After the Stillborn Impeachment Finally
Is Dismissed, Trump Should Employ
Greater Prudence During the Next Five Years
American Spectator,
by
Dov Fischer
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
1/26/2020 4:22:08 AM
As a very smart young rabbi, a graduate of Columbia University and Yeshiva University, I was quite confident of two things: (i) the inherent goodness of all people, and (ii) my own intelligence. As I subsequently learned in due time, that is the most lethal mix imaginable, a sure-fire path to self-destruction. Because of that mix, I married the wrong person, allowed myself to be induced to make the only two disastrous decisions that changed, altered, and ruined important aspects of my life’s journey, and ended up being cheated out of my first 20 years’ life’s savings.
And then in 1990, after 10 successful years
Reply 1 - Posted by:
RedGrains 1/26/2020 5:02:48 AM (No. 298383)
President Trump would do well to bring Rabbi Fischer into his closest inner circle of advisors.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
The Remnants 1/26/2020 6:34:18 AM (No. 298408)
Contrast the way the Republicans and the Democrats are running this whole impeachment fiasco. The Republicans are in it to do a job, and do it well. They are results-orientated. The Democrats are in it to make points for themselves, whether for a future election or to keep the position they already hold. Other-directed vs. self-seeking. There are some people who will never see anything positive in Trump because they just have different goals. I'd rather have the guy and his team who get things done for our country.
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I really enjoy the way he thinks. Mazel tov Rabbi.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/26/2020 7:38:06 AM (No. 298464)
Is President Trump supposed to now run scared, govern by concensus, look under the bed at night?
He did nothing wrong. Is he supposed to spend precious time mulling how everything he does and says is perceived by his enemies, Democrat and Republican?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/26/2020 7:44:05 AM (No. 298470)
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It is clear from his opening that the rabbi is projecting his own young hubris onto a seasoned businessman and now seasoned President of the United States. Usually a reader of Fischer, I don’t buy this one.
Many of the Democrats are “in it” out of various emotions. Lifelong politicians, some are jealous of all that non-politician Trump has, and has been able to achieve as president against high odds and under constant bombardment by his enemies in both parties. His energy alone is enviable. His ability to read people and think his way through negotiations of all kinds is stellar. He has had victories and defeats in a business some would only dream of and continues to get up every morning and keep going. Forcefully, successfully. And when he has a setback, he regroups and tries again.
Based upon his headline “advice” to our President, Fischer doesn’t have a clue about this man...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/26/2020 7:49:26 AM (No. 298476)
"With a bit more prudence, for himself and demanded from his closest aides, he will achieve even more during the remaining five years of his presidency."
I totally disagree. Pushing prudence and avoiding conflict is EXACTLY how dems/media cow Republicans into inaction. You can be as prudent as a priest and the dems/media will STILL attack you because their purpose is to herd you into inaction or ineffective action.
It is too bad the Rabbit overreached in his own life and paid a price. Maybe HE was too arrogant and too trusting. However, the record of Trump's judgement is excellent. The reason he is facing impeachment has NOTHING to do with Trump's actions. That should be clear from the fantasy impeachment charges. Trump is facing impeachment solely because he won the 2016 election and dems HATE him for that. Russian collusion was completely made up, paid for by Hillary. Yet Trump had to deal with Mueller, a process started before he did ANYTHING as president.
When evil people have decided to come after you, your own meticulous behavior will not save you. I would think a Rabbi would know that lesson all to well.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
JL80863 1/26/2020 8:04:21 AM (No. 298485)
Very nicely put #4. While I don't question the intent of Rabbi Fischer's article, it almost seemed he was arguing that President Trump should be more like all the damned lawyers in Congress. A good way to examine the way lawyers think is to look at the user instructions for practically anything you buy these days. President Trump has precious little time to overthink the language of every conversation. We love him for who he is. As for lawyers in Congress, how is it they come to government poor and leave rich?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Yuban 1/26/2020 8:37:25 AM (No. 298530)
You cannot appease evil. You must defeat evil. I would think a rabbi would know that. All my 72 years the GOP has appeased and tried to compromise with the Left, and yet, here we are.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 1/26/2020 9:05:57 AM (No. 298573)
For the sinful man who seeks to honor life and do good for his countrymen, there's a divine alchemy at work that turns his "imprudence" into greatness. Let's eschew the hubris of tut-tutting him into embracing the lessons WE learned from OUR eff-ups in our own completely dissimilar experience.
