Educating Senator Cotton

ARKANSAS SENATOR TOM COTTON accuses democrats of being unable to accept the election of Trump, and still being embittered about it. As usual, the Senator misunderstands. Democrats, and in general those who oppose Trump, who constitute roughly two thirds of the American people, have long since accepted the Trump presidency as fact. After all, what choice do we have? The Senator greatly underestimates our ability to come to terms with reality, and perhaps overestimates his own, as when he attempted to sabotage President Obama's negotiations with Iran, motivating the Iranians to ask: "who is this freak?" On that occasion, the Senator's denial of reality was at least traitorous, at most treasonous. For the Senator's edification, what democrats and two thirds of Americans are embittered about is not Trump's election, but rather his behavior since, while in office. We the embittered majority deem it inappropriate for the president to dismiss man made climate change as a Chinese hoax, particularly considering that the Defense Department identifies global warming as the greatest threat to American national security. We are embittered by the president's removal of the United States from the global battle to fight environmental destruction currently being waged by every nation on earth, except conservative America. We are alarmed, if not embittered, by Trump's embrace of neo-liberal economics, and his tax breaks for the wealthy. The wealthy do not need tax relief. The poor do. A redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor, which is antithetical to conservative ideology, would greatly increase consumer demand, which is the only requisite for increased production, job growth and prosperity. Tax breaks for corporations neither create jobs nor increase production, since they do not increase consumer demand. In other matters, the president's inane lies and constant spewing of hatred against those who oppose his policies, such as calling political leaders who oppose him as "vicious" do not embitter us. They merely amuse us, as we roll our eyes, hold our noses, and sadly shake our heads in disbelief.