And, divided we will stand as well.
Has there ever been a time in our history when this country has been more divided than now? There is no doubt whatsoever we have two different Americas, unlike the past in many ways.
Trump was chosen as Person of the Year by the ultra liberal left Time magazine. Time wanted Hillary to have that honor instead, therefore, added a heading to the cover that reads “President of the Divided States of America.”
For the record, we were divided before Trump entered the Republican race for president. Division was (and still is) a marquee agenda of the Obama presidency.
In order to make America great again we should try to bring people together. We should all strive for a more unified America. Obviously, more can be accomplished if that occurs and Trump says he will work toward that end.
Our president-elect showed incredible resilience while campaigning, and will continue in that vein when he occupies the White House. We all may be shocked to see what happens to this country in spite of our division and monumental obstacles as we go in a totally different direction than under Obama.
I’ve said in previous letters, and I will say it again. Liberal mainstream media is out to destroy Trump, including his presidency. For example, I read recently that liberal CNN alone spent 200 more times on trashing Trump then they did with Obama giving away the farm in the middle of the night to the tune of $400 million to help Iran come closer to being a nuclear power.
The New York Times even said it needs to abandon objectivity in order to destroy Trump.
Liberal media is off the wall. Recently, it tried to tell us that although Hillary lost the election she had many successes within her failures. That same media is trying to tell us with their “fake news” Trump is inheriting a booming economy from Obama.
Personally, I believe mainstream media is responsible for what will be an Obama legacy of failure. Why? Media didn’t hold him accountable for anything so he went off the deep end on far too many things. Media also led Hillary to believe she had the election in the bag and need not worry how she campaigned, therefore, helping her lose.
Here’s an interesting stat: 57 major newspapers around the country endorsed Hillary and only two endorsed Trump. How’s that for Trump resilience against those odds!
Denzel Washington, the actor, recently said mainstream media is B.S. He said if you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed, if you do read it, you are misinformed.
What good is it for people to live in a bubble? What good is it to be misinformed? Existing in a politically unrealistic world doesn’t change the facts. Reality is reality, and truth is truth no matter what we wish those things to be.
With some, changing their minds is mission impossible. Fact after fact can be presented but to no avail. It makes one wonder what mental gymnastics (or is it gyrations) liberals undergo to continue living on what seems to be another planet, while ignoring reality.
That being said, there are some who will change and create a more unified America. We should all work toward getting people to look at the facts, not fake news. Years ago Ellis County was a Democrat stronghold. It no longer is. Many of us changed our minds, and we did when that party changed dramatically. Facts prove it changed. Worst of all, it threw religion under the bus, and went in other directions as well.
With media out to divide us even more, my advice is to check the source of any news that is negative toward Trump. Most likely it is a partisan source of misinformation.
The Pope weighed in recently on the fake news issue. He said “spreading disinformation is the greatest damage media can do” and called it sinful. As I recall, one of the commandments forbids bearing false witness against others.
Unfortunately, I doubt all those in media creating fake news care about what St. Peter has to say when the time comes.
Les Knoll lives in Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.