Everyone,
both Republican and Democratic pundits, are wondering how Donald Trump is
carrying 27% of the Republican Party in the poles.
I don’t see
what the mystery is. This is the 27% of
the Republican Party base that supported Michele Bachman and Herman Cain in the
2012 election – the same people that elected Louie Gohmert and other
Congressional wingnuts. These are the
same people that marched with the tri-cornered hats with tea bags hanging from
their clothes; these are the same 27% that live on Fox and Friends.
To me it is
no mystery. These people have always
been here but disregarded as nut cases until organized by the Republican Party
and given a platform to scream from in the 2008 election when it seemed that a
black man was going to be elected President.
This group
is poorly educated, not bright and easily manipulated. For years the leaders and shapers of the
Republican Party gave this group lip service – they fed them bullshit and told
them it was cake. They could count on
them showing up at the poles as long as they gave them a piece of red meat to
chew on.
And then in
2008 they showcased them – used them to create dissension at Democratic events
and to appeal to racist, conspiracy theorist and religious zealots.
Now, like
the Frankenstein monster the Party can’t control them.
The
Republican mainstream keep reminding us that regardless of his appeal, Trump
won’t be their nominee and they are probably right; because at some point there
will be a concerted effort to bring him down.
In the meantime they are biding their time to see if he will implode on
his own.
Even if
Trump, or anyone else, would run as a third party he would have no chance,
because it is not the popular vote that elects the President, but the Electoral
College; and the members of the Electoral College are appointed by the two
major parties.
The game is
fixed.
And let’s
not forget that it is fourteen fucking months left before we have a vote. It is like a fifteen mile marathon and
everyone excited about who is ahead at mile one.
On to a more
important subject: I haven’t cleaned the cats litter box this morning and they don’t
like it when their box is dirty.
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Ol’Buzzard
it still give me cause to want to bang my head on the wall..to know that 27% of any group feels like him and thinks like him .......we are so fucked. and personally? states rights should be abolished.
ReplyDeleteExcellent analysis. Now go scoop that cat poop!
ReplyDeleteThey may just as well pass on all the hoopla and have the Electoral College announce the result every four years. Perhaps the money could be spent on something useful - like schools.
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