Distinguished lawyers state that no attorney would allow Donald Trump to testify in his criminal trials. That is misleading. A criminal defendant has the constitutional right to testify at his trial, and the law is clear that the attorney does not control this decision. The accused decides. The attorney may advise against such testimony, and the defendant usually follows that advice, but the defendant has the ultimate authority over whether he testifies or not. Would you be surprised, however, if Trump did not listen to his lawyers?
Does Trump fully know what he is charged with in the last indictment? That charging document is forty-five pages long. It is about him, so there is a chance he read it, but not a good one.
“A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.” Lyndon B. Johnson.
“The American Presidency, it occurs to us, is merely a way station en route to the blessed condition of being an ex-President.” John Updike.
Several women are running for president. With our concern over inflation and deficits, we should elect a female. We could pay 70% of what we pay a man for being president.
“I’d like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man.” Juanita Kreps.
“He told me that he was a self-made man. Later I discovered that he would have been wise to get some help.” Joan Rivers.
When a woman refuses to respond to a man’s advances, he is not disconcerted; he is merely astonished that she could be so blind to her own feelings. With a nod to Helen Rowland.
“In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.” Nancy Astor.
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, that is not difficult.” Charlotte Witten.
“It’s sexy to be competent.” Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” Gloria Steinem.
“My life is not up for criticism, just my work.” Cher.
A wise person said, “Women who think they are the equal of men lack ambition.”
Behind every successful man stands an amazed woman.
