So... who wrote the NYT op-ed?

[GMDino]

(09-10-2018, 02:55 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I think the issue here is that the target of the efforts to bring back civility is Trump. We could all agree that he lacks any sort of tact. However, he isn't the cause of it all. There needs to be an effort, a bipartisan one, of former presidents and retired Representatives and Senators, that comes together to decry the current climate. Not Trump. Not McConnell, Ryan, Pelosi, or Schumer. The entire political environment needs to be targeted in order for this to be brought back on course.

There's no way to do that, to talk about the things that need changed without everyone assuming they are talking about Trump.

Look at McCain's funeral.  His never was never mentioned and his followers were up in arms.

If anyone, let alone Obama, suggests we need to be more tactful, more truthful and more civil, Trump will be dead center in teh conversation whether it was intended or not.

There's just no getting around the biggest hole in the room.