An Open Letter to Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Don Lemon
Dear Anderson, Jake and Don
full disclosure, I’ve always been a fan
but lately I find (maybe it’s a phase, a stage)
I’m getting tired of outrage
could we just agree that some truths are self-evident
that yes, Donald Trump is a disastrous president
that yes, he’s a congenital liar
that yes, his pants are on fire
yes, he’s a fascist
yes, he’s a racist
yes, he “grabs pussy”, cheats on his wife
but, here’s the thing, he’s having the time of his life
he’s hosting the biggest reality show of all time
and you are playing your part, falling in line
it’s not that you are dupes, puppets, complicit
but do you have to analyse every tweet, every snippet
do you have to report every rally
every blundering sally
into global politics
every outburst of fustian rhetoric
why not talk about detention of children, the environment
deregulation, the threat to national monuments
why not talk about hope, democracy, activists, action
and ignore this preening prat, this abominable distraction.
Stopdraggingthepanda 
You can’t shout this loud enough. Stop giving this man the attention he craves and focus on what he’s really doing. Excellent poem.
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Thanks, Eilene, yes all that noise makes it hard to hear!
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Yes, Yes, and Yes! You have said it very well!
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Thank you, much appreciated!
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Their energies need to be focused on mounting a true, meaningful resistance, to break the regressive Republican stronghold on our society. Because getting rid of the free-wheeling, moronic, asshat, buffoon, leaves the truly-focused, über-fundamentalist demon in charge. Pence would be from the frying pan into the inferno. Great write Jim!
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Agreed on Pence, Trump’s saving grace is his incompetence…Pence on the other hand……
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