The Best of America?

When we elect a president, a majority of the population is supposed to say, ”We choose this person to represent ALL Americans,” and yet, with this year’s top Republican contender being the biggest bully in the country, are we no longer wanting the Best of America to represent us?

 

The reporters are saying that most people who are following the Trump do so because he “Says it like it is!”  Really…being a bully and commenting on people’s looks, how they act, or what they say in a negative way is “Saying it like it is?”

 

Calling out politicians and the decisions they make is healthy for a better discussion in politics.  But to call out a person because of how they look, how is that making our country better?  How does insulting people just because they question you better for America?  What Trump is doing is not healthy in any format, but yet, Americans continue to give him credit and attention.  Have we really become a nation of Reality TV, where fake reality is perceived as the truth, as the way we should live our lives?

 

I don’t agree 100% with any Democrat or Republican that is currently running for President, none of them can meet my standards or ideas for the future, and that’s ok.  I expect that is the case for every American, or at least it should be.  We need to hear them talk about the issues at hand.  We need them to talk about ALL Americans and not a core base of supporters that are lining their pockets.  And yes, even Trump has his core base of supporters lining his pocket; to think otherwise is a fantasy.

 

Trump is a smart man who has an endgame laid out for when he is not selected as the Republican, Independent or Democratic nominee for President.  He is in it for himself as he is for everything he does.  And that is ok for him, but not for America.  Regardless of which party you support, it’s past time for us to really discuss the issues on how to move America forward and help us to remain a great country and to guide the world to a safer, better place.  It is not time for a school yard bully to take center stage and get press time because he is a bully.  That is not what made America great!  We are not Russia or any other country that lives in fear of their leaders.

 

Over the past couple of years, Bullying has become a hot topic issue, and how to stand up to a negative behavior in a positive way has shown to stop that negative behavior.  So how is it that the nation is allowing for such a negative person to dominate the air waves?  How is it that the press allows for such negative behavior?  How can it be that NO ONE has put him in his place and said “Enough Is Enough!”  He needs to show respect for EVERYONE and stop personal attacks!  But sadly, the reality is simple; he is only doing what has been done for too many years, just with a little more showman ship.  Therefore, it is not Trump that we should be directing our attention to, but to our own behavior.  We as Americans have allowed for this ‘bullying’ style to exist for way too long, and only we can stop such behavior by starting with ourselves.  We must stand up to every bully that treats other people in a negative way that is after all the core teaching in most ALL Religions:  Do unto others as you would want done unto yourself!

 

I refuse to believe that we have allowed ourselves to go so deep into despair that we honestly believe a bully is our future.  Is this someone we can have faith in finding a middle ground that helps ALL Americans?