Once I heard someone say, in defense of voting for Donald Trump, that if you have a broken pipe in your basement and water is leaking everywhere, you don’t care what kind of guy goes down there to fix it, you just want it fixed.
Fair enough.
But how about if that plumber is just pretending to be a plumber, has never fixed anything before, comes up out from the basement and announces that you need a whole new plumbing system, and, oh, did he mention his sons own the only pipe company in town? On the way out he gropes your teenage daughter and makes fun of your son’s nervous tic.
You say, “Wait a minute, the water is pouring out even harder than before,” to which he says, “Fake news! If you don’t like it, sue me.” Then he gets in his truck, backs up over your newly seeded lawn, runs over your cat, and drives away.
Would you ask that plumber back?
Character and experience matter. Maybe character most of all.
Brooke Herter James
South Reading, Vt.
Note from KBJ: How does this woman get through the day? She lives in Cloud Cuckoo Land. Donald Trump is making America great again and she either doesn't know it or won't admit it. Trump is already one of the greatest presidents in this country's history.
