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Do Ya Want Some Mo, Joe?

Last Saturday night my wife and I went to a play. We were there early and before the doors opened, I was outside talking to Joe, an amicable guy even though his politics are on the left. He politely asked if I had had a good day, and when I answered “yes, very much so,” he inquired as to what I had done that day. I told him that I had taken a long nap and had done some writing for my second book. One thing led to another and after I told him the format and the genesis of the first book, he queried as to how he could purchase it.

I responded to him, “It’s title is The Quirky Contrarian by Daniel R. Collins, and you can buy it on Amazon. However, Joe, I must warn you that there are some parts of this book that you may not like or agree with, namely my many letters to the editor”
(For me it’s not worth the small change, that I receive for each copy sold, to piss someone off.)
His response made me feel like a hockey player who has just made a clean check, and is suddenly faced with an angry opponent who has taken off his gloves and dropped his stick, “Oh, are you one of those looney-tunes that back that wacko president in Washington?”
A choice:
Either drop my gloves and my stick and come out swinging.
Or, quietly skate away and avoid the confrontation.
“Oh, it looks like they’ve opened the doors and we can go inside. See ya later, Joe.”
The play was only so-so, but I did not care. For the next hour and a half, in my mind  I went going through what I could have said to Joe, considering that I had both the height and the weight on my side and would have easily won the hockey skirmish.
 
“Joe, without getting emotional, let’s just look at the facts. President Trump has merely done those things that he promised when he was campaigning. 

He has nominated two conservative Supreme Court Justices, and the Senate has confirmed 29 federal appellate judges . . . more than any other recent president.

He withdrew from the Paris Accords and from Obama’s Clean Power Plan, while he has approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, and opened the  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploration – all just as he had promised.

He withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership, and has renegotiated NAFTA.

He has rolled back regulations resulting in $8.1 billion in regulatory savings in his first year, and $9.8 billion so far this year. The economy is booming and he passed the tax cuts that he said were necessary. Unemployment is at a record low.”

When I finally took a breath, Joe was skating off the ice and back on the bench!

“Do ya want some mo, Joe?”

BTW: No additional book sales . . . yet!

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