I cannot tell a lie; it's Trump's that drive this column
By Tom Burke
Herald columnist
Last week I wrote about Donald Trump. Again. I was chided about it, challenged to write about something other than Trump (if I could), told I was being vitriolic and, as he was my president, to just get over it. (For the record, I had more atta-boys than criticisms.)
Those suggestions, that I simply accept his behavior, his policies and his governance without question, got me thinking.
So heres what Im thinking:
Im thinking I can write about other stuff. (Actually, I have. A lot.) I spent most of my career successfully writing about other stuff; whether advertising copy; speeches for three Maryland governors; the Chesapeake Bay restoration; news for community newspapers; or columns here about topics as diverse as Neah Bay, phony companion animals, and gun violence.
Im thinking getting over it is a surrender of my rights as a citizen and my responsibility as a journalist. I can no more get over Trump than I got over Bill Clintons immorality, Hillary Clintons arrogance; or George W. Bushs lies about WMDs.
Im thinking that what shakes me to the core, and drives my focus on Trump, is his lying. Over 9,000 times since he took the Oath of Office.
And as his lying doesnt seem to bother Trumps supporters, Id like to ask them some questions about it:
If your doctor said, You have cancer, and you didnt; or he told you, Youre cancer free and you had that terrible disease; how would you react to your doctors lie?
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