Just let Trump be Trump, rabbi. In all his imperfection, he's already done more good for our nation - and the world - than most of the "prudent" presidents before him.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/26/2020 9:07:02 AM (No. 298575)
What President Trump needs to do is go full throttle to indict and convict ALL of the Leftist Thugs that were involved in the Coup! That will take out 95% (All) of the Leftists in govt... Next...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/26/2020 9:10:29 AM (No. 298580)
Another thought, Yep, President Trump should 'turn the other cheek'...the one in his pants!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 1/26/2020 9:16:10 AM (No. 298585)
I want President Trump to continue being the bulldozer he's been so far. My fear is that he'll go Ivanka soft in his second term.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bamboozle 1/26/2020 9:35:22 AM (No. 298611)
It would make no difference if Mr Trump somehow became a paragon of prudence. The deranged left will continue to hate him because he had the temerity to oppose them. That's what haters do.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/26/2020 10:20:20 AM (No. 298677)
Ok, I get what the author is saying, but I also know the Democrats, NeverTrumpers, RINOs, globalistas, and other assorted lefties will continue to hound President Trump for as long as he remains in office regardless of what he does. Bet they will even bring new articles of impeachment if/when the current ones fail. Don't need a law degree to see that.
Trump knows what's coming after him (he knows how to perceive people once he gets to know them a little), and he will continue to come down on his opponents like a tone of bricks, and I'm perfectly fine with that. Absolutely no appeasement. His enemies would view that as weakness and would immediately go for the throat.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Peaches 1/26/2020 10:38:34 AM (No. 298699)
Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead, Mr. President!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
jacksin5 1/26/2020 11:07:38 AM (No. 298728)
PDJT has taken on the Herculean task of cleaning out the Aegean Stables (the Swamp). It's not a job for Pretty Boys with Pretty Words. I equate Donald Trump with George S. Patton. I don't care if he's rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. I just want us to win the damn war.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
TXknitter 1/26/2020 11:36:10 AM (No. 298757)
I am with ya, #4. I respect the good Rabbi very much and I do not question his good intentions. Basically, he is advocating that it is merely personality that has caused the President’s enemies to freak out. No, it is Trump’s open confrontation of evil that freaks out the entire federal government system.
If we are so blessed to have this strong Trump for another four years, it needs to be FULL STEAM AHEAD. The RINO girly way of fighting Democrats almost took down the USA. We are unlikely to get another party man Republican in there next that will fight the in-house filth and corruption in D.C. with Trump’s forthright courage. Trump will have to make every day count big while he is in our White House. I truly thank God he seems to know it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 1/26/2020 12:02:38 PM (No. 298795)
That is probably the most stupid headline I have ever seen. It certainly doesn't take into account that they were going to try impeachment before he had even done ANYTHING as president. They would do this to a ham sandwich if it was named Trump. Their hatred for the American voters knows no bounds, and Trump is simply the easiest target for them at the moment.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
pensom2 1/27/2020 12:02:57 AM (No. 299163)
My impression of the rabbi's article is that Trump's people should be a shade more careful to dot their i's and cross their t's, so as to not give an easy excuse to left-wing federal district court judges to slap an injunction on you every time you begin to take action. It's easy to say, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," but if you have to argue injunctions day after day, you're really not going full speed ahead anyhow.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 1/27/2020 3:02:17 PM (No. 299705)
I totally disagree. The only way to deal with the bullies on the Left is to bloody their noses. Let Trump be Trump!!!
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