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To the Editor:
It’s Donald’s country now. Hillary Clinton may look as if she will win now, but I have a feeling that Donald Trump will be the one to take the Oval Office.
I’m 28, and for virtually my entire lifetime it’s been Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama. Millennials like me are going to be looking very closely at Mr. Trump, because it wouldn’t feel like much of a democracy if for most of our lives the president was a Clinton or a Bush.
If Mr. Trump tacks back to the center and takes a more liberal tone on things like social issues, he will win over a lot of people.
Mrs. Clinton and the Democratic Party have lost touch with us young people. We are the cogs that are being ground to dust by a system perpetuated by the establishment. No matter how many glass ceilings Mrs. Clinton breaks, she is the center of that establishment. I just can’t vote for her.
JACQUELINE RENEE McGRANE
Black Hawk, Colo.
From Today’s New York Times
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French Kiss (1977). This album came out when I was 20 and I have loved it ever since.
Bob Welch, “Outskirts” (1977)
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Ten Years Ago Today in This Blog
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Dilbert
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To the Editor:
“Summer Havoc Feared as Lines Snarl Airports” (front page, May 3) again portrays the progressive demoralization of air travelers.
Decades of my life have been built on air travel—college years, a Navy enlistment, grad school, career business travel, overseas vacations and commuting to date my second wife after being left a widower.
Air travel was a means of both expanding my life and holding it together. Today, a vacation is more to recuperate from the misery of air travel and offers less and less refreshment from the daily grind. It has gone from an exciting adventure to a rough day’s work, to frustration and humiliation, cramped seats and extra fees.
Your front-page article serves the public’s right to know. Write on.
TOM HAWKINS
Raleigh, N.C.
From Today’s New York Times
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For the love of God, Donald Trump hasn't destroyed the Republican Party, or even damaged it. He is in the process of saving it—from the Republican establishment. Don't believe me? Ask Presidents McCain or Romney. The people are back in control, as they should always have been.
Addendum: This barely educated boy, who claims to be a conservative, suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome. He refers to Donald Trump as "a philandering sybarite" and "a proto-fascist grotesque with zero political experience and poor impulse control." Has he ever said anything even one-tenth as derogatory about any Democrat? The punk doesn't realize that he is precisely what Donald Trump was running against: smug conservatives who have no idea how most Americans live and wouldn't care even if they did know. Perhaps that explains his anger: he and his ilk have been rejected by the American people. Perhaps if he got a real job and stopped writing for the propaganda organ known as the New York Times, he would understand Donald Trump's appeal. But don't count on that. He's happy to stay in his elitist bubble, isolated from the hayseeds.
Addendum 2: Ann Coulter writes about Trump's victory.
Addendum 3: Scott Adams weighs in on Trump's persuasive power.
Politics
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Jonah Goldberg has a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Read this. Have you ever read anything so petty, spiteful, and self-absorbed? Take a month or two off work, Jonah. Clear your head. Breathe deeply. Smell some flowers. Look around. Play with your dog. Think about what's important and what's not. Gain some perspective. Come to your senses. Do you want Hillary Clinton as your president? That's really the only question to be answered, and I think you already know the answer but won't admit it because you painted yourself into a corner early on and are too proud or stubborn to admit you were wrong. Get right with Donald. It's not too late.
Addendum: William Kristol continues to act like a jackass. Does anyone really care what he thinks, feels, or says? He has no power to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president; he will play no role in the Trump administration; and, if he continues his asinine ways, his online rag will lose eyeballs and go out of business. The Republican establishment is acting like a petulant child, or, worse, like an only child who, for the first time, has not gotten his way. I have no doubt that Kristol, like Goldberg and George Will, would rather have four or eight years of Hillary Clinton than four years of Donald Trump. That speaks volumes about their "commitment" to conservative principles. Four years of Hillary means 30 years (or more) of a rampaging Supreme Court that will destroy everything that Kristol, Goldberg, and Will hold dear. Like I say, jackasses.
Politics, Part 5
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If you're either a disappointed Ted Cruz supporter or a Donald Trump hater, I have three words for you to mull: "President Hillary Clinton." Get right with Donald.
Politics, Part 4
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Ten Years Ago Today in This Blog
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