All eyes on Trump
Circle the wagons. Get the women folk to reload the rifles. Tell the children get low and out of sight. Make sure we have plenty of supplies and water. We going to have one hell of a time coming with the Donald Trump presidency.
No political experience. No military experience. No economic experience. No foreign policy experience. No more bluster. No more name-calling. Welcome to the real world, where Trump sent work overseas to make his products, but he said he’s going to make America stronger. This is the world where he groped women and bragging about it. He told the people at his rallies to punch demonstrators against him and said he would pay the fines. He said not paying taxes is OK, but what about us? He said he knows more than our military leaders.
By working on the American people’s fears for their kids, jobs and lives, Trump got control of the most powerful country in the world. Now he must stop and think before he opens his mouth, and he must make sure he has good help. He should remember we the poor, the old, the children are out there waiting to see what will happen. He better make sure he does what’s best for the American people, not what makes him look good.
I hope all my fears are misjudged. Good luck. We all need it
Gary King
Howland
Moral high ground
In his Nov. 10 BDN column, Matt Gagnon wrote that Donald Trump’s victory is the result of Democrats ignoring the “forgotten man.” But who forgot what? For the past 50 years, blacks, women and gays got uppity and demanded the constitutional rights of equality. We forgot that white men were in charge.
Misogyny and racism are wrong and despicable. Trump espouses these vile qualities and every American who voted for him endorsed hatred this week. That’s right, the good old boys have taken back the country, and they are going to show the likes of me who’s boss. Although it’s pretty cold comfort right now, I will always have the moral high ground here.
Joyce B. Cornwell
Lamoine
The ‘rigged system’
It’s funny how Donald Trump won the presidency courtesy of the “rigged system” he ranted about so much.
It will be interesting to see how many more of Trump’s bubbles will be burst over the next four years.
Marie Ward
Ellsworth
National media lost big time
After pollsters, I think one of the biggest losers in this election cycle was the media, and the national broadcast media in particular. If they are ever to win me back as a viewer, the current cast of talking heads needs to be replaced by people with appropriate credentials, including an education or background that enables them to speak knowledgeably about a wide range of subjects and to know when to shut up.
For example, during the morning after’s autopsy of Donald Trump’s victory, one of the national anchors said, “Why are we just hearing now that Hillary Clinton was a flawed candidate?” Can you ever imagine icons such as Walter Cronkite or Roger Mudd being so ill-informed to actually voice that question while in front of the camera?
Second, the ridiculously overpaid “on air personalities” need to be far more politically diverse. Hand maidens for the administration in power have no place at the anchor’s desk. Common sense tells you if everyone in the studio is a Democrat, then every story will be biased.
Finally, any story that ends with a disclaimer along the lines of “the veracity of the preceding story could not be independently verified by this network” has no business being aired.
Randall Poulton
Winterport