Thomas questions whether our anger is properly focused, and says that it isn’t. However, he never answered his own questions, namely: Why the anger? Is it justified and more importantly, is anger a winning strategy?
OK, he sort of answered the “why the anger?” question - people expect too much of government and politicians. A proper conservative analysis, with a proper conservative response: shrink government.
HOWEVER, he never answered the “is anger is a winning strategy?” question. The answer is “YES!” Why? because only anger will enable a sweeping away of the current power structure, with the resultant big changes in the way that government works (at least for a while). He’s big on blaming us voters for putting in corrupt politicians (which is not an entirely incorrect assessment), but what about the corrupt media and lobbying groups that enable the pols to ignore us and then cover up their misdeeds, misdeeds that once upon a time led to resignations or prison...but no longer. The accountability of the political class has been eliminated - BY THE POLITICAL CLASS. There is simply nothing that can be done about it without a huge and dramatic switch in the power structure, which can ONLY be brought about by anger that motivates a lot of non-voters to actually get out there and vote once again - because the lack of accountability, and the lack of change despite surface-level power shifts in 2010 and 2014, has given millions every reason to sit home because “my vote doesn’t matter any more, if it ever did.”
Cal, anger is now the ONLY solution...and Trump, Cruz and Carson are the agents of that anger and the solutions that it will bring. If they lose, if the voice of the tens of millions that they represent is shut out by TPTB, then the Republican Party is dead, and with it any chance of restraining the socialist Dems...IOW, if this righteous anger is not allowed to change the political calculus in this country in this election cycle, then America is over.
What does “TPTB” stand for. Thank-you!