Every day I wake up to the insanity that lives in the White House of our country, taking credit for things he didn't do and blaming others for the crazy things he does do. I promise you, as your friend, I know he said he does, but he doesn't care about you, and he never will. Watch his actions. He calls the media fake news even after his son releases his emails on his own Twitter account. That's not honest, and it doesn't help you or the country at all. He’s being deceitful. He claims other people have, "something to hide," while he and his team give daily White House briefings off camera. He is in cover-up mode. He is a con man, and he is trying to con you.
He is the weakest person to ever live in our White House. His weakness makes him incredibly dangerous, and he is playing you for a fool. Just because he can say, "Get the hell out of here," does not mean he is "telling it like it is." It means he can swear. If it gives you any comfort, as your friend who you personally know (and maybe even love) I am honest, I tell it like it is, and I can swear too. I bet I could make a sailor blush when I'm on a roll. But he knows, because he has admitted it many times, that he can lie to you and you will believe him, even when every fact shows that he is lying, you will still follow and repeat his lies. Or you will “hold out” for the smoking gun because you need to hold out, not because it’s reasonable or even makes sense to hold out. He knows how to use your loyalty to besiege good people in our country who disagree with him - and you. I urge you, as your friend, not to follow him.
I am not Jewish, but I can tell you, right now, I am beginning to understand how a Jewish person in pre-Nazi Germany might have felt as a person who was the target of a government that she disagreed with. That's how serious this is. He makes it personal. He attacks the character of good people, ordinary citizens. He lies about their characters and tries to destroy their reputation. This is why I cannot keep quiet. Every day I wake up wondering how the hell did our great country get to this? And maybe you have some answers that I need to hear, but it's true that he is following a frightening pattern from our world’s history. We, as friends who disagree politically, are at odds with each other. Some have de-friended me because of these disagreements. That's what our "president" is doing for us. He is dividing us, but I'm telling you that good people should not ever be divided. It's easier to be mad at people you believe are bad people, it's easier to demonize them or blame them for your problems. It's easier to stay away from them. That's his goal, because it serves him well. But it doesn't serve you and me well. We're friends, remember? When you were going through a rough patch, I was there for you, or maybe you were there for me when I was going through it. Or maybe we met in a bar or at a party and just had fun. How can enemies have fun together? Or maybe we have mutual business together and my patronage benefits you, or maybe your patronage benefits me. And whichever one of us, for whatever reason, we are here together now, and should be grateful for our connection. Let's not forget who we are as individual people, let's not let this man divide us to the point where we lose good people in our lives because he put in your mind that I am a bad person. I am not, and if you're still on my friend list, then I don't believe you are either.
Except for Keith, Keith is bad to the bone.
I implore you not to believe a politician over people you know. The people I know are fundamentally the same. We all want the same access to opportunities, we work hard and want the best for our families and our futures. I'm a Democrat, who, like all the other Democrats I know, work hard at my job. Yeah. It's a lie that Democrats are lazy and don't work. I'm proof. You know me. Look around at the other Democrats you know, we're all working hard, we're all paying our bills and taking care of ourselves and our communities. Quit with the false narratives that we’re lazy and want your money. It’s just not true. We do, however, want to pay less taxes and take home more of our paychecks. And we pitch in to subsidize the Republican farmers in the South. Funny how nobody wants to drug-test them. If I were a farmer and a drought wiped out my farm and zapped my ability to make money for an entire year, I might be tempted to get high. Have you ever considered this? If you think all welfare recipients should be tested, then all of them should be tested, not just the black folks who make up a small percentage of welfare recipients. Honestly, I really don't care who is getting high, I care if they're making money selling pot, because if they are, then they probably don't need welfare. Just saying.
Back to the White House. You should be asking yourself, if he won this election as you claim, as evidenced by him occupying the White House, then WHY is he still blaming Hillary whenever he and his team are caught doing bad things? You know full well that she did not set up their meetings with the Russians. Do you think this is funny? If my kid came home with a bs story like this, s/he'd be grounded twice as long. But this is not my kid. This isn't your kid either. This is our so-called "President" who cannot take an ounce of responsibility for anything he says or does, and this is a huge problem for our country. He'll never be honest with us if it doesn't serve his own interests. Ask yourself right now, how have you personally benefited from his presidency? And ask yourself this too: Is it a benefit to lose good people in your life who disagree with you by treating them as the mortal enemy? I will remind you again, this is how pre-Nazi Germany got started.
What we see coming from this White House is not "politics as usual". If you love the Constitution as you say you do, then maybe you should reconsider giving up your right to free speech. Even if you love the flag (and I do), forcing others to say they do when they use it in protest is a form of dictatorship, not freedom. Just ask the North Koreans (of course, they can't tell you because they'd be killed). Why would you give up the right to have a free press that is not an arm of the government? After listening to the nonsense spewing out of Fox all these years, I believe in my heart they still have the right to exist. I think we should hold the press accountable, always, but we should not dismiss them as fake news when they report facts that we don't want to hear. There's a difference. I believe we should clearly distinguish commentators from reporters, as this confuses people who think they're getting news from people who are not there to report news, but to discuss it from their vantage. But that's it.
As your friend, I want to remind you that there is a reason why we're still friends. I want to encourage you to pay attention to the hatred and division that your president is pushing on you and his other followers. Wake up. I am your friend, not your enemy. Remember that. Please speak up on this issue. Please, I urge you, don't keep quiet.
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P.S. Just kidding about Keith. He's a good guy. So many of my friends despise what he says in our Facebook debates, but if you take the time to read through, you'll see that neither of us ever get into personal attacks against each other. He is no more my enemy than I am his. We know this and operate on this premise in every discussion, no matter how intensely we disagree.
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