I had to look that up. It’s been a long time. Not that I was ever a cheerleader. I was a cheerleader wannabe for a while as a tween/young teen but my body does not really flex in the ways that a cheerleader’s body needs to. I could sorta do some of the stuff cheerleaders do (cartwheels, splits, etc.) as a kid but it didn’t come naturally to me. I was envious of those popular girls until I decided I wasn’t.

About all I can say about the polly-tickle situation right now is a great big UGH! I am unable to process any of it. Today was a work day but the radio was rolling in the background all day because my ADHD won’t let me concentrate on the complicated stuff I have to analyze, design, and write about without brain micro-breaks. Actually I do not have ADHD at all, that was kind of a joke, probably a bad one. But I often have to approach things in bits and pieces until I get to the point where I’ve internalized a project enough that it flooooows. Radio or word puzzles help me. Micro-dosing, if you will, without the LSD.

So what does Trump mean when he says he is fighting? Who is he fighting for? Besides himself, that is. What are his weapons? Word Salad is certainly not an effective one. It’s all empty rhetoric to me.

What I want in a president is someone who is capable of analyzing issues (with the help of some actual Subject Matter Experts) to come up with solutions that move the country forward. Incrementally if at all possible. Drastic change with its unintended consequences rarely works out well. I realize our country has a lot of problems but I don’t think we should use a sledgehammer to solve them.

I will refer again to immigration, which seems to particularly rankle Trump (whose ancestors were immigrants). Mass deportation on his Dictator Day? How could that possibly go wrong? I believe there need to be some rules around immigration. I do NOT believe all of the “open borders” BS. I believe we need to treat immigrants with compassion. (And not tear their children away from them.)

We need a president who can work collaboratively on complex issues like this, not just wield a big battle axe. Now. If we actually need to FIGHT. Like wage war. We do need a president who can be strong enough to make difficult decisions. But I do NOT mean a “strongman”, which I think Trump is trying to portray himself as. To me, strongman means authoritarian rule of some sort and that never turns out well.

I am quitting now because I don’t feel like I’m making much sense at this point. As I said at the beginning, I am unable to process much of what’s going on.

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