I heard him quoted today. He spoke of how half the world cannot speak freely, that doing so can result in their being jailed or worse. That we have this wonderful Constitution allows us to speak freely. And ask questions. That a candidate for the Presidency should WELCOME and encourage questions. That questioning is what gives value to the US Constitution as the cultural norm.
Meanwhile, I have been rereading "Miracle at Philadelphia", Catherine Drinker Bowen's book about the Constitutional Convention in 1787. These men gathered in Philadelphia to adapt The Articles of Confederation and morphed into scrapping The Articles and developing the Constitution. It was summer, it was hot, no air conditioning, of course, they were wearing the formal wool wear of the 18th century. Some of the men did not have enough money to pay the bill for their rooms. They developed rules that resulted in discussion of their varying views in civility. They discussed the huge ideas that gave us this incredible document.
Donald Trump does not show respect for our heritage and the Constitution when he mocks and bullies. He mocks the press and calls reporters names, just as an angry child might. He bullies his political friends, denigrating them into submission to support him. He calls his political foes names. And now, he criticizes the judge hearing the civil suit against Trump University, calling the federal judge a "hater" and alleging that the judge is a Mexican.
Trump has this habit and bringing something up and then saying no one should bring it up. Especially obvious was when he alleged that someone brought up the suicide of Vince Foster and how no one should to that. But Trump was the one who brought it up! Trump does it all the time. His tactics do resemble the methods of Adolph Hitler. These methods lead to facism.
And promises more of the same if, heaven forbid!, he becomes President.
We need to respect and emulate our Founding Fathers.
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