"Open Orthodox" leader and founder of religious 'social justice' movement Shmuly Yanklowitz says he can't recite the standard prayer for success of the president after Trump’s win.
He is so certain — based on half-truths and biased media reports — that America’s new president will destroy everything the liberals stand for — that he has rewritten the prayer for the government to basically state: “Save us from the president we don’t like.”
IT WAS NOT TRUMP that robbed Medicare. It was not Trump that raided Social Security. It was not Trump that added NINE TRILLIONS to the national debt. All that damage was done during the term of the liberals' Obama.
It IS true that Trump probably will stand with Israel; that he will move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel’s — not “Palestine’s” — capital. It is true that Trump will make life difficult for people to enter the U.S. illegally. It is true that Trump will R-E-P-L-A-C-E the so-called “Affordable Care Act” (Obamacare), but Obamacare will remain — Trump repeatedly stated — until there is a R-E-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T plan to protect Americans.
Just how many Americans have gone to their doctor and found their doctor won’t accept Obamacare? How many Americans have gone to a doctor or hospital and discovered that their Obamacare deductibles and co-pays bankrupted them?
It IS true that some illegals will be deported; hopefully not just Mexicans, and hopefully there will be penalties for those Americans who employ them. It was Obama, not Trump, who cancelled the “Wet foot/Dry foot” policy that allowed Cubans seeking a better economy to get special treatment as soon as they set foot on U.S. soil. Where are the liberals now? Selective liberalism.
It IS true that Trump will negotiate better deals for the U.S. than his predecessor – the Iran deal that had the U.S. giving billions to a regime that wants to replace our semblance of democracy with a caliphate headed by Daesh (Islamist extremists).
It IS true that “sanctuary cities” will pay a price for thumbing their political noses at U.S. laws … U.S. laws that were promulgated decades ago.
So what is Yanklowitz’ “prayer?”
It seems that Yanklowitz is HOPING that Trump will do everything the Californian is “praying” he won’t do.
America suffered eight years of what many Republicans — and a few others as well — considered an incompetent president. Obama made bad deals after bad deals. He caused the U.S. to be denigrated by countries big and small. He set the Arab world on fire with his “Arab Spring.” He encouraged the “Palestinians” to stay away from negotiations with Israel, the only country that can assure them a decent economy, that provides water, electricity, and medical care and decent-paying jobs to its citizens. “Palestinians” look to Israel, not Jordan or Syria, for assistance. (The president of “Palestine” sends his mother to an Israeli hospital for treatment rather than to Jordon or even Europe.)
Nothing Obama did that backfired on him or America was Obama’s fault — at least he never admitted he was wrong about anything.
FOR THE RECORD, Obama DID give Israel a huge defense loan. The strings on the loan are that Israel must “Buy American.” In actuality. Obama — like presidents before him — gave foreign aid to prop up American companies, some of which actually still manufacture goods in the U.S.
Obama never was “my” president, but he was elected to the office and I accepted that. Like-minded people did not take to the streets. We didn’t trash our cities (as Hillary’s people did) — we watched as Obama’s damage unfolded, waiting for 2012.
Did George Bush whine when Obama won the first election?
Did then-president Bush help Obama transition? (Yes)
Did Hillary whine when Trump won? (Yes)
Is Obama obstructing the Trump transition? (Yes)
Is the behavior of Hillary’s — and Obama’s — followers have some sort of Democrat disease? If it is, it may spread to the GOP, further polarizing America; another Obama legacy.
I’m 74 and I’ve watched campaigns since Ike defeated Harry S — and Harry S was a great president, an honest president. I’ve seen good president from the Democrat part and good presidents from the GOP — and bad ones from both parties as well. I have NEVER seen Americans behave as badly as they are behaving now.
I expect Yanklowitz’ prayer will catch on with his far left followers, but I hope that the rest of America’s observant Jews don’t follow suit.
I certainly won’t.
