Yes, it DOES mean “he ain’t a good man.”

In the book and the movie, “Prizzi’s Honor”, when mobster Charley finds out his “fiancé” is actually a mafia hit(person) from LA, and has stolen money from his mob family,  his friend Maerose counsels him, “Just because she’s a thief and a killer, that don’t mean she ain’t a good woman.”

I have thought of that a couple of times this week as Republican acquaintances insist that they are only supporting Trump because of certain parts of his stance, and hinting that we should take him as a “yes but” president, while demanding we, “give him a chance.” 

 You know what I mean by “yes but president.”  “Yes, he’s a bully, but he’s going to drain the swamp.”  (actually, no)  “Yes, he’s a fraud, but he’s going to shake up the establishment.”  (hey, a billionaire IS the establishment) And on, and on, demanding that only parts of “the package” count, and indicating they are willing to accept the bad to get what they see as the small, but essential, good.  What it all actually boils down to is, “Yes, but he’s a white Republican.”  Nothing else matters to them.  And that is not only the problem, but the root of the problem.

And, for the record, NO, I will not give him a chance.  Aside from the blatant double standard of that demand when taken in light of the total, intentional lack of “chance” the Republicans gave to President Obama, I will not give Trump a chance to recklessly send us into war, I will not give him a chance to trash Social Security and Medicare, I will not give him a chance to bring White Sumpremacist philosophy into the government, I will not give him a chance to hurt our LGBT brothers and sisters, I will not give him a chance to turn bank regulation over to the very bankers who wrecked the economy, I will not give him a chance to wreck the economy while looting the treasury for his own benefit.  No.  I will not give him a chance. Period.

If you are a so-called single-issue voter, who was/is willing to hold your nose and vote for a candidate (I won’t call Trump a “man”) who you think will deliver on your narrow interest, and whose other issues and deep problems you will ignore to get your way, be prepared to be screwed over. 

Trump isn’t going to cut the deficit.   Trump isn’t going to outlaw abortion. Trump isn’t going to “make America Great.”  Not only does he not have the power, he doesn’t have the will.  The man is a fraud (by his own $25 million admission), a thief, a liar, and a con man.  He is also an arrested-development narcissist who has been a bully all his life, and who has a hair trigger temper, and no self-control.  Not good traits in a national leader.  And, PS, I doubt you’d want your 18 year old daughter, granddaughter, or niece alone in a room with him.

His only real fiscal policy will be the flow of money from your pocket into his.  That is not a chance worth taking, or giving.