NO MORE will we listen to your lies, those infamies that breed faster than fruit flies and spew from your mouth like the overflow stench from a flooded septic system.
NO MORE will we afford respect or dignity to those scabrous Republicans who traded their self-respect and integrity for a seat at your table, to nibble on rancid scraps from your leftovers, and pretend they adore you so that their clueless followers will adore them. Theirs is the more disgraceful behavior since you were born the way you are, and they willingly bargained away their souls to become little more than your echo.
NO MORE will we watch you gobble like a pig from the public trough. No more will we watch you—like a squealing pig hunting for truffles—sniff out odious and nefarious ways to turn the people’s presidency into a money-making operation.
NO MORE will we allow you to denigrate the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe and free so that sons of millionaires like yourself could stay home safely with their non-existent bone spurs.
NO MORE will we allow you to sow hatred and division in a country that was built on the belief that all of us are equal, and equally deserving of opportunity, security and happiness no matter our religion or skin color.
NO MORE will we allow you to defame and belittle immigrants, nor brutally tear families apart—children wrenched from their mothers’ breasts, or placed in cages—to deter others from seeking out the American Dream.
NO MORE will we watch helplessly as you turn every day of the week into a crisis of Trumpian proportions. No more will we watch—helplessly again—as the self-serving and criminally-inclined sycophants you install in government positions get called out for breaking the public trust, as well as breaking the nation’s laws.
NO MORE will we watch as you make a fool of yourself on the world stage, pushing leaders aside to get to the front of the group, disgracefully sniffing Putin’s fingers for a scent of the power you so envy, threatening to disassemble NATO, the greatest force for peace and stability on the planet.
NO MORE will we watch as you heedlessly destroy the norms, practices and rituals that define our sense of America as protector of our rights and leader of the free world. Nor will you continue to upend the values we share as Americans every day. No longer will selfishness, treachery, dishonesty, cruelty and avarice reign supreme in the corridors of power, nor will you ever again play both jester and king for your sole benefit and delight.
NO MORE will we accept with stoic silence your description of America as no longer great. We will agree that for the four years of your virulent presidency America’s greatness was darkly dimmed and placed on life support. But in November we will shout “NO MORE” so loudly at the ballot box it will echo around the world, and you will no longer be able to escape your fate as an insurrectionist and betrayer of America’s secrets.
And then, at long last, our national nightmare will come to an end. And you, Donald J. Trump, rapist, business fraud, convicted felon, congenital liar and con man extraordinaire will threaten our democracy, our constitution, our institutions, our traditions and my fucking peace of mind NO MORE.
And that’s how we’ll Make America Great Again.
Well said, Paul!
Thanks, Davalene.
I ask the CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS.. JUST WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
INSULT OUR FRIENDS, BUILD A BIGGER WALL, LET POOR PEOPLE DROWN IN THE RIO GRANDE. ENHANCE THE COFFERS OF THE RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR? ETC ETC…
i HAVE RUN OUT OF DAMNING WORDS TO YELL AT THE TV
CARRY ON PAUL:
LORRAINE
Thank you, Lorraine. Good to hear from you.
Best,
Paul
Oh my, Mr Stone. This is the most comprehensive, most deeply felt and vividly portrayed description of the embarrassment that is and has been the political career of Donald Trump. It matches my own feelings of disgust and inspires me to not despair. I wish this could be published and broadcast worldwide, and that some would take
pause before voting to let the farce continue. Thank you.
Thank you, Elizabeth. I echo your hopeful sentiment that my words might reach out far and wide…and be heard. Greatly appreciate your feedback.
Best,
Paul
I so appreciate your eloquent passion Paul. This one is particularly cathartic! I only wish this message of truth could appear in one or more major newspapers.
In the meantime, you are both inspirational and entertaining — and Mr. Trump is a life-lesson for the world as a dysfunctional human being.
Thank you and keep on writing brilliantly 🙂
Peter: I so appreciate your kind words and thoughtful response to my essay. And you’re so right, Trump is a life-lesson for the world, and for all of us. We so easily become numbed by how good we have things, by our possessions, by our material wealth, and all the noise we allow in to our lives to fill the empty spaces that we become victims of ourselves as much as Mr. Trump.Good to hear from you, Peter, though I must admit I totally prefer you with an Indian accent. Hope life is treating you well. Warmly,
Paul
Thanks as always, Paul. Civilization begins with righteous indignation, and your astute pen helps to keep us from sliding further into the chasm.
Ah brother: I was hoping to hear from you, as I always am. I felt the need to turn up the temperature with this blog post, and even sent it to the woman who always turns down my submissions at the Globe. Not sure how many of us I saved from falling into the chasm, but I do know it felt good to take that asshole to task, and to do it with words that would sear the hair in his ears. Marilyn mentioned the possibility of you two coming down to Plymouth; I’m hopeful we can make that happen, but short of that, that we can at least meet up in Braintree. Stay well, brother. Hugs galore!
Paul