I have to hand it to him: Our new president is the consummate infomercial salesman in the same mold as those on TV who promise results like, “Lose weight with no diet or exercise,” even though in our hearts we know it can’t possibly be true.
I can’t help but reflect on how we have allowed ourselves to be deceived. How do multiple bankruptcies indicate business sense? How does stiffing contractors and making products overseas champion the working middle class? How have incoherent ramblings in debates, press conferences and tweets been construed as eloquence?
How have bluster and bullying been equated with strength? How can his statements about grabbing women by their genitals be dismissed as merely “locker room talk”? How can calling groups of people “rapists and murderers” and banning others be seen as the first steps in solving problems and unifying the country?
My comfort is that history has shown the pendulum will swing back. I only hope the damage done won’t be too great when that happens.
Colleen W. Knight
Leawood
Note from KBJ: You lost, Colleen. Suck it up.
