I am almost positive that I read/heard/saw this general analogy from some columnist or commentator but I honestly can’t remember where so I apologize in advance for failure to make proper attribution. When I was a kid I watched the Academy Awards because we only had a few channels and there wasn’t much else on TV on Sunday during that ti…
I am almost positive that I read/heard/saw this general analogy from some columnist or commentator but I honestly can’t remember where so I apologize in advance for failure to make proper attribution. When I was a kid I watched the Academy Awards because we only had a few channels and there wasn’t much else on TV on Sunday during that time of the year. One year Kathryn Hepburn and Henry Ford both won Oscars for some movie they co-starred in during their older years. The critics all seemed to agree that while neither of them deserved the award for their performance in that particular movie, they nevertheless applauded it because they were both great actors with illustrious careers who had been snubbed on other occasions. It was kind of a life time achievement award.
I have a similar reaction to Trump. I have huge problems with both the civil action against Trump on supposed banking violations and the Bragg criminal case. My hesitations and doubts are pretty much the same as those expressed by other commentators so I won’t detail them here. Both prosecutions are politically motivated and would not have been brought against anybody other than Trump. That should give us a little pause. We don’t want Trump anywhere near power because he might use the power of office against his political enemies. So we use the power of government in the form of highly selective prosecution against Trump to undermine his chances of re-election?
That being said I can’t generate much sympathy for Trump. This particular felony conviction MIGHT be bogus but it’s a lifetime achievement conviction for all of the other times he has slithered out of legal responsibility for sexually assaulting women, reneging on contracts from small businesses, deceiving investors ………………oh, and, almost incidentally, inviting a mob to storm the congress.
Just be careful guys. Go ahead and have a glass of champagne, but we don’t know how this will ultimately play out. Trump’s die hard supporters are going to cry holy murder no matter which crime he is convicted for (and the documents case is absolutely clear cut) but they do have some legitimate concerns on the Bragg case. Trump will always be a whiner, but let’s not make him a sympathetic martyr.
I am almost positive that I read/heard/saw this general analogy from some columnist or commentator but I honestly can’t remember where so I apologize in advance for failure to make proper attribution. When I was a kid I watched the Academy Awards because we only had a few channels and there wasn’t much else on TV on Sunday during that time of the year. One year Kathryn Hepburn and Henry Ford both won Oscars for some movie they co-starred in during their older years. The critics all seemed to agree that while neither of them deserved the award for their performance in that particular movie, they nevertheless applauded it because they were both great actors with illustrious careers who had been snubbed on other occasions. It was kind of a life time achievement award.
I have a similar reaction to Trump. I have huge problems with both the civil action against Trump on supposed banking violations and the Bragg criminal case. My hesitations and doubts are pretty much the same as those expressed by other commentators so I won’t detail them here. Both prosecutions are politically motivated and would not have been brought against anybody other than Trump. That should give us a little pause. We don’t want Trump anywhere near power because he might use the power of office against his political enemies. So we use the power of government in the form of highly selective prosecution against Trump to undermine his chances of re-election?
That being said I can’t generate much sympathy for Trump. This particular felony conviction MIGHT be bogus but it’s a lifetime achievement conviction for all of the other times he has slithered out of legal responsibility for sexually assaulting women, reneging on contracts from small businesses, deceiving investors ………………oh, and, almost incidentally, inviting a mob to storm the congress.
Just be careful guys. Go ahead and have a glass of champagne, but we don’t know how this will ultimately play out. Trump’s die hard supporters are going to cry holy murder no matter which crime he is convicted for (and the documents case is absolutely clear cut) but they do have some legitimate concerns on the Bragg case. Trump will always be a whiner, but let’s not make him a sympathetic martyr.