Naive

I am pretty naive. I have actually known that for quite some time but lately it has been more apparent just how naive I am.  Especially when it comes to how people view the world and politics in particular.   I have always thought that your beliefs should coincide with how you live your life and how you vote.  I am finding out that not everyone thinks that way.  It has been pretty surprising, but has given me insight into how that guy in the white house has managed to bamboozle so many folks.

I get it when people say they did not like how things were going before the election.  I didn't think it was so bad, but then my guy was President.  I wasn't as pleased with him as I wanted to be but I did respect him and knew he was a decent man.

So, it amazes me when I talk to people who say they do not like how the new guy acts or what he says, but they think he will make big changes.  So far, the only thing I can see him changing is how the world sees our country and him in particular, which is sad, considering we have been the ugly Americans for a long time.  I don't like that title.  I don't want to be an ugly American and I don't want someone who really is an ugly American representing me to the world.

Okay I got diverted.  So how can Trump supporters overlook the fact that the man is a bigot, anti-Semitic, male chauvinist pig, whose buddy is a socialist, fascist.  What are they seeing that I am not and are they being truthful with themselves when they say they don't like what he says.  I could not back a democrat or independent who lied every time he opened his mouth, so how can they justify doing the same thing.

I am naive and I believe that our leaders should be examples for us, so that we can be proud of who we are as a nation.  Now if the guy in the white house was on WWE I would find him hilarious.  They are supposed to entertain and be braggarts and pump themselves up for audience attention.  It is not so attractive from the President of the United States.

Yeah, I am not as naive as I was a few months ago and I have learned that we really are a great nation with some true heroes but we sure have a long way to go before we become a civilized nation.  That is if this guy does not take us down so far it will take an Act of God to get us back on Track.  Hmm, I must think on that, maybe, just maybe.