Our country is being run by a man who has one goal: destroy President Obama’s Legacy. He hasn’t gotten his way with Republicans on The Hill. They either have the political aptitude to realize that they will not win in 2018 if they repeal Obamacare without a plan to replace, or they are decent human beings who realize that the ramifications of allowing millions to lose their health insurance is unhealthy and immoral.
Trumps myopic spite demonstrates his lack of the moral decency required to rise above jealousy and spite–it vitiates his ability to make sound decisions as this country’s president.
He is full of childish spite, especially towards his predecessor, and this spite is currently his great motivator. From domestic issues to foreign affairs, he is seeking to dismantle President Obama’s Legacy.
Trump’s worldview is antonymic to the worldview of most Americans. Perhaps it is because he never had to struggle financially–his father always took care of him, and then left him millions of dollars upon his passing. Or perhaps it is his psychological illness. John’s Hopkins University doctors have diagnosed Trump as a malignant narcissist. He has the inability to empathize with those who have to struggle financially to maintain health insurance because he never had to worry about a lapse in health insurance coverage. Therefore, even though his spitefulness towards Obama will affect the healthcare of millions, including children, he has no issue with nixing key subsidies that help states provide health coverage to their most vulnerable citizens.
His spitefulness will also impact foreign affairs. He plans on tearing up the Iran Nuclear Accord–a huge diplomatic victory for the Obama Administration. What other logical reason is there for this act than pure spite towards Obama? He has not proffered any evidence that Iran is deceiving The United States. He hasn’t called for UN inspectors to investigate possible weapons-grade uranium enrichment activity. The only problem Trump has with the Accord is that it is an important part of Obama’s presidential legacy.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is one of the single greatest challenges of modern international relations–so one would assume that Trump has done his due diligence in deciding to nix the Treaty. But all that matters to him is that it was promulgated by his predecessor –that’s enough to undo the hard work of our nation’s diplomats.
It is frightening that the current president is so immature and irresponsible that his governing style is based on spite towards his predecessor. Not only is Trump willing to affect the health of American citizens by tearing up Obamacare, but he also has negatively affected the health of our democratic-republic. And his presence in the Oval Office has brought the world to brinksmanship. He is a sick man. Perhaps he should make use of the health insurance, which he will never have to worry about losing, and see a psychologist.
The New American Progressive
I grew up in the Old Harbor Housing Development in the Irish American neighborhood of South Boston. Currently, Southie has gained fame for being the home of gangsters, powerful politicians, and as the toughest inner city neighborhood in America. It is the home of Speaker of the House McCormick; but it’s the home of three housing projects as well. It’s the home of Senate President Bulger; but it’s also the home of Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger—the most infamous gangster of our generation.
I survived the streets of South Boston by learning to defend myself in a boxing gym with national champions and professional boxers. I still box to this day. I also am very blessed to come from a family that values education and demands top academic performance. Out of my Irish grandmother, who has her high school diploma, she had a daughter that put herself through nursing school as a single mom (my mother); out of four grandchildren, I went to Boston College High School founded in 1864 by the Jesuits as Boston College, and the girls went to Fontbonne Academy. Both are college preparatory schools run by the Jesuits and the Sisters of Saint Joseph, respectively. These Catholic orders inculcate their students with the belief that we are meant to be of service to others. Three of the four have Bachelors Degrees. One has a graduate degree, and I am a graduate degree candidate at Suffolk University in marketing. My BA is in political science.
I ran a multiplicity of Boston campaigns. I managed campaigns and was field coordinator. However, as field coordinator, my role was that of a campaign manager. I developed the theme, message, and strategy. The candidate and I start off with a SWOT analysis, and go from their. It requires tremendous trust for a public official to put her reputation in your hands, to trust you with their deepest, darkest secrets, and to develop a working relationship, so that the candidate does not need to be a campaign manager. Not all candidates are political scientists who grew up in politics and knew that campaigning was one of their callings.
I remember taking on a campaign managing role in one of my campaigns en medias res, and it was a campaign manager’s worst nightmare: I had an articulate, courageous, progressive candidate from a great Latino family, including a father who was a Boston Public School teacher. However, he knew not how to campaign. I proudly took over that campaign. That candidate went on to serve as the Boston Coordinator for Kennedy’s U.S. Senate bid.
I ran a presidential campaign for a labor union, and I needed to utilize my Southie street smarts to come out with the win.
I worked for the Obama ‘08 Campaign as a co-founder of South Boston for Obama. I then worked for him for a year in NH, where I got to meet and speak with him.
I served in two branches of government. I worked for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (public defenders), and, as an Adams, who going all the way back to John Adams, believed that the keystone to free society was fair and proper representation under the law for all people, no matter the court of public opinion.
I also worked in the legislative branch for a statesman named Senator Hart. I did constituent service work, which was so rewarding. I got to give back to a community that gave me the opportunity to achieve my dreams and goals.
As an undergraduate at Suffolk University where I served as the President of the Pre-Law Association and graduated with a 3.4 GPA, I was honored to be given a scholarship to study the effects of fascism and communism on Central Europe after writing a paper about my own family’s tragic experiences in Poland during Nazi occupation. I completed an independent study with a brilliant political scientist, Kenneth Cosgrove, PhD., author of Branded Conservatives, opened my eyes up to the ways in which conservatives successfully utilize modern marketing techniques to win elections. They shifted the country to the right with their use of marketing strategies.
I am currently an MSM (Masters in Science in Marketing) candidate at Suffolk University. I am proficient with Wordpress and Squarespace; Google Analytics; social media advertising campaigns; and other forms of marketing like STP (Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning).
This site will be the home of my new blog that will discuss politics and marketing.
I hope my life experience and my education in these fields creates a healthy dialogue that can lead to higher truths.
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