Posted on 12/10/2015 5:26:57 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
The more analysts try to figure out Donald Trump's appeal, the more they sound baffled.
Pundits cite Trump's verbal sloppiness and ridiculousness as proof that he must soon implode. But Trump sees his daily bombast as an injection of outrage for a constituency now hooked on someone who finally voices their pent-up anger. The more reckless Trump's doses of scattergun outrageousness, the better the fix for his supporters.
Trump's vague "make America great again" was the natural bookend to Barack Obama's even more vacuous "hope and change." The popularity of such empty slogans reflects a culture in which no one any longer trusts institutions, the media, government or politicians.
The public no longer respects U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the IRS, the VA or the GSA. Even the once-hallowed Secret Service has become a near laughingstock of incompetency, corruption and politicization. Is the purpose of NASA really Muslim outreach, as NASA chief Charles Bolden suggested in 2010?
The world that we are told about by our government bears no resemblance to what we see and hear every day.
President Obama has exacerbated this current disconnect between the public and its officials. In unserious fashion, he shares his selfies, parades his annual Final Four picks and jets off to Los Angeles to appear on late-night talk shows, even as he hectors Americans in sermons about their Islamophobia, their carbon footprints, their immigration xenophobia and their gun obsessions.
Did the public earn such presidential rebukes because it believes that jihadism at home and the Islamic State abroad are more dangerous than global warming? Or because disarming law-abiding citizens will not prevent law-breaking criminals and terrorists from obtaining illegal weapons? Or because it is unwise to open the borders to anyone who can make it into the United States, few questions asked?
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
VDH ping ...
We just want the world to know that the American people aren’t a bunch of pussies...like Obama.
The oligarchs despise the proletariat and “free” elections. I see another Bastille Day on the horizon.
The establishment in both parties, but especially in the GOP has turned their backs on their constituents. Public dis-satisfaction with congress has never been higher, latest polls show it at 86% are not happy with congress.
To dust off an old phrase, The “Silent Majority” has stirred, and will not remain silent this election.
” But Trump sees his daily bombast as an injection ...”
Contained in that bombast are very good ideas. Looks like the establishment sees the bombast and the voters see the ideas.
To voters the ‘bombast’ reveals Trump’s energy and enthusiasm.
Trump sees his ‘bombast’ as freedom from political correctness which is the prison of the establishment.
Good article. Good post by cymbeline.
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CONNECTING THE DOTS It was abundantly clear, Obama was NOT speaking to Americans. Obama was priming his get-rich-quick pump......he was talking to all of his potential Mideast-Islamic pals ready w/ their checkbooks.
M/M Obama have BIG plans to get-rich quick ala the Clintons: millions and million in foundations donations, multi-million honoraria, consultancies, lucrative insider business deals.
THIS WILL SERVE NOTICE: Americans demand to see all wire-transfers in and out of the WH---to and from the offices of Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Congressionsl Democrats, Samantha Power, John Kerry, the Clinton Foundation, CAIR...and other accessories.....tangentially or directly involved in this scheme.
If Americans find that Mideast/Islamic countries and/or Islamic individuals, and other suspects, contributed (1) to Obama's current tax-free foundations, (2) to his Chicago-based library fund, and, (3) to other networks he might be using.....
......AMERICANS WILL DEMAND OBAMA'S FOUNDATIONS,
LIBRARY FUND, AND FUND-RAISING NETWORKS BE CLOSED DOWN.
Hillary is also up in the polls: 78% (up from 69%) now think she’ll serve hard time once Trump wins the election. < /s>
He’s right. All our institutions are falling apart. We are a nation of laws, not of men, but we have turned that upside down. I don’t think it can be saved and brought back to anything near it’s greatest days. But people figure, what the heck, Trump can’t do any worse. I don’t blame them. Politicians have been lying and screwing us for years. And I’m a politician.
Gee I wonder if VDH thought Ronald Reagan's vague "make America great again" was the natural bookend to Barack Obama's even more vacuous "hope and change."
2015 has become the year of the protest....Trump is the ultimate “protest” for those of us who are gainfully employed and don’t have time for all the BLM/Occupy tactics.
Governing institutions designed for FreeRepublics are not only unsuited for corrupted republics, they eventually serve to enforce tyranny.
The public is angry, and they, the media, the political parties just keep flipping the finger at us. They deserve everything they get.
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