My parents were Holocaust survivors and like most, if not all, I grew up only knowing and voting Democrat.

I yearn for the Democrats of decades ago like Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Unfortunately, for this great country, they are long gone.

I will not refute you my friend. I dislike President Trump too. There are likely many of nearly half of this country that dislike him but will be
voting for him.

Rather than debating Trump, I first ask the never Trumpers how you liked President Obama as President; or when the last time was you ever voted against a Democrat. With Jay, I know this answer well. Why debate President Trump?

I simply respect those opinions that differ with mine. We used to be an America where one had the right to not be lectured that one’s opinion is the only valid one.

We have the right to see the world differently and still be compassionate. I will vote for President Trump not because I like him as a person in any way. I am voting against the New Democrat Party.

I value law and order in our city streets. 

I value small businessmen who have rights to not have their livelihoods destroyed. 

I value our police officers. 

I despise racism of any kind and it needs to be rooted out of any organization including racist or corrupt police officers but never by undermining our sacred institution and the job these holy men perform.

I am a social liberal. I value our African American community in our inner cities and have watched 5 decades of being told by the same ol’ Democrat inner city politicians how the solution is more money. After 5 decades of more money, we have the same failing schools, unemployment, and lost hope. 

Who is to blame? 

Politicians need to look in the mirror, but they never do and are re-elected year after year.  In business, we blowup such failures and start over with creative solutions. In the Democrat Party we cherish blaming everyone but ourselves for our inner-city failures. Creative out of the box ideas are needed but cannot happen with the same ol’. 

I value Middle-East miraculous, unique, and strategic breakthroughs after 70+ years of Harvard educated diplomats repeating the same ol’ failure after failure and getting nowhere. Additionally, most recently topping it off with an Iran deal, had it been proposed to the Democrats in the 1960’s - 1990’s, everyone would have laughed and said it was orchestrated by Russia. But, in the 21st century the President of our United States actually wanted it and coerced formerly supposed Congressmen
friendly to Israel, to amazingly put their politics over the safety of our biggest ally in Israel.

Hypocrisy and blatant double standards in media are at historic proportions.
I value a media that cares to give us all the news and trust that we have the right to decide what we accept or reject. American opinion writer and editor, Bari Weiss, is the “poster child” for what has gone so wrong and this now overt anti-Semitism is now a danger to us all

Jay, I have so much more, but I am not lecturing people and I know you disagree with all and that’s great. It is simply one man’s opinion no more or less important than yours or the almost 50% of the country who will be voting for Trump. When I shared all this recently with respected friends and acquaintances, I was called a Nazi and cancelled. Not my friends anymore. No one calls the child of Holocaust
survivors, a Nazi. Cancellation culture? Not in the America I cherish.

So in summary Jay, my right is to have my opinion. I value yours and all opinions that differ from mine. My fervent hope is that no matter who wins, somehow and some way, we all get back to respecting that basic right and the Democrat Party finds that middle ground again of yesteryear, so I can rejoin a once great party that is today so far from it.