11-26-2016, 08:26 PM
Your pom-poms are getting a major workout here, Mags.
I'm not trusting that Trump is going to do what you want him to do because you say he said so and so he will......anymore than I'm trusting he won't really do some things he said he would do because you say he won't.
I'll judge him on his own words and actions, which are reported in media (same as everything available publicly), not your opinions and not according to pundit narrative. Facts still count to many of us and judgments and opinions based upon them is still good subject matter for discussion, in my view.
If Michelle Obama had refused to move into the White House and had a similar arrangement for her and her daughters (costing taxpayers additional $$$ millions in Secret Services and local police), I find it extremely difficult to believe that you would have been chastising people for questioning/criticizing it -- especially if it also meant small businesses in the area were losing revenue due to the disruption, and traffic jams and street closures were regular inconveniences to the citizens living in the area (as is the happs around Trump Tower in Manhattan -- that's a fact).
The way Obama rides a bicycle and carries an umbrella, plus his family vacations (on par or less than other presidents), were enough to get you bitching, FFS.
At any rate, because I'm up for discussing the circumstances and facts leading to his presidency doesn't imply that I'm not giving Trump a chance, obviously.
I'm not trusting that Trump is going to do what you want him to do because you say he said so and so he will......anymore than I'm trusting he won't really do some things he said he would do because you say he won't.
I'll judge him on his own words and actions, which are reported in media (same as everything available publicly), not your opinions and not according to pundit narrative. Facts still count to many of us and judgments and opinions based upon them is still good subject matter for discussion, in my view.
If Michelle Obama had refused to move into the White House and had a similar arrangement for her and her daughters (costing taxpayers additional $$$ millions in Secret Services and local police), I find it extremely difficult to believe that you would have been chastising people for questioning/criticizing it -- especially if it also meant small businesses in the area were losing revenue due to the disruption, and traffic jams and street closures were regular inconveniences to the citizens living in the area (as is the happs around Trump Tower in Manhattan -- that's a fact).
The way Obama rides a bicycle and carries an umbrella, plus his family vacations (on par or less than other presidents), were enough to get you bitching, FFS.
At any rate, because I'm up for discussing the circumstances and facts leading to his presidency doesn't imply that I'm not giving Trump a chance, obviously.