Editor,
I don’t normally stick my neck out for political causes, but Martha Johnson’s question — “How can people who call themselves Christian justify the lack of moral principles he shows every single day?” (Mailbox, Sept. 12) — challenged me to want to answer that.
Knowing how sinful every person on Earth is, I don’t rely on a candidate’s “moral character” to be of any particular caliber. Knowing how corrupt all politicians are, I choose the person that will do the things that I feel are important for my country. Everyone has their own opinion about whether or not, or to what extent, President Trump has been “immoral;” the same people accusing him of immorality gave President Clinton a pass for his extensive sexual abuse of women.
Leaving out the amazing stats on what Trump has done for the economy in so short a time (the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years), what I’m grateful for so far is: bolstering religious freedom and protecting the rights of those with religious conscience regarding certain social issues; strengthening the “pro-life” position, thus saving many more lives; finally taking China to task for stealing our intellectual property and otherwise ripping us off, and taking unprecedented bold steps to hold other nations’ leaders accountable for their bad actions; getting us out of a bad deal with Iran as well as other bad international deals; getting some good immigration policy onboard, such as the new mandate that asylum seekers must first apply for asylum at the first country in which they’ve landed that is capable of giving them asylum (Mexico offered to give the Central American immigrants jobs and housing); and single-handedly re-instituting the “populist” movement all over the world.
I have a large file on his good accomplishments so far, which I’m happy to share.
Jean Damon, McKinleyville
This article appears in Coming Full Circle.
I am without words; Bill Clinton did cheat on his wife; and he was impeached for it; Trump will us oligarchy and theocracy…..Trump takes money from foreign countries as gifts and as he keeps his businesses open, which is treasonous, and the economy ROTS for the everyday person. It may look good on Wall St, which is not Trump’s doing but Obama’s; Trump made it do good for wealthy people and corporations I can see why many like him, but he has defunded the government. I guess you don’t like roads, bridges, schools, libraries, clean air or water, food untainted by large amounts of bacteria, but are in support of the ocean taking over Florida, NYC, and other low lying areas, nor are you averse to ever increasing storms and warmer summers where you can die of the high temps, and colder winters?????? His erratic behavior will get us in another war….and kill our children…AGAIN….are you not tired of endless war?
pat, you are obviously NOT without words. No, bill clinton was impeached for lying to congress, not for adultery. I disagree with everything else you stated, and please don’t assume what I like and don’t like (roads, war, high temps, etc etc). My fundamental premises are different than yours, so we’ll never agree about what’s really happening in this ole’ world. If you expanded your sources of information beyond pbs and the mainstream media, you might find out what’s really going on, and how you’re being deceived.