{"id":1318289,"date":"2020-02-17T19:28:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T02:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=993724"},"modified":"2020-02-17T19:28:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T02:28:37","slug":"tuesday-letters-trump-klobuchar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/tuesday-letters-trump-klobuchar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday letters: Trump, Klobuchar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bad bathroom dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n

After our Electoral College system resulted in Trump being the handed keys to the Oval Office in 2016, I was hopeful that he would shift away from the persona he projected during his campaign. I wanted him to become presidential. That hasn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n

Every day on the long trip since then has been like a dream about stopping at a gas station to use the bathroom, knowing that a gas station latrine is not likely to provide a good experience. Sure enough, the clogged commode has overflowed onto the floor, the stall door is broken, and someone has left a dirty diaper in the only sink. An orange-tinted guy is busy adding to graffiti covering the wall. He\u2019s carrying a plunger that looks suspiciously like a tweeter, and when I ask what he\u2019s doing, he says, \u201cI\u2019m practicing my signature for executive orders that will get rid of Obama stuff. If there is anything left that I haven\u2019t already eliminated, it\u2019s toast.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that point in the dream, the orange guy disappears, replaced by a turtle-looking fellow displaying a name tag identifying him as \u201cMitch.\u201d Recognizing the Speaker of the U.S. Senate, I ask, \u201cHow do you get your way so often?\u201d His response: \u201cI just give the orange guy the name of someone who isn\u2019t cooperating, and 45 produces a tweet that scares the hell out of the dissenter. Others see that and stick to the party line. Actually it takes Don very little time since he has an app for that. It translates Fox News reports into twitter format and downloads the finished products to his tweeter so he can post them.\u201c <\/p>\n

After three years of this, it\u2019s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and the dirty-bathroom dream. Just try to imagine the nightmares that could follow if he is re-elected: Vote.<\/p>\n

John Palmer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glenwood Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not paying attention<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my ongoing efforts at understanding how, after three years of Trump, there are still significant numbers among us that see this guy as some sort of messenger chosen by God to save us from ourselves, I have come to the only conclusion that makes sense to me. You\u2019re not paying attention. <\/p>\n

I would bet my life against 10 cents that a significant majority of those still mesmerized by this con didn\u2019t watch 10 minutes of the recent impeachment proceedings, or have no clue that Trump, along with that great American patriot William Barr, is corrupting the Justice Department in glaring and plain sight. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m so confounded by the complete absence of critical thinking. It explains why it is nearly impossible to have a rational conversation with these people. Trump and the current GOP have, with stunning success, gotten 40% of us to disregard facts and look the other way. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s no coincidence that \u201cfake news\u201d was never a thing until we got ourselves a fake president. Stupid comments regarding the amazing economy that Trump is somehow responsible for are just that. Stupid. When it crashes, which it will (for too many reasons to list), Obama will surely take the hit in some ridiculous, convoluted way. <\/p>\n

Frankly, the idea that we should hang our collective hat on some short term \u201cbooming\u201d economy at the expense of \u2026 I don\u2019t know \u2026 maybe \u2026 the climate crisis is not only jarringly selfish, but also completely reckless. Thank god we can once again pollute with impunity. Our grandchildren will be so proud. <\/p>\n

And finally, for the religious supporters of this moron, have you ever considered that he might very well embody the complete opposite of what you believe him to be? As far as my understanding of an antichrist goes, he certainly checks all the boxes.<\/p>\n

Erik MacPherson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glenwood Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why I like Amy<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Spoiler alert: I want a woman in the Oval Office before I die.)<\/p>\n

I began paying attention to Amy Klobuchar after I saw her exchanges with Bret Kavanaugh at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in September 2018. Amy handled herself graciously and with decency in the rather ragged dialog she had with him. Plus she was forthright about her family\u2019s struggle with alcoholism, a burden many Americans share. Over time she has shared other personal circumstances that affect many of us, including her parents\u2019 divorce and her daughter\u2019s ICU confinement at birth. I believe she genuinely knows our struggles because she\u2019s like us.<\/p>\n

Amy has the endorsements. She has a sound resume of public service. She knows how government works and should work. She was elected county attorney for Minnesota\u2019s most populous county in 1998 and became the state\u2019s first elected female senator in 2006. The only personal negative about her of which I\u2019m aware are allegations that she is a too-demanding boss. I think she is tough, serious, honest and exacting, qualities that cut both ways.<\/p>\n

The most apt label for Amy\u2019s politics is probably moderate. She has a reputation for being a hard-working pragmatist instead of someone who wants to blow things up. For example, her view on health care access is to allow folks to buy into Medicare rather than having an abrupt changeover to a Medicare For All system.<\/p>\n

She is not 70 and she is not 30; I like that. True, she wears comfortable shoes and business suits that middle-aged moms wear (she is a middle-aged mom after all). But she\u2019s got her bangs under control now, and with good humor and sharp wit, she\u2019s more than ready for prime time. Her debate performances have shown she can stand up to her opponents with civility and get the facts across clearly at the same time. I like that too.<\/p>\n

Electability? I think anyone people support can be elected. After all \u2026 <\/p>\n

Joyce L. Jenkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glenwood Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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