Jay Fleitman argues that the people who object to Donald Trump as president are doing so out of knee-jerk liberal angst, overblown concerns about the loss of liberty, and without proper consideration of Trump’s policy proposals.
Let me suggest that there are at least some of us who oppose Trump for a far more fundamental reason: the guy’s a jerk. Trump spent the last eight years pushing the “birther” nonsense about President Obama, and the last year or so mocking anyone who crossed his path for the presidency.
In the final presidential debate, he couldn’t go four minutes without interrupting Hillary Clinton or calling her a “nasty” and “crooked” woman. Who wants to listen to a guy like that for the next four years?
This is not the integrity, character, or statesmanship I feel is appropriate for any level of public service, much less the presidency.
Perhaps Jay Fleitman feels obliged as the Gazette’s conservative columnist to show support for Trump the Republican. But as a respected professional (he is an M.D.), I can’t understand how he deep down doesn’t share this contempt for Trump the man.
Marc Warner
Northampton