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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2017-08-05 07:06 AM


Don’t ask me
to blindly fall in line
and follow along
when I know what’s going on
is wrong.
I wouldn’t want you to
turn and look the other way.
Yet here we are
pointing fingers.
You act as if I’m the only one with doubts
when they are demonstrating in the streets.
Or do you pick and choose
and call everything
you don’t want to see fake news?
Even the Party is majorly conflicted
over their loose cannon’s points of views.
It’s not just me that has concerns.
And what concerns me most of all
is that he doesn’t concern you.
(at least not that you’re willing to admit)
What you thought you were getting
you didn’t get.
He was good in theory
but in practice not so much.
Mistakes happen all the time
not just when we admit them.
And I guess we can’t blame you
for buying in to making America Great Again!
And there is no question
that Washington needs to change.
No one is saying you weren’t trying to do
what’s right.
What’s wrong is to pretend he’s doing alright.
I wish you’d see the light.
I don’t want you to compromise your conservative views
or renounce your political affiliation.
To the Office of the President
the man is a humiliation.
So if you are uncomfortable
discussing the situation,
may I suggest
you don’t take the bait
and create a debate.

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BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
1 posted 2017-08-05 10:19 AM


And what concerns me most of all
is that he doesn’t concern you.
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People are who they are.  As you said, you are not the only one who has concerns and who is frustrated, likewise there are many who still believe in the potus. I think the quote above speaks volumes for those of us who do not support the leader of our country and how he is going about making America great again. It's like there is no one flying the plane and we are free falling.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2017-08-05 10:42 AM


I'd be less worried if we all acted like we were dealing with the same guy. But too many of his supporters are like the 3 little monkeys: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
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