Those Special Words.....

It's Wednesday November 9th and the sun came up in the east. I walked Fenway feeling a huge sense of disconnect......America changed during the middle of the night. Our democratic process worked and there was (so far) a peaceful change of power and we have a President Elect....but not the one I expected.

And I think back to just some of his words:

"An 'extremely credible' source has called my office and told me that Brack Obama's birth certificate is a fraud."
"You know, it really doesn't matter what the media write as long as you've got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass."
"I will build a great wall - and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me - and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.....They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists...And some, I assume, are good people."
"All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consiously or unconsciously. That's to be expected."
"What's a Gold Star family?"
"The beauty of me is that I'm very rich."
"My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body."
"The point is, you can never be too greedy."
"My IQ is one of the highest - and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure; it's not your fault."
"Such a nasty woman."
"Why can't we just use nuclear weapons?"
"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."
"I alone can fix it."
"From a moral standpoint, I believe in it. But you also have to get elected. And there's no way a Republican is going to beat a Democrat when the Republican is saying, 'We're going to cut your Social Security' and the Democrat is saying 'We're going to keep it and give you more."
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible."
"I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me....I would bomb the shit out of them."

And on Friday, January 20th I will watch Donald J. Trump put his hand on a Bible and say the following words: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

And he will walk into the oval office and begin the job of leading this Country. And I will try to respect the office......even if I don't respect the man.