Rather than jump on George for trying, remember that his attitude has always been to engage the opposition. Yes, Trump has been an idiot lately, particularly with his unseemly grudge he has for the President, but George’s way has always been to take any opportunity and use it to gain whatever advantage possible. One of the arguments that won over popular opinion in New York towards marriage equality was the business angle. Simply put, the entertainment and hospitality industry see it as money in their pocket. Trump is a large part of that in this area so the pooints George made should resonate. Don’t beat up on the man for trying, he is the eternal optimist. I remember at a Star Trek convention at the Americana in 1974 he pointed out that the Constitutional process should be allowed to play out with Nixon and Watergate and that resignation would not be good for the country. He was booed by some for saying that, yet history proved him right. Now, if he’s only end this silly fued with Bill Shatner. I think he would find a kindred spirit, since The Negotiator grew up Jewish in a very Catholic (and rather anti-semitic) Montreal in the 1930s.

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