Letters to the editor for Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 – Daily Commercial

Daily CommercialRemembering Marvin E. Jacobson

Readers of the Daily Commercial will miss the insightful and well reasoned "From the Left" columns written by Marvin E. Jacobson. Sadly, he passed away Nov. 15 at the age of 85.

As a former history teacher, he often pointed out the historical basis for political issues. He educated readers on how slave patrols influenced the passage of the Second Amendment, on how the lifting of banking restrictions led to the 1929 crash and the 2008 recession, and on how Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump used racism to attract votes.

Jacobson was a man of strong moral principles and an inspiration to everyone who knew him.

Jane Hepting, Eustis

We are all a bit poorer since Marvin Jake Jacobsons passing. In a county where Jesus Christ couldnt get elected if he were running as a Democrat and a state where environmentalism is a dirty word, it takes guts to be a Democrat, and courage and integrity to speak the truth.

Jacobson was always there. His many opinion pieces were well reasoned, thoughtful and compassionate; and when he cited facts you could take them to the bank.

Jacobson was an inspiration. That he did it all with a sense of humor always amazed me. Thank you, Jake, for being who you were, for standing up and for doing it so well and for so long.

Elizabeth Kapoor, Leesburg

So, if my understanding is correct, Donald Trump and his minions decided to overturn the Constitution so that he could become our ruler, similar to the socialist and communist countries he warns his cult that the demon Democrats want to do. Remember, when Rome was burning, Nero was fiddling; when Americans are dying, Trump is golfing. His cult is unbelievable. They threaten the lives of poll workers, governors, doctors and scientists and what does the GOP-led Congress say? The silence is deafening.

I promised myself that I would leave the country of my birth if he won. I can no longer tolerate a country that idolizes a man who has broken and continues to break every one of the 10 Commandments over and over again; makes fun of Gold Star families and disabled people; calls Mexicans rapists; makes up the most ridiculous conspiracy theories and has worked for four years to create a civil war between the Democrats and the Republicans by constantly vilifying the Democrats.

Trump is a deranged, pathological liar and if he was standing in front of me, I would tell him that. This is a man who cannot fire anyone without tweeting about it. He cannot look at another person face to face and fire them because he is a coward.

When Ben Franklin emerged from the Constitutional Convention, a woman asked him what kind of government we have, and he answered, A Republic if you can keep it. Looks like 63 million gullible cult members and the Trump party occupying Congress are hellbent on destroying our country as we know it. I am a senior and have seen many idiotic situations in government over the years, but this is really inconceivable. Everything about Trump screams, Me, Me, Me.

Barbara Hill, Eustis

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