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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (70)	3/1/2016 7:26:04 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 46712

The Anger of Trump Supporters: Is It Even Real? They say Trump’s candidacy has gotten this far because the voters are angry. But if Matt Walsh is correct, this anger is as phony as the Donald himself: You say you’re angry about the corruption in Washington, but you support a slimy swindler and fraudster who boasts of his bribery schemes and makes no apologies for shamelessly exploiting political corruption for personal gain. You say you’re angry about illegal immigration, but you rally around a guy who supported amnesty as recently as 2013, employed illegal immigrants, and donated millions of dollars to open borders politicians like Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Hillary Clinton. You say you’re angry about the establishment, but you worship a candidate who said only a few weeks ago that “you got to be a little establishment” in order to get things done, and who admits he “was the establishment” right until he ran for president. You say you’re angry that Republicans won’t fight, but you hail as a warrior the same guy who says he’ll happily “work with the Democrats,” which probably explains why Sen. Harry Reid praised him and Jimmy Carter called him “malleable.” It is not uncommon for me to hear from Trump fans that they’re angry at “GOPe” Republicans for “cutting deals” and “compromising” in one breath, and in the very next that they want Trump because he’s really good at cutting deals and compromising. Right down the list, you are blithely embracing every single thing you say you’re so angry about. Trump is … precisely the sort of man you supposedly detest. Trump is exploiting America’s frustration with men like Trump. Trump is running against Trump. You are voting for Trump because you hate Trump. You are angry at politicians because they act like Trump and make deals like Trump and go to cocktail parties with men like Trump and look down on the little guy like Trump and possess the integrity of Trump, and so your solution is to elect Trump. Your anger at Trump leads you to Trump. Perhaps this explains why you’re so worried about politicians who are “controlled by donors,” but you aren’t at all concerned about a politician who is the very donor you didn’t want controlling the political process. “I’m sick of these donors influencing the government! I have an idea: let’s make one president!” Why do Trumpsters support the personification of everything they claim to be angry about? Is it because they are stupid? Walsh doesn’t think so. He embraces the only other possible explanation: they aren’t actually angry. Your anger, to whatever extent it exists at all, is surface level. It’s a purely emotional experience, fed by a mob mentality. You’re angry in the way a rioter or looter is angry. Your temper might be flaring and your heart rate jumping and you might be filled with the uncontrollable urge to break a window, but underneath that anger is really something much closer to boredom and apathy. You don’t feel a real, intense, profound, deep and meaningful disgust at the corruption and malfeasance in Washington, because if you did there is simply no way you would support a man like Trump. … I don’t believe your anger. I think you want a spectacle, not a solution. A celebrity, not a statesman. A circus performer, not a leader. I think you want to be entertained. I think you’re not taking this seriously enough. But the situation will be plenty serious if this publicity stunt gone awry results in Trump getting the nomination, securing the election for Shrillary. When the opportunity to put a Reaganesque conservative in the White House is snatched away for frivolous, foolish, self-indulgent reasons, patriotic Americans really will be angry. - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=69382#sthash.XG0uYczm.dpuf

To: Brumar89 who wrote (70)	3/2/2016 11:42:19 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46712

Networks Devote Over 62 Percent of Super Tuesday Eve Coverage to Trump Totaling Over 15 Minutes ...so I'm watching FOX on Tue night. After Cruz wins Texas, they cut to the FOX reporter at Cruz campaign headquarters and this jerk leads with a question to Cruz asking if he (Cruz) was responsible for the Trump phenomena because Cruz failed to attack him until about two months ago. Then after that he announces to the audience that FOX has a lot more of the Cruz interview to air tomorrow including Cruz's plan to carpet bomb ISIS in Syria......stay tuned!.....................unfucking believable