Editor, Gazette-Journal: We are all familiar with the phrase, “All politics is local,” which was former House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s way of saying that successful elected officials concentrate on the everyday concerns of their immediate constituents. That’s because voters tend to choose their government representatives with one eye on their paychecks, the cost of groceries (and gas!), the education of their children, health care, and a host of other mundane but vital matters that affect their lives each day. While all this is true, it may be time for us voters, for our own good, to think more broadly than we have in the past. Whatever their political persuasion, sensible people I talk to agree that the Trump presidency is a disaster. He has alienated our allies, started a costly war in Iran, disrupted the world economy, and turned impetuousness into social policy. Overwhelmingly, rankings I’ve found of American presidents place Trump among the worst in history. We have Trump for two and...
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