want the illegals and legals to come here and demand that we change for them, that they get to practice their own laws and we must conform to their laws and mores.
Trump rouses supporters by railing that powerful forces have crippled America while proclaiming that he alone can restore the nation’s lost glory: “I will give you everything. I will give you what you’ve been looking for 50 years. I am the only one.â€
Of course, Bernie and Hillary, along with so much of the Democratic Party, do the same, railing against Wall Street, the moneyed class, industry, and so forth.
Trump , in a combination that would drive the U.S. far deeper into debt, pledges to dramatically hike spending on the military, Social Security and Medicare while slashing taxes by huge sums.
Jefferson wrote:
“The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.â€
Say what? Democrats plan to jack up spending to unbelievable levels, and care little about imbalances. Of course, they do want to tax the hell out of the middle class, so there is that. Here’s the funniest, though
Trump struts, preens, beats his chest and, with unshakable faith that he is right, proclaims mightiness from bedroom to the boardroom, while insulting and demeaning those who are different from him, those who are disabled, those who disagree with his policies, and, most of all, those who question his greatness.
Washington wrote :
“I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection . . . and that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.â€
Happy birthday, America, we hope and pray.
Have they not been watching that last 7+ years of Obama?
PS: still not a Trump fan.
