Can`t give Trump chance to cause more damage

Posted 11/22/16

To the Editor: In Christopher Curran's Views on the News Thursday, November 17 edition he offers an explanation of the electoral victory of Donald Trump, describing the flaws and mistakes of Secretary Clinton and her campaign , the ongoing email saga and

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Can`t give Trump chance to cause more damage

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To the Editor:

In Christopher Curran's Views on the News Thursday, November 17 edition he offers an explanation of the electoral victory of Donald Trump, describing the flaws and mistakes of Secretary Clinton and her campaign , the ongoing email saga and his assertion that she came across as distrustful and with out vision. In contrast, Curran sees Trump as the outsider with a consistent theme who could change the stagnation in Washington. While noting the undercurrent of racism and bigotry in Trump's campaign, Curran fails to address many of the other factors, lazy media, misogyny, apathy and journalistic malfeasance and urges us to give Trump a chance with the promise that the world will not come to an end and a "new blossoming economy" may be on the way.

Curran's is correct that Trump had a "consistent theme." His "vision" included the lie that jobs that undocumented workers and China have taken will come back, Hillary will be prosecuted, and we will keep Islamic people out of then US. Trump supporters found this an attractive message and were willing to overlook his hidden finances, his very offensive private behavior, his admiration for dictator Putin and his Russian financial dealings, his disdain for Sen, McCain and Gold Star parents, his illegal shenanigans within his own foundation, etc. And it will be to their detriment as they, more than many, will suffer under the economic policies he proposes. Dead and dying industries will not be coming back to revitalize Rust Belt and increasing coal production will not bring relief to those states whose economies are adversely affected by coal's low demand. He will not drain the swamp as his troubling initial appointments show.

We cannot give him a chance to do more damage than he has already done during the campaign. There should be no support for the dismantling of essential social programs, the limitations women's reproductive rights, depriving LGBT citizens of their civil rights, denying climate change challenges, or as Curran puts it "polar bears not having enough ice to play on.” With the promise of mass deportations, Islamic registration, reinstating war crimes, curbing free undermining out allies and commitments and a congress in agreement with much of these ideas, I can't imagine what "better angels" Curran thinks we might look to. Trump’s regressive ideas have gotten a toehold and there should be no aiding and abetting them any further.

Curran's views are a prominent feature of the Beacon and I assume they reflect those of the publisher. Cancel all further delivery. Anne Dunbar

Warwick

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  • bendover

    Will you be leaving the country along with Baldwin, Cyrus, Jackson, Moore and other assorted crackpots now that your as yet un-indicted criminal has been crushed by Donald Trump?

    Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Report this

  • JohnStark

    Ms. Dunbar,

    By "essential" social programs, are you conceding that many of them are not essential? It's always refreshing to hear a liberal acknowledge this distinction. I'm not sure that President-Elect Trump ever expressed an opinion relative to "women's reproductive rights", as women have always had the right to reproduce, and will continue to do so quite freely. And to which civil rights do you refer that the President-Elect wishes to deprive LGBT citizens? Freedom of speech? Assembly? Keep and bear arm? Quartering of troops? As a start, perhaps you could forego the alphabet soup and better define what, exactly, an "LGBT" citizen is. Finally, it was not Mr. Curran's "assertion" that Ms. Clinton is distrustful, but rather the opinion of 68% (CNN) and 67% (CBS) of poll respondents. It's probably time that the collection of government employees, far-left feminist lemmings (entertaining though they may be), and various professional victim groups that comprised the Clinton coalition accept the reality that, as Barak Hussein Obama opined: Elections have consequences. Buckle up.

    Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Report this

  • BigPapi

    Bendover, do you mean the 1.7 million votes and counting that he lost the popular vote by? Is that your definition of crushing? Lol there are 1.7 million more people in this country who think people like you are a scumbag and guess what - they are right.

    Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Report this

  • bendover

    Big Poopi: ( Big Papi is spoken for)...Mrs. Doubtfire lost 34 out of 50 States. Secondly, the Founders were smart enough to come up with the electoral college, in order to keep a few large States with population from rendering the votes in smaller States meaningless...But that's OK...You keep taking that post election Xanax and counseling and perhaps you will snap out of your coma. Have some whine with your cheese.

    Sunday, November 27, 2016 Report this

  • JohnStark

    Mr. Papi: Ms. Clinton's popular vote tally is as relevant as her shoe size in the electoral process. That is, it's NOT relevant at all. But Thank You for the use of the term "scumbag" to characterize those with whom you disagree. You have eloquently captured the lexicon and tone of liberals while preaching "tolerance" to the rest of us. As I've told friends, there is nothing so intolerant as the 'Tolerant' Left.

    Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Report this