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The buzzword and the rabbit’s hole

Dear Editor,

President Bush, Jr., was the first to call it for what it is. After Donald J. Trump’s 2017 inaugural speech Bush walked away shaking his head and said, “That was some weird stuff!” He got that right.

Trump’s speech was filled with doom and gloom tearing our country down and disrespecting America’s intelligence like we’ve never heard from any American president. Ever!

He trashed our country repeatedly, calling it a wasteland and an American carnage, and kept saying, “Listen to only me. Only I can fix it.” Like a cult leader would say, or worse a dictator.

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The pot calling the kettle black

Dear Editor,

I am the parent of six and with 12 grandkids. I will be the first to say it matters neither way if someone has children or not. It’s just not a kitchen table topic for more Americans.

But it is for J.D. Vance. He obsesses about procreating like a mother-in-law craving a grandbaby. It’s just weird. He’s been name-calling women like a bully on a playground. “Childless cat ladies,” and accusing those without children to be less capable in leadership positions.

I’ve known smart people with kids and the dumbest with kids, and it’s just dumb and small-minded to think the way J.D. does.

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