March 2, 2018      10:48 AM

Smith: What are all those other people doing

From the Left: QR’s Liberal Columnist Glenn W. Smith writes that we know who Trump is, but asks, ‘Who are we?’

We consider ourselves politically engaged. We pay attention, keep up with current events, talk often with friends and colleagues about matters political. Still, how often do we take refuge in the illusion that the troubles we see are all caused by others?

“What could the voters be thinking?” we ask. “What are they doing?” Don’t they see what we see, can’t they hear the emergency political sirens? If only all these other people would get their heads screwed on straight, we say with some exasperation.

Yeah, well, the decisions before us as citizens in a democracy are more about who we are than who Donald Trump is. We know Trump. Trump is the massively insecure sixth grader who failed nearly every column of that “Traits, Attitudes, and Habits” section of our elementary school report cards.

The full column by Glenn W. Smith is in the R&D Department.

By Glenn W. Smith

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