Give the Guy a Break
copyright © 2017 by Robert L. Blau

Ok, so maybe he isn't the best person to lead the country.  He wasn't my first choice, either.  But it's over.  He won. Time to get over it.  And cut the guy a little slack.  He has some good points.

He's very patriotic, for one.  You can't deny that other countries have been pushing us around a bit, and he promises to make us great again.  That's good, isn't it?

And he's very supportive of the military.  Gotta support our troops, right?  Especially with all those foreign threats to our security.  Don't you want to protect your family?  If we have to give up a little "freedom," that's a small price to pay.  When you're dealing with bad people, you might have to do unto them before they do unto you, right?  And you sure don't want a nice guy as your leader.

Another thing.  He's a strong law and order guy.  That's what we need in these uncertain, chaotic times.  We have to let the police do their jobs without whiny pussies criticizing every little extra-judicial execution.  We have internal enemies, as well as external.  I don't think I have to tell you who they are, but let's just say that a lot of them aren't Christians.  We need a good Christian leader to make things right ... and deal with the anti-Christians, foreign and domestic.

The man is good for business, too.  He has strong ties with business, and that's good for the economy.  He'll keep those pointy-headed elites and union rabble in check, all right.  This country runs on business, and we want a leader who is tight with the captains of industry.

I know all the criticisms, but a lot of that is overblown.  He's no worse than any of the others would be.  They get on him for coming down hard on the news media, but someone has to, really.  If he didn't, they would just keep stirring things up to make sensational headlines.  That's particularly disruptive and unpatriotic now, with all the enemies we have.

But you know?  The one thing that really frosts my peaches is the way people make fun of the man's physical appearance.  They always concentrate on one tiny feature.  So ungracious.  What's the big deal?  It's just a moustache.