NOW THIS card is suppose tuh make America great. If ya pull this card, you will help tuh build walls tuh keep the immigrants out. If you pull this card . . . only God knows what will be on the cards for America and the American people.
Every chance I get, I would put the TV tuh one o’ dem American channels tuh follow the presidential hopefuls in America. One night I sat down and watch the first Republican face off and had tuh tell myself dat not one o’ dem ain’t look like president material.
Up tuh the time dat the whole thing start, I didn’t even realise dat duh had another Bush in there and all o’ dem look alike. I had tuh say dat evah Bush dat come along like he want tuh be the president. Uh mean nutten ain’t wrong wid dat, but dem Bush men ain’t making nuh kinda sport at all, boy. All o’ dem, from the old father right down like duh intend tuh be in the White House.
Anyway, the body dat really had me was Donald Trump. The man is something else. He seriously expect tuh knock out evah single one o’ he Republican buddies because he is convinced dat he is the best body tuh run fuh the Republican Party and the right man tuh run against whoevah duh bring from the Democratic Party tuh run ’gainst he. I tell you, dat man Donald Trump see heself up in the White House, not pon a visit but as the next president, hear?
Obama say dat the job of president o’ the United States of America is a hard job; it is not a reality show. But Obama, boy, I ain’t know, hear? You could talk wha’ you like but the Republican people got he up there above evahbody else and he winning and out front. Suh far it look like he is the one tuh run ’gainst whoevah the Democratics bring.
All kinds o’ people talking ’bout how the man crazy and if the American people was tuh elect he as duh next president, dem would be just as mad as he. The man does open he mout and all sorts o’ things does bong out. He ain’t got nuh regard fuh the immigrants; he say dat the people is rapists, dat duh does bring in drugs and a whole lot o’ junk. Wha’ happen tuh he is dat he too busy being rich tuh realize dat it is the same immigrants who help tuh make America great.
But I like a lot o’ people all around the world looking on and waiting tuh see how sensible the great America is. I doan think dat duh got anybody in the Democratic camp better than Hillary Clinton tuh do the job. She is resilient, hard-working, a tough woman, a President’s wife and now working in the White House again. She got the experience but there’s one big problem – she’s a woman and the Republicans got the rich trump card.
• Mavis Beckles was born and raised in The Orleans. She has an opinion on everything.