Trump’s an effective manager, won’t make excuses

New Mexico’s blue state status doesn’t represent our values

I am mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore. My fellow New Mexicans, we are the wrong color on the map! Blue.

Do you know who that associates us with? States like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Illinois, California and Oregon. These states are populated with good patriotic Americans that we have little more in common with than the man on the moon.

They live in crowded, noisy places. They drive little, sensible cars. They often wear pastels. They eat things like snails, bean sprouts, and things that do not even translate into English. They don’t listen to country music.

They stand too close to you when they speak. They’ve never heard of snipe hunting. They have a problem with deer overpopulation, and they are confused about how it happened and what to do about it.

They believe having to get a permit for a yard sale is just fine. They call us “flyover country” and mean it.

When they sell their house for a billion dollars and move here for the vistas, culture and lifestyle, the first thing they do is try to change us to be just like wherever they came from. They wear sandals made from bio-degradable material. They talk about things like “microaggression” and they’re serious.

They believe kids shouldn’t play dodgeball or play in the dirt or keep score.

They even have names for us: Bubba, Cowboy, Redneck, the Great Unwashed, Bible Beaters, Joe Six-Pack and let’s not forget the latest, Deplorables.

These are not terms of endearment, but amazingly they want everyone to know that they really have nothing against us. When they speak of us in “flyover country” they often say something like “Heck, some of my best friends are rednecks!”

When these people come to see our state, they are surprised they don’t need a passport. What really impresses them is how well we speak English, almost like it’s our first language. “Red or green?” just confuses them, but they sure know exactly how we should run our schools.

This could go on for pages but you see what I mean. About the only thing us flyover folks have in common with the good folks in these states is that “Blue state” thing. Let’s fix that!!

A very wise man once said that if he could agree with a man 80 percent of the time, they could be friends. Well, Donald Trump and I are on the same page more than that. I not only support him for president, I think he is the best man for the job. When he is elected, I plan to support him on things we agree on, and I will work to reach common ground when we don’t.

Donald Trump is a builder. He has no more use for good intentions or excuses than a root canal. As a builder of large buildings, he is required by whoever finances them to meet certain mileposts during construction in order to get enough money to move forward.

Not reaching the milepost but having good intentions of doing so is not good enough, and excuses don’t help. He has to reach the milepost. No excuses!

That means all the subcontractors involved have to reach their milepost. No excuses! The only thing that matters is delivering the product on time and on budget. This requires everyone working together to meet those mileposts. If everyone doesn’t get their job done, then no one gets paid.

The only thing that matters in Donald Trump’s world is results! Nothing else! Not stories about how hard you tried, not talk about how you will get it done next time. Just get the job done. No excuses. No rewards for good intentions.

I will bet a dollar to a donut that the VA will have their wait times cut in six months or some people will be looking for a job.

I will bet a dollar to your best intention the day after he takes office, the head guy of ISIS will be a scared man. Those sounds in the night will be a little louder.

And that old monster Status Quo will be shaking in his boots, because the world is fixing to change!

This is why I support Donald Trump. I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!