To the editor:
I grew up in a small town in the 50/60s and was taught a level of decency, code of conduct, call it what you will, by the generations before me - good role models. Being in the South as well, I had the solid religious education to supplement that. Being fair and considerate to others, especially those diminished and vulnerable for some reason.
Teasing and intimidation were not tolerated and cheating and deception were not acceptable behavior. Roll forward to 2016 and I had to shake my head when similar communities from which I was nurtured happened to vote in and still support a character like Trump – the very opposite of a good role model.
He has cheated on every woman he has been involved with, including 2 previous wives. His mistress was pregnant with his child (Tiffany), he later divorced Ivana, Tiffany was born, then he married Marla Maples some months later. So he had a child out of wedlock. He has cheated people, over and over, out of their money for work completed – either paid them half the agreed amount or even none at all.
My upbringing had a word for that: CON MAN!! He has declared bankruptcies and just walked away with the money and left the investors busted. His base somehow wants to believe that Trump cares about them, wants to help them. Trump only cares about one person: himself! He has alienated our allies and cozied up to the dictators.
The Access Hollywood tape did not cause me concern that he was vulgar, using a slang word for a region of a woman’s body, indecent without a doubt. It was his attitude, however, that put me in a rage: common in his circle of stinky rich and powerful menfolks: they are rich, powerful, and famous - they can do whatever they want!
How can folks raised like myself tolerate someone of Trump’s ilk for even one second? Please make me understand!
David S. Gooding
Normandy Park
Spot on David!