The Man Without A Filter

I should talk: I say all kinds of utterly politically incorrect, inflammatory, accusatory, blunt statements. But, I try not to name names and to speak in general terms. I value low profile (when I am in a group, the neighborhood or at work). I also value kind speech, where possible. I want to be polite and diplomatic, where possible.

Then there is the Donald, the man without a filter. He brags today that he is a genius and a stable genius, and he is both, without a doubt. And I think he is sane, principled and decent man in a lot of ways.

Obama was smoother, but there was a wicked, totalitarian, constitution-annihilating, mindset to Barack the Marxist ideologue and Leftist king that made him a very dangerous, man. But, you would not know it based on the relatively quiet reaction from the public, the Press and Republicans and RINOS like the Bush people and Bush Presidents.

But Trump is impolitic, mouthy, bragging and issues crazy remarks or crazy-sounding remarks like raining down fire and fury upon North Korea. He loves being controversial and the center of attention, but it is a great political cost. Our conservative agenda is pushed into the shadows while we spend a week going over and over his latest controversial Tweet. We constitutional conservatives want to take over and take back America and make it great again, and the flawed Donald is our best current means of doing that. But his self-aggrandizing, strutting, mouthy remarks and public feuds with his latest insulter all push away women, minorities, Libertarians, RINOs and independents that a more likable Reaganesque constitutional conservative  that we desperately need to win over.

Trumps open boasting about his being a genius affronts people and makes them dislike him. One can be an egomaniac and think wild things without putting it in people's face all the time, scaring, angering and alienating them. Trump's crudeness, brashness, mouthiness and crass way of speaking and writing alienate many voters. He should have an approval rate of 70%, based on his stellar performance, and we may lose the House and Senate in 2018 due to his unpleasant, polarizing communication style.

I read an 1/6/18 article by Michael Tackett about Trump and he notes that this unconventional President stands out as being talked about as erratic, perhaps actually crazy and as uninformed. Trump is a genius but is no intellectual. I wish he would let Levin instruct him, and it would do much to help his understand and reach the end of his conservative destination. He is the executive that uses his wild personality and actions to stir creative chaos in his businesses to improve things, but with the nuclear button and great executive power at his command, he scares the hell out of many people that he will become King like Obama or start a nuclear war. I do not know for sure, but I do not think he is a dictator or a nihilistic monster. He actually is principled and keeps his word. He does not want to be dictator or blow up the world, and he is not crazy; he just sounds crazy--crazy like a fox.

Tackett writes that Trump's self-absorption, impulsiveness, lack of empathy, obsessive focus on slights, tenuous grasp of facts and a penchant for sometimes far-fetched conspiracy theories have many Democrats and psychologists believing that he is crazy and unfit for high office. I disagree strenuously. I think he is empathetic but not a bleeding heart. He is self-absorbed but he lives in the real world. He is too offended by slights, and I like a President that counter-punches, but he needs to attack when necessary, and ignore a lot of the sniping. I do not know about the conspiracy theory accusation.

Psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee arm-chair diagnoses Trump as mentally ill and visited Congress. The Democrats would user her as their cat's paw to use the 25th Amendment to get Trump removed from office by his Vice President, his Cabinet and Congress. This is an actual Leftist conspiracy to remove a legitimately elected President unraveling Obamaism, a process that fills them with rage, hate and lust for revenge.

Tackett goes on to write that West Wing staff dislike Trump's speaking style, his temper, his lack of interest in formal briefings, etc.

Donald, you need to reign in some of these character excesses. They get in the way of implementing our conservative agenda, and they provide ammunition to the Left for attacking you, and through you, us.

You cannot not and will not dial it back, so we all have to live with what you do to us, unless they can impeach you, or vote you out of office in 2020.