Whatever he is, or isn’t, we as a nation are bound to a new president today.
Almost half those voting in November (nearer three-quarters in our part of the country) favored his candidacy, resulting in an overwhelming electoral margin.
Let’s get the negative out of the way first on Day One of a four-year term (not a synonym for reign) — the only opinions that matter regarding allegations in the Smith report would have been those of jurors in any trial held.
Given their experience in that arena Mr. Trump and his band of barristers does all it can to avoid such, whatever the case.
Your view or mine of the report doesn’t matter. It’s done.
Now the positive — it’s just four years.
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Jim Butler was an acclaimed writer and editor at the Alexandria Town Talk for 36 years, the last 23 (1977-2003) as editor-in-chief. He led Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina for the Gulfport (Miss.) Sun-Herald in 2005. Butler returned home to Alexandria a few years ago, and is a contributing writer for the Rapides Parish Journal.
