Memo to The Donald

                                       
                      Memo


To:     Donald J. Trump,  aka The Donald
From:  http://frompencilboxtokeyboard.blogspot.com 
Re:     Seven reasons why people like you...or not
Date:  A little more than a year away from the next Presidential election...


It is quite clear that:

1. you are not concerned with being "politically correct". Some find this to be refreshing even if offensive from time to time. It's an unusual sort of mixed reaction...complicated somehow.
2. you are driving the talking heads of media, including major networks, as well as both CNN and Fox News, to the point of stuttering as they scramble to force you into some mold with which they are comfortable. Some find this to be most amusing to watch and wonder why they are so afraid of you and of your potential - why they go out of their way to make you look bad when over and over it turns back on them and has the opposite effect. The US media could use one of those people who helps create a positive spin on things. Their image is "hurting" big time. For many people I have talked with, media ranks right there with politicians on the distrust meter.
3. you don't seem to be in major need of financial contributions. What? Some find this to be a most pleasant change among politicians. No one owns you.  This is a good thing. No wonder some are twitchingly nervous. You are so not a typical politician... so not a member of the political version of the "good ole boys club".
4. you seem to manipulate the news to provide free campaign "advertising" without even trying. Some find this to be creative and intelligent as well as entertaining and endearing. Some of the less objective news people (which is most of them) are starting to move into a panic mode  -- at times becoming way too obvious in their attacks on you.  Ugly and sad to watch... they seem pathetically desperate somehow, but their actions keep your name in the forefront of the news. This phenomenon is great fun for those who enjoy some of the ironies of life.  Yep -- Those of us whose intelligence the media is underestimating do enjoy watching the media getting what's coming to them.
5. you somehow make the common man believe that you understand his situation even though your holiday "gratuities" to doormen may be larger than most yearly salaries of aforementioned Middle America. Some find this surprisingly and oddly bond-creating. Strange, isn't it?
6. you make city life look tolerable. Some, more rural Americans, find your love of city life to be sad, but understand that you call New York City your home - especially since you own a lot of it. We can't fault you for loving your home.  It's just that you are missing so much and that makes many who live a simpler life feel a bit sorry for you.... Rural America is largely underestimated by those who are sometimes referred to as "City Slickers". You do know, don't you, that New Yorkers are obnoxiously provincial? Actually, it's a very unattractive quality of many "city folk". Do we have glimmers that you do know that there is another world out there?  I think so.  American is a large nation; many think that you "get that".
7. you make a suit or dress clothes look almost as comfortable as jeans and a flannel shirt. Some find this to be odd but recognize that you, of course, may wear whatever you want. However -- one suggestion is that you stay away from baseball caps.  They are a bit of a stretch and an odd contradiction to the whole Presidential image even if you delete the boring, constricting necktie and switch to khakis and a sports coat on such ballcap wearing occasions. Further --  if you feel you must "dress down" upon occasion, please oh please spare us the rolled up sleeve look.  We know you didn't just finish mucking out the stalls in the horse barn. Actually -- we don't want you to do that. We have other jobs for you to do -- hopefully. We like it when you look Presidential.

Now here is the thing that you really need to keep in mind.  If you are in fact accomplishing all of this turmoil on the political front for any other reason other than to actually run for president, there are many who are not going to like you any more -- at all. Please don't become one of "them". Please know that there are those out here in the world of normal who have come to dislike politicians, who have learned to identify and to distrust all the false rhetoric and promises, who are disillusioned and apathetic -- rightfully so. You, seemingly a non-politician, appear to be asking all the right questions and at the same time making media, government, and some big business edgy and afraid. Some of us like that a lot and think that their discomfort is way overdue and well-deserved. Please be the answer for us. Give us hope. With you, even as arrogant as you are/can be, maybe some of us will become more trusting, less disillusioned and less apathetic. Maybe we will get to be a part of the new American dream.

Go for it, Donald. Although you sometimes seem to carry things a bit too far, there are those out here who are watching -- maybe even daring to hope again.   Don't make us ask the question: "Where is Jeb Bartlett when we need him?"