Joseph – yes, I would have said the same thing about Bill Clinton.
Kfb, Health – I didn’t have the privilege of voting. I am neither a democrat supporter nor a fan of Hillary Clinton. Where I come from I have voted conservative in every election since 1991. But I felt she would have been better than him. We shall see. he won, he gets to prove us all right or wrong.
Health, I’ve actually gotten off of my chair and volunteered in seven elections for conservative candidates. Have you? If not, maybe that reluctance to actually do something for a conservative cause makes YOU a “liberal”.
If I had the vote and there was any other conservative/republican candidate than Trump, I would have voted for them. So, Health, you can throw around the word “liberal” as an insult at me or anyone else. It only reflects on your poor understanding of the political and linguistic antecedents of the word.
Kfb, I have a realistic expectation of politicians especially when it comes to Foreign policy. Its called Realpolitik and it is the foundation of understanding Political Science since the days of Bismarck. You should read up on it sometime. So I understand (but abhor) how someone could kiss Suha Arafat and take money for her foundation from Gulf states. I look to the bottom line of where her development and implementation of realistic policy was, and it was not objectively anti-Israel. It may not have been what an absolutist Israel supporter dreams of, but it compares well with many previous US administrations.
Health, it might help you to take a deep breath and actually read what is being written before responding. I wasn’t expressing concern for your kedusha. That’s your business. I simply said that all of the readers here had more of it in their lives than Trump, and so my expectations of them would be that they would reflect it more than him.
As for Gay marriage – I believe that the state ultimately protects the right and definition of religious marriage if it makes civil marriage defined and distinct. Frankly I don’t see that Judaism recognizes ANY marriage outside of our faith. of a man and a woman, a doorknob and a parakeet, or two people of the same gender. If it isn’t halachic it isn’t marriage. So as long as constitutional rights are maintained, call it what you want and don’t infringe on religious marriage.