Trump’s critics wrong again
In this Sunday’s letters to the editor, the untiring letter writer, Oren Spiegler, doubled down on his hysterical diatribe of last Sunday against those stupid Pennsylvania GOP primary voters who voted for Donald Trump. Let’s recap a bit.
Last week Mr. Spiegler began by writing that he is “ashamed to be a resident of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” He is ashamed of those who voted for “the coarse, crude, ignorant Donald Trump.” Spiegler didn’t say so, but I guess the Republican voters of the other four states who went overwhelmingly for Trump that fateful primary day should be ashamed also.
Mr. Spiegler went on to compare Trump to “George Wallace, Joseph McCarthy, and Benito Mussolini.” He forgot to mention Hitler. In Spiegler’s view Trump is a “racist.” Does that make those who voted for him racists too?
Full disclosure, I am a Democrat so Trump didn’t get my primary vote. I’m not campaigning for him. But, without his entry into the race, the establishments of both parties were pushing for a dreary contest between Clinton II and Bush III. Wouldn’t that have been swell? It wouldn’t have made a difference who won. Those who despise the GOP’s congressional leadership (I’m one of them) should be ecstatic that those in control of the party finally received their well-deserved thrashing.
Mr. Trump dumped poor, “low energy” Jeb in a New York minute. No one wanted another Bush. And one-by-one the other fifteen dominoes fell until U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was the last one standing to stop the Trump juggernaut. Indiana put the final nail in his coffin.
Turning to this week’s letter. Spiegler intoned that “those with an interest in saving our country from itself can only hope” that “the crown prince” gets “demolished” by Mrs. Clinton in the general election. Well, if the “conventional wisdom” is correct he need not worry.
But this so-called conventional wisdom has been wrong all along in this weird, wacky race.
None of the talking heads who dominate the mainstream media gave Trump a chance. They laughed last year when he rode down the escalator of his golden Trump Tower and threw his hat into the ring. They didn’t think he was serious. Well, they’re not laughing any more.
If I’m correct, the people are fed up with the status quo of dysfunctional government, unchecked debt, national decline, and political correctness. It has nothing to do with racism. Trump, for good or ill, offers an alternative. That’s why millions have flocked to him. It’s also why millions have flocked to the aging U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who still has a puncher’s chance to knock off Hillary Clinton, even with all of her super delegates. Pass the popcorn and the beer. We’re in for a wild ride.
Ken Satifka is a resident of Uniontown.