As Star Trek fans know, Tis better to rule in hell than serve in heaven was Khans thinking, as it has continued to be throughout the history of much of humankind. If peoples had continually bowed down prostrate before overwhelming power simply because it made sense on paper, we would all still be Romans.
The self-deluding arrogance of DTs aggressive exaggerations on how other countries will react to his suggestions/orders is a powerful indictment of a national mood, which seems to desire showing the face of the Ugly American and poses great potential national harm.
DT behaves with no more caution, subtlety or reflection than a man getting ready to lead a bayonet charge after promising that the opponents will all stand still and be stabbed. When they chose not to but resist, his shallow pretensions will be revealed to the world as America wallows in the ruins of humiliation.
America is already sick of the whole boasting, bragging, loud-mouthed, foul-mouthed Trump act; we should allow him no closer to power than he is right now. As an Independent, I realize that this requires a bipartisan effort of all Oklahomas peoples; if you oppose DT, we may not be brothers, but we sure are cousins and no matter how much we dislike our relatives, we will not allow some perfect jerk to kick them in the crotch.
Any closer to power in America for DT will endanger us all, and the buyers remorse stampede of people who will seek to dance on his grave when he goes down is something not to get in the way of.
Steve L. Perry Oklahoma City
How about Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders taking her place? Signed, A lonely Democrat absolutely marooned in Oklahoma.
Frank Silovsky Oklahoma City
Well, thats really not the case. There is another option. If youre like most people I talked to about this topic, you didnt even know there would be another option on the ballot in every state come election day in November. This election is not about voting for the lesser of two evils. It is about voting for someone who you believe is honest, dependable and benevolent. There is nothing in those three descriptive words that even hints at evil.
That someone, that other option, are former governors Gary Johnson and Bill Weld. If Johnson can get into the looming presidential debates, many Americans will have the opportunity to reevaluate their assessment of this election.
Robert Lorrah Spencer
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