Comments on: Trump Isn’t the American Reality

By: Kevin ONeill

Kevin ONeill — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:06:47 +0000

I was 8 years old. I fell asleep in front of the TV set waiting on the California primary results. I woke with the sun coming up and the TV news reporting that RFK had been assassinated. I went outside into the quiet streets and rode by bike around the neighborhood crying my eyes out.

I was born poor, Irish, and Catholic. I remembered JFK’s funeral, but I knew nothing about JFK. Bobby, though, was the closest thing to a hero I had. Fifty years later he’s probably the closest I ever came to having a hero. I wish that I could have lived in a world where he won the presidency in 1968.

By: Li D

Li D — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:23:21 +0000

Jeez, this man of the people narrative about some power hungry rich cockhead who obviously condones WMDs.
Or did he say ” No, im not going to be public servant in a government that has WMDs “?
Or did he say ” I dont want power, i never want to be in a position of authority. A humble simple life for me “?

Must be some good people ya can talk about Greg..
Just choose a random on the street. Oddss are they aint gunna be a power hungry lawyer type.

By: Rich Bly

Rich Bly — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:08:50 +0000

Since it is Halloween: I suspect if Trump would take off his mask we’d find Putin. Or did I see that on mission impossible?

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:55:08 +0000

“Trump isn’t the American reality.”

You mean like we’re in some sort of simulacrum like the matrix?

Or like if wasps have layed their eggs in your paralyzed body, when do realize they’ve hatched and that you are being hollowed out by hungry larvae?

Whatever it is, I suspect that it will take a long time to clean up this mess and that the repercussions will reverberate for generations.

Happy Halloween!

By: Rich Bly

Rich Bly — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:01:04 +0000

I am old enough that I can barely remember Eisenhower, so I don’t count him when I rank the presidents during my lifetime. I think JFK is the best president but he was so limited in time in office that it is hard to rank him at all. I think Clinton (if not considering JFK) is number 1, with Nixon and Johnson in 2 and 3 (not sure which is which) because of what they accomplished in office, # 4 would be Carter. Until Trump came along I had George the 2nd battling with Ronnie (at sleep at the switch, it wasn’t important enough to wake him when the Navy splashed two Libyan fighters) Reagan for last place. Now that Trump has become president, G2 and Ronnie seem like paragons of virtue. I never thought there would be a day that I wished G2 was still in office.

By: dean

dean — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:37:58 +0000

Why? Because Donald Trump is not the American reality. Other things are the American Reality. They are not all good things, some are bad, but many are good. And with Trump, it is all bad, very very bad

True. Nobody expects (should expect) anyone, elected official or not, to be free of warts. LBJ was a grade-A world class prick, to put it mildly, but he did deliver some good stuff. (Not enough to offset all the Vietnam crap.)

After him I thought the most dishonest, unqualified, person to serve as president in my adult life would be Reagan, a complete and utter failure morally and intellectually. With the man currently in office I am proven wrong.

By: Michael Haubrich

Michael Haubrich — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:02:14 +0000

I’d like to read this, too, because i recall the news about this shooting. I also recall that there v was a great deal of loss of hope among liberals wondering what to do without the Kennedys. And Teddy was still pretty young st the time. What I am curious about is whether this will be a full history, including the relationship the Jack and Bobby had with MLK. It was not an easy one. And Bobby, as Atty Genl had signed off on the FBI wiretapgs of MLK.