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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 12:18 AM Oct 2016

"I'll just keep you in suspense" versus "Vote for me--I will do my utmost to help you!" Outrageous!

Trump thinks he can appeal to voters by intentionally keeping them on the brink, on making them feel uneasy.

I know of no other candidate for the office of the Presidency who was so self-absorbed that he publicly placed himself at a higher place than the belief that the country is better than any one of us.

This is related to the high honor that we accord to military personnel who, in combat, leap onto a live grenade knowing they will lose their life. We believe in a system of sacrifice for the many, sometimes large sacrifices and sometimes smaller.

We have our differences as political people but I don't know of anyone who wants to intentionally keep people on edge, unnecessarily worrying about what will happen to the country.

At least I didn't know of anyone willing to bring about this fear, this instability, until I heard Trump in the last election.

Outrageous, and truly deeply destructive if not immediately repudiated by everyone, including Republican leaders, who ostensibly are interested in the well-being of this country.

Your thoughts?

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