Response to Grocott’s opinion piece praising Donald Trump

May 2, 2020
May 2, 2020 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Daily Journal columnist Matt Grocott praises Donald Trump while ignoring how damaging the Trump administration has been to the rule of law and democracy in this country (“Work to be done” in the April 21 edition of the Daily Journal).

(11) comments

Christopher Conway May 2, 2020 6:31am

David, it sounds like you will not be voting for Trump in November. I along with tens of millions will be voting for our great president and he will get four more years. I do hope you feel better with your diatribe, I just hope you will be OK with four more years of the Trump Train. No stop signs, no speed limits.

JME May 3, 2020 4:55pm

ANOTHER TRAIN TO NOWHERE?

Christopher Conway May 4, 2020 7:08am

for you, that is true

Terence Y May 2, 2020 8:11am

Nice try, Mr. Crabbe. You mean Trump bungling the response by shutting down travel to/from China in late January while Pelosi was throwing a hissy fit by ripping up the SOTU speech? And Pelosi telling people to visit SF Chinatown a month later? And what has occurred under past Presidents? Oh yeah, North Korea had nuclear weapons, Israel was in conflict with Palestinians, China was running roughshod over America. What would you have Trump do? Bomb those countries out of existence? Trump doesn't own the lie of the century, if you like your plan, you can keep it, if you like your doctor, you can keep them.

Jorg May 2, 2020 11:12am

Y don't you seem to understand that to keep your plan and doctor was the original plan and what the designers of the ACA assured President Obama was the original case, before compact Republican obstruction did some damage. Obama never intended to lie about that, - regardless how much you want it to be so. If that's all you can cook up on Trump's predecessor, why don't you focus on the certified liar we now have in the WH? How about an iota of honesty on your part, for a change?

Terence Y May 2, 2020 12:32pm

Why on flat earth do you continue with your JUNC (Jorg's Unsubstantiated Nonsense Comment)? Even Obama knew it was a lie when he said it, and yet he continued to lie about it. Your beloved PolitiFact awarded Obama a Lie of the Year Prize. So if you want to delude yourself so you can sleep, more power to you. What happened to your socialist dream of convincing people to pay a 55% flat tax and 28% VAT to support it?

Jorg May 2, 2020 10:17am

Thank you, David, for summarizing it so well! You have the steadily increasing, better educated, informed, and harder to fool majority with you! I have family and many friends in several European countries who can’t believe we could be so careless to not only select someone so inept and unqualified as Trump, but let him continue to destroy the country without much resistance, thanks to a Republican-infested, unpatriotic Senate. They wonder why we didn’t learn from the former inept Republican occupant of the WH, which left such a mess that not even President Obama could clean it all up, - with unnecessary, ill-conceived and expensive wars still going on. Question now is whether we can find someone capable enough to clean up the even worse mess Trump is leaving. “Over there” they don’t rely on media interpretation, - all they need is to watch Trump on TV to realize what a bungling, incompetent and immature liar he is, blaming others for everything that goes wrong because of him, while he should thank President Obama profusely for handing him a vastly improved country, including re-built world admiration and respect that Trump has wasted no time destroying. And now, some bewildered individuals want him re-elected? What a sick joke!

Terence Y May 2, 2020 12:39pm

Jorg, you mean the steadily increasing, better educated, informed, and harder to fool sheeple who fell hook, line, and sinker for the Christine Blasey-Ford, Covington, Jussie Smollett, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Russian collusion and impeachment hoaxes. Nice try, but maybe you should be worrying about King Newsom, who has tanked CA's economy and is currently tanking his dreams of higher office. Maybe you'd prefer living with your family and friends in European countries. But then I would miss your ranting and raving and reading why you hate Trump more than you love America.

Jorg May 3, 2020 8:13am

OK, Terence, - that kind of incredible confusion makes it easier to understand why Trump had no trouble fooling you! You even had to drag Trayvon Martin into this, the poor black teenager killed in cold blood by George Zimmerman, who got off easy thanks to a racist jury that refused to grasp what actually happened.

Btw.: With Newsom as Governor, I have no worries about California. We are doing just fine, especially compared to the Republican controlled red states. And, I guess I have to give up trying to make you understand the difference between flat and progressive taxation and that your “55%” nonsense only roams around in your own head.

Terence Y May 4, 2020 8:55am

Jorg, I'm glad you admit your better educated and harder to fool sheeple fell for all the other hoaxes I listed. Regarding Trayvon Martin, you need to stop with your JUNC (Jorg’s Untold Number of Countless) lies. Zimmerman, who is not white, was found innocent by a jury that was selected by the prosecution and the defense, so according to you, I guess the prosecutor was racist, too, as well as the judge? Nice try in rewriting history.

tarzantom May 4, 2020 8:05pm

In reference to Matt Grocott’s “Work to be Done” column on Apr 21st and comments voiced by some in response, it reminds me of the usual discussion among boxing fans about who is the best boxer in history. Of course, all in the discussion love boxing and are very passionate about their favorite guy. Typically, the boxers they are talking about fought in different eras and under different circumstances and they will never fight each other. One thing is for sure – they all made the sport great, never mind they all had some flaws. So it is with presidents and their efforts to lead our country.

The great thing is, this Constitutional Republic is based on the people selecting their leaders and, so far, it has been a successful experiment. It is, as we know, a work in progress. By comparison, Venezuela at one time had one of the top economies in the world. It had a stable constitution and a stable government. Life was good there. Unfortunately, the people took it for granted and only about 30-35% of the people voted in their elections. This paved the way for Hugo Chavez to get into power, upset the balance of powers, and now it is a repressive dictatorship.

It is paramount that we are able to distinguish the principles and values that have made this country great and constantly be vigilant against those who would take away our freedoms and liberties. We are all on the same team.

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