Posted on 09/24/2015 10:06:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A brash, rich lout crashes the partyand becomes an instant crowd favorite.
During the 2012 campaign, Mitt Romney was repeatedly dogged by negative stories about his personal wealth. There was the car elevator. There was Cookiegate. Four years earlier, John McCainhardly anyones idea of a typical plutocratgot hammered for not being able to remember how many houses he owned. It was an issue for Steve Forbes before him and for George H. W. Bush before him. Republicans are already trying to use the many millions accumulated during Bill Clintons post-presidency as a cudgel against Hillary. Although its true that great wealth confers considerable advantages in politics, in terms of optics, it can also prove a meaningful handicap.
Except when it doesnt. Donald Trump is richer than any of the aforementioned candidates, and his wealth, far from being a handicap, is a central rationale for his campaign. Its what proves (in theory) that he knows what hes doing. Its what proves that hes not a loser, likewell, pretty much anyone Trump is inclined to put down. (Can you imagine if Romney had slung that word around so recklessly?)
Theres a reason that Trumps wealth is not an issue for him, and that reason can be summed up in a single wordas it happens, the title of a single Harold Ramis comedy: Caddyshack.
Pretty much everyone in America would like to have more money, obviously. What they dont want is to think that wealth would fundamentally change who they are. This is a basic democratic credo....
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
haha I think it’s pretty apt...except Trump has a plan...
But she was plucked more times than the Rose of Tralee.
CaddyShack is one DH’s favorite movies. I’ve been forced to watch it several hundred times. Watching a movie over and over is like watching the same lies being told by pols over and over and over...
LMAO Funny ...... :o)
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