The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

At the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC), then First Lady Michelle Obama passionately told supporters, "When they go low, we go high!" "They," in this case, are Republicans. While I'll be the first to admit it's not always easy to adhere to Ms. Obama's calling, there are times it does a grave disservice to our party and cause when we don't. The most recent such case is with regard to progressives focusing their time, with regard to the immigration debate, on insulting individuals like Melania, Vanessa, and Barron Trump. First Lady Melania Trump recently released a statement where she said she "hates to see children separated from their families." When visiting with the king and queen of Spain, she added she enjoyed "focusing on the ways we can positively impact children." Due to these comments, she received the following responses, among others: - "Yeah, give that a good, hard think. What could you do......?...

"We believe the children are our future Detain them well and lock them in cages Show them all the beauty they miss outside Give them a sense of spite To make them hate easier Let their crying remind us of the crisis actors we see Everybody's searching for a scapegoat People need someone to look down to We always find someone to fulfill those needs No responsibility So we learned to deny reality We decided long ago, not to think about anyone's problems If we lie, if we repeat The gullible will believe No matter how much we deceive We will celebrate victory Because the greatest fraud of all Is happening to you We found the greatest fraud of all Inside of us The greatest fraud of all Was easy to achieve Spouting lies for greed It is the greatest fraud of all We believe the children are our future Detain them well and lock them in cages Show them all the beauty they miss outside Give them a sense of spite To make them hate easier Let their cryin...