Thread: Diehard GOP mom: No mother could ever vote for Trump

Diehard GOP mom: No mother could ever vote for Trump

Jenny Tananbaum 10:36 a.m. EDT October 8, 2016

Listen up, fellow Republican moms, it's time to say enough is enough. It was time even before we learned of Donald Trump’s vulgar boasts about what he could do to women because of his status. No mother could ever vote for this man.

Don't get me wrong. I do get your initial hesitancy. You disagree with much of the Democratic platform. And you probably aren’t too fond of Hillary Clinton. Fine. I don’t love her politics much either, but, come on now. It’s time to wise up.

I have stood with the Republican Party since my first election back in 1984, when I pulled the lever for the original Make America Great Again candidate, Ronald Reagan. I am the daughter of a long-time Republican, a man who worked under George W. Bush and was fired by President Obama, and was a passionate, respectful advocate for conservative views until his death in June.

But this is now the party of Donald Trump and I can tell you for this card carrying, diehard Republican, this time around it’s got nothing to do with platforms and politics. I am a mom of three children, a son who is 16 and two daughters aged 13 and 11. And I know there is no wall that will protect my kids from a man hell-bent on destroying the common core of human decency.

Think about it. From the moment they are born, we teach our children how to act. We demonstrate through our words and our actions how to speak with respect, embrace kindness, work for change with a humble and open heart. Then along comes Trump and the Republicans who so sheepishly stand behind their candidate simply because he is a Republican. And almost overnight, they have legitimized a cesspool of hypocrisy and hatred.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...rump/91782526/

LOL!! You're a Trump Hater from the git-go now hiding behind your kids. There is nothing more disgusting in my view than a woman like this. There are two words to describe you, Jenny Tananbaum: Silly Woman.

This election is not about guy talk on a bus 11 years ago. This election is not about raising your kids. You raise your kids, not the government and certainly not the President of the United States. Donald Trump has raised 4 beautiful wonderful successful children and is raising a 5th. If you do half as well with raising your children as he has done with raising his, your children have a very bright future, provided of course, they have a safe country to live in, with secure borders so they aren't killed or raped by illegal aliens or gunned down or blown up by a terrorist at school, the mall or a marathon race; a prosperous country to live in so they have good jobs that will sustain them throughout their lives; and a peaceful world to appreciate free of US initiated foreign wars that serve no American interest or benefit.

Listen up Americans of all walks of life, it's time to elect a President of the United States who actually knows what needs to be done, how to get it done, who wants to get it done, and has a track record of getting things done. Electing Presidents for any other reason is folly, silliness, goofiness, and why we're in this mess to begin with.

And Jenny, Trump Supporters aren't standing behind Donald Trump just because he's a Republican. We're standing and voting for Donald Trump because he wants to fix our country, can fix our country, and will fix our country.

So you vote for the Global Poverty Village and stick a Hillary sign in your yard. That way all your neighbors will know who you really are, and I guess at that point your kids will also. After all, children of parents who sold out their safety, jobs, security and country have every right to know who to blame.

At A New Jersey Mosque, People Of Different Faiths Welcome Syrians

August 13, 20168:54 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday
Deborah Amos

A volunteer at the the Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth, N.J., prepares for a party to welcome refugees. More than 50 newly arrived Syrian women and children were invited to the party.

For Alissa Berger and her family, it was the first visit to the Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth, N.J.

"We are from Temple Emanu-El," says Jenny Tananbaum, who came with the Bergers and refers to the nearby Jewish synagogue.

"We are here to adopt a Syrian family," says Berger. "We are going to work with a family for a year to help them." This is not a handout, she says, but practical help to upgrade inadequate housing, make sure the utilities work and help with employment and navigating American culture.

She's moved by the plight of middle-class Syrian families who lost everything in a brutal war and feels it's similar to her own family history.

"As Jews, our great-grandparents came here to start a new life," she says. "This was us, you have to remember that. It touched our hearts. Their families are like us, getting displaced. How can we not help?"

Tananbaum says her grandmother walked across Poland to escape persecution, got to Canada and eventually entered the U.S. illegally. "I get it," she says, explaining why she wants to help Syrian Muslim refugees.

The visitors take off their shoes inside the mosque and join an unusual grass-roots coalition of volunteers that includes Girl Scouts, a former refugee from Lebanon and Pakistani-born immigrant schoolteachers.

More than 8,000 Syrians have arrived in the U.S. this year, as this country accelerates a program to meet an administration goal of resettling 10,000 Syrians by the end of the government's fiscal year in October.

More than 200 Syrian refugees have been resettled in New Jersey in the past few months. That has strained official resettlement agencies, especially after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie notified the State Department that he would no longer support any refugee resettlement.

"We are not happy about that," says Berger. "It's not fair. We would like to help these people."

On a Saturday afternoon, more than 50 Syrian refugees — women and children resettled in Elizabeth — have been invited to the mosque for a party. There is a snack table, balloons and gifts for the children.

Nargis Choudhry and Saman Khan, Pakistan-born immigrants who are now teachers in New Jersey, organized the gift-giving by pairing American children at a nearby Islamic school to choose the presents for the Syrian kids. The gifts are mostly big watches, which are popular with American girls, and bows and arrows for the boys from a popular American movie.

"Hunger Games," says Khan. "After that, bows and arrows [are] so 'in' as a toy."

Khan and Choudhry acknowledge that these gifts may be unfamiliar to Syrian children recently arrived from refugee camps in the Middle East.

"They will be surprised because a lot of these things will be new for them," says Khan. "But you know what, they are going to have to live in America and they need to know what American kids like."

That's the biggest challenge for the newly arrived. The Syrians must learn English and the details of a new culture at the same time. The children get special English instruction in school. The mothers need extra help.

So Leila Esposito, a 16-year-old Girl Scout, has stepped in.

She has organized a babysitting service for the mothers who come to the mosque for English instruction. Her work is for the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in scouting that encourages girls to "change the world" through community projects.

Her friend, Shaden Awad, also working for the gold, organized a tutoring program in math and English for the kids.

"They missed, like, four years of schooling," she says, "so we are just helping them catch up and welcoming them to America."

Their Scout leader, Wafa Chabbani Esposito, Leila's mom, says she's here because she understands the pain of leaving everything behind. "They've been through hell. I have been through war and I was a refugee and I know what it means."

Born in Lebanon, Esposito fled her country's civil war and became a U.S. citizen.

She shepherds the Jewish group to make them feel welcome in their first visit to a mosque.

"'Salaam,' it's like 'Shalom,' " she says, citing the Arabic and Hebrew words for peace.

Esposito introduces the Berger family and Jenny Tananbaum to Wael Haloud and her children. Haloud, a Syrian mother of three, quietly takes in the Americans who are offering her a lifeline.

When the introductions are done, Tananbaum says, "Tell her from us, we are all people, we are all humans, we just want to help and be friends."

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallel...elcome-syrians

All the suffering in the United States from Hurricane Matthew. Millions of Americans trapped, without power, businesses lost, homes lost, lives lost, and Mom's like Jenny Tananbaum could care less, networks like NBC could care less, newspapers like the Washington Post could care less. They don't have time to care because they're busying themselves with Hillary's Pussy Gate against Trump.

This "camp" of people are what's wrong with America and it's up to Trump and his Trump Supporters to get to the front of the line and stay there through November 8th. Trump's got this, if we've got his back. Trump will fix this mess, if we get him to the White House.

GET TRUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE!!

VOTE SMART!!

VOTE FOR DONALD J TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!

I would expect nothing less than an article like this from USA Today. Notoiced that it is down to about 5 pages lately.