The political discussions among family members and friends
must be getting pretty interesting at this stage of the game; I know they are
in my circle.
Everyone admits that they have never seen an election season
such as this one. I love listening to all the so called experts try to analyze
what is going on and why while admitting that all their expertise failed them
to even see this coming.
Trump’s primary victory was partly based on the failure of
the primary system and mostly on his unique and new use of populist and reality
show rhetoric (bullshit) to win over primary voters (who were Republicans,
Democrats and Independents) voting as cross-over voters.
Some reality shows are all about winning and to win you need
to destroy or defeat your opponents by any means possible and that is exactly
what Trump did.
What interests me the most is how and why his populist
rhetoric is resonating so much with certain people and I mean a lot of people
some of whom happen to be my family members and friends.
I am perplexed by the fact that Trump really does not stand
firmly for any ideas and/or principles but constantly flip-flops on practically
all issues. When asking people I know why they will vote for Trump, I get a lot
of different answers which makes me think that people will believe about Trump
what they feel like believing or what they make themselves believe because that
is what they want to believe.
People watch FOX News because FOX News reports the news the
way they want the news to read and not be bothered by facts; they hear Trump
say what they want him to say even though he is not saying anything.
I guess what attracts all these people to Trump is his
bravado, his confidence in all matters and his answers to all problems…don’t
worry, I will take care of it!
What does this say about his supporters? Some are calling
them plain stupid for reacting to populist sound bites from a clown who really
has no answers just promises.
I think Trump has tapped into disgust among Americans towards
our ineffective political system in Washington and a genuine disgust with
politicians in general, who make it ineffective. These people have also had it
with political correctness at all levels of society and don’t want the tail
(minorities) wagging the dog (majority).
They want a dictator albeit a benevolent dictator to cut
through the crap and get things done and make the nation and its people great
again…whatever that means.
If Trump picks someone for his vice-president with political
experience and knowledge making up for Trump’s lack of both, then I think Trump
has a good chance of winning the election and then what…
More on Hillary, Bernie and a Trump win later.
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