Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   No Hound Date:   7/9/2018 2:17:21 PM

You do not have to read my posts.  In fact, you can block me and I suggest you do.  

At the end of the Bush (43) Presidency, I was totally disgusted by our invasion of Iraq.  I was still working in Washington and that was one of the reasons I chose to retire when I did.  I really wanted to beieve in the hope and change that Obama promised.  But then reality begain to set in - he was an inept statesman, he added fuel to the fire on the issue of racism in this country, and he and Michelle treated the WH as their own personal resort.  They wanted to tell us how to live.  Yes, he dressed well and on occassion spoke well, but talk is where it ended.  I had high hopes for Obamacare at the beginning, but then the roll out was a mess and I talked to a lot of people that got their insurance on the exchange - insurance with really high deductibles that didn't do a thing for general person.  Effectively, they still didn't have health care that they coud use.  I didn't and still don't dislike him personally, but he was ineffective as a president.   And then there were the rumors about Hilary and her selling her time as Sec State via donations to their foundation.  And the emails.  And the lies about Bengazhi.  

I knew that I would never vote for Hilary Clinton, as I believe the Clintons have disgraced the office of the President.  Not to mention that she was a terrible administrator - and there was the Iran deal, and other ineffectual attempts at statemanship.  I certainly wasn't going to vote for that old socialist Bernie.  I could see something needed to be done to help the economy and create jobs.  I personally did not want to pay more taxes, so that other people's kids could go to college for free.  I looked at the Republican choices.  At first I supported Kaisch from Ohio.  But once he dropped out, I had to look seriously at Trump.  I knew he had the intestinal fortitude to go his own way.  His personality and egocentric inclinations were not my favorite, but he told it like it is, and he even went after members of his own party.  And I believed and still believe he is not a politician and that is one of the reason he shocks so many people.  And that is what I like about him.  He's taking on issues that past politicians have not - things that really need to be addressed like the economy and immigration.  I think he is doing the right thing with immigration.  He's gotten rid of a lot of regulation, and as a former bureaucrat I know, that sometimes regulations get put in place to address the fears of what might happen instead of what is happening.  He is shaking things up, just as he promised.  

Other countries "laugh" at us -well, he's put them on notice. They need us more than we need them.  It's all fine and good as long as the U.S. is footing the bill... remember "coalition warfare"?  that was just a reason to re-equip their Armies by the U.S. taxpayers.  

He's taking on China - it's too soon to say if it will be effective.  But maybe if the prices of everything goes up, Americans will stop buying stuff that takes them further and further in debt.  Junk that they don't need.  

I personally don't care about "women's rights".  There is no sisterhood - it is every dog for herself.  I don't care about a bunch of snivering women who made the choice to swap sex for a career and now regret it.  They had a choice.  Those women hovering around Trump?  They had a choice too.  

So don't tell me that I am a fraud or that I have changed.  You only know me through what I post here.  You don't know the whole person.  I value honesty.  You have every right to believe what you want to believe, but don't start name calling when another person doesn't agree with you.