Vickie Shufton

Trump is a Trojan Horse for racists, homophobes, xenophobes, misogynists, and antisemites. He is a pay-to-play candidate so empty on the inside that he has plenty of room to carry their water.

But it is time for the 75 percent of us with average-to-above-average intelligence to have a conversation, because it is going to be up to us to rescue America from the jaws of a looming theocratic dictatorship.

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, folks, but Donald Trump doesn’t even want to shake your hands, let alone invite you to Mar-a-Lago for a Diet Coke and a Big Mac.

Donald Trump campaigning for reelection at Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Oct. 30, 2020. Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Flickr.

Even at this early stage Trump is previewing the character and tone of his triumphant return to the presidency. He has already begun to select some of the most inexperienced whackadoodles in America to assist in his ongoing attempt to turn America into a Trump dictatorship.

It should be noted that Mr. Gaetz engendered such universal revulsion in the halls of Congress that he was unlikely to have been confirmed at all, and this would explain Mr. Trump’s demand for “recess” confirmations of his proposed cabinet members.

My partner, who is infinitely more perceptive than I, has wisely directed that I severely limit my daily consumption of news, which has become a major impediment to my well-being.

All those years ago, Princess Charming threw caution to the wind and decided to kiss the frog, in spite of the social consequences of that act, and in spite of the fact that in the end, the frog remained a frog.

I will miss the Berkshires, particularly the home where we have lived for the past 13 years, the longest stretch that I have ever lived in one location.

There is no one who relishes a good holiday celebration more than Phyllis, and because I lived with Phyllis for so many years, those memories are absolutely indelible.