[Blindtlk] Here he comes...

[James Kelm]

Dear Jen and fellow listers...

    I want to respond to your question sincerely, and honestly, and from the 
heart to use an overly used saying.  But I'm going to come at it from a 
little different viewpoint, and I hope that you will understand what I am 
trying to say.

    When responding to my thoughts considering Donald Trump now being 
officially our new president, I do not want to openly declare whether I 
voted for him or not, or whether I was one of his supporters prior to today. 
What I do want to say is that whatever my personal views where prior to 
today, He is my, as well as all of our president from this day forward. 
That is what in my opinion is the most important thing!  Donald Trump is now 
the president of United States, and while we all certainly have the 
responsibility to express our views on specific issues, and work to maintain 
those laws and policies that best reflect our own individual adjenda, but as 
an over all general perception, I think that we all have to now recognize 
the fact of reality that he is the president, and our best future rests 
within his success within his office!  In other words if he is successful, 
it will mean that the country will be successful as a general rule.  If he 
fails horribly, this will mean that our country will fail!  Since I am a 
member of this country's population, I do not want to fail!

    I watch the protesters on the news saying things like "he is not my 
president", "I refuse to recognize him as America's president", and "I want 
to see him fail and go down in flames".  Although I am sure that these folks 
are sincere in their feelings, in my humble opinion they have not recognized 
or understood the reality of what they are stating.  The appropriate time to 
appose an individual is during the compain.  This is when we can, and in 
fact should loudly and aggressively work to motivate apposing voters, make 
public apposing statements, etc.  At this time we can offer an rejection of 
any candidates which we don't like.  But once a person has been elected and 
has become the president, in my opinion that time has ended.  We live in a 
republic democracy, and this says that some time our candidate will win, and 
some time he or she will lose.  It can be tough when someone whom we do not 
like becomes the winner, but that is the price of living in a democracy. 
Now we have to be selfish, and work to make a president an overwhelming 
winner and a success, because by doing so it will make us a winner and a 
success.  He is now the president, and as long as we live in this country, 
he is all of our president!  To refuse to acknowledge this is to refuse 
reality.  Whether I personally like or dislike Trump, the fact is that he is 
now my president, simply because I am an American.  There are still those 
who are protesting his election, with the hopes that he will be replaced by 
someone that they like better.  Well, the only way that this can happen is 
if we stop being a democratic nation, which is something that I personally 
do not wish to do!  All that I can do is to wish him the best, pray for his 
success, and if I don't like the results then work to support a different 
candidate next time around!  But refusing to acknowledge him as the 
president right now, is kind of like refusing to accept that it is January, 
because I do not like cold weather.  Nothing has changed, nor will it 
change, other than for the fact that I have rejected to see what is reality!

    There is one other aspect to Donald Trump's presidency that bothers me 
as well.  By me rejecting him, refusing to accept him as the president, and 
now working to try and get him replaced...  I am basically dismissing the 
millions of Americans that did vote for him.  I am saying that I disagree 
with millions of Americans, and my viewpoint is so much more valuable than 
theirs, that they should be dismissed and my candidate should be put into 
Trumps place.  This seems rather arrogant to me.

    Donald Trump and Barack Obama are extremely different types of 
Presidents, and I would dare say that there are very few people who like 
them both.  But the fact is that they were both elected presidents, and 
therefore both was my president, since I am an American.  We teach our 
children that they can not always win, and that it is important that they 
learn to be graceful losers.  This is a lesson that I am afraid that many 
adult Americans have either forgotten, or refuse to follow.  This makes me 
sad, because they are actually rejecting one of the principals that make us 
the greatest country on earth!

    This is simply my own individual opinion, and some of you folks may 
disagree!  *smile*


James


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jen via blindtlk
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 8:16 PM
To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org ; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Jen
Subject: [Blindtlk] Here he comes...

President Trump, that is.

I'm sending this message to both lists because I'm in a weird surveying mood
and want to get as many thoughts as positive, so I'm sorry if you get
duplicates.

What are your thoughts on his presidency as blind people?

On "Blind Talk," I was reading about the "Aim High" law, and I respect that.
But I don't think Betsy DeVos will ensure accessability gfor blind students
unless she is really pushed to do so.

What are your thoughts on the inauguration if you watched / listened to it?
I watched a lot of the inauguration today. Strangely, I'm addicted to the
"oath of office" part of every inauguration; I don't know why. When Trump
and Pence took their turns, I almost held my breath because I was afraid
they would screw it up, and I was so relieved they didn't!

I didn't like Trump's inaugural speech that much because it was stuff
regurgiated right from the campaign trail. Plus, the news anchor covering
the inauguration said Trump was reading from a Teleprompter, and people
reading from Teleprompters have always sounded fake to me.

But back to the bright side. In addition to the oaths of office being done
well, the national anthem was, too. I loved when Jackie hit the high note at
the end and when they played "Hail to the Chief" after Trump's oath and the
21-gun salute. Nothing like new pictures for my mind's eye...

How about you?


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