I will probably get flamed by both sides, but the real reason for Trump’s success is that we have entered the age of the celebrity president. It started with Clinton. He was considered to be the cool guy (not to me, but there is no accounting for taste). So, it doesn’t matter what Trump says, he is popular and will probably win.
The other thing the anti-Trump people don’t understand is voters have reached a point where it doesn’t matter what any candidate says, because we know either they don’t mean what they say and/or it is impossible for them to fulfill their campaign promises anyway.
Every election is the same thing, the same promises. They all say they’re going to make America strong, educate all the kids, lift people out of poverty, protect retirement, produce jobs and prosperity, secure the border, defeat all our enemies, and on and on and on. It’s all BS! The only thing government can do is get out of the way of the economy and protect America’s real threats, and that is not what Americans want to hear.
Many people are now at the point where they think they might as well vote for a cool guy like Trump, who is entertaining and says things people like, as for any of the others. The rest will vote for Trump because they know who he is. He will be the next celebrity president. Who knows after that... maybe a Kardashian.
Bull, I’ll bet I am not the only one that finds Trump repulsive on a personal level. But we are still voting for him.
They might have come out of curiosity, initially, I don’t know. But when the guy started putting a voice to very same things that were driving them crazy, things got real, as the saying goes.
I guess next he’ll be accused of being some kind of satanic psychic- knowing in advance what each & every one wanted to hear so he’d know what to say. lol I wish I were kidding.
Donald Trump proves one thing about America: that in our hearts, whether we’re rich, poor, Black, White, young, old, man or woman- we know what’s wrong & we’re in absolute agreement that the people in Washington DC are why those things are wrong. We are TOGETHER after all.
Nobody else gets this. They only want to get in on the action- to get their piece of the pie. And to hell with Americans.
Go ahead & rationalize if it makes you feel better.
No you won't get flamed because you summed up the state of the modern electorate beautifully.
You're right. I'm of the thought that no matter who wins, nothing will really change as the public doesn't want to hear the things that will need to be done to get us back on track to fiscal sanity and real economic growth.
They want “Hope and Change,” “Make America great again,” “A future we can believe in.”
Trump has warts, as does any of the other candidates, but he also has an impressive resume, at least in the business world. Can he generate the same kinds of success in the political world? Who knows, but Reagan was criticized as being nothing but an actor. Granted he did have experience as the Governor of a large state, which Trump obviously lacks. Critics said that he was incapable of playing on the international field and would be swallowed up like a goldfish in a 1920's school setting. The critics were wrong.
Like me the critics have no crystal ball to see what the reality holds. However, myself and many others proved to be correct with regards to Reagan. That experience tells me that this nation has nothing to lose by once again taking that same chance that we took with Reagan. Will we get burned this time around? No one knows, even you.
So whom do you think we should be taking are chances on? Cruz? Well he too seems like someone that is worth taking a chance on. Should he win the nomination I will gladly support him. In fact initially he had my support, even though he too has warts. In fact I am surprised that I now favor Trump over Cruz. There are several reasons for this. Trump will be beholding to no one. Cruz on the other hand has required help and thus will be beholding to those who have given him the financial support he has needed. There is no free ride when it comes to politics. Cruz has lied a number of times now, which has made me wonder if he is so principled why is he lying? I thought he was going to be the honest candidate, but this has not been the case. Trump may have, and I stress may have, made some statements that are factually incorrect, but I do not believe they were made as bald-faced lies. I cannot say the same about Cruz. Am I really supposed to believe a man as smart as Cruz simply forgot to report loans made to him for campaigning purposes? Makes me wonder why he felt the need to lie about this. The only thing I can come up with is he is attempting to deceive us as to who he really is.
Anyway, my point is, I resent the fact that you and others want to lump Trump supporters as a bunch of uninformed bozo's who are incapable of thinking on their own. I certainly do not denigrate anyone who favors another candidate. I just do not share their feelings with regards to the candidate they have chosen to support. Nor do I attempt to belittle them for the choice they have made. I may disagree with them regarding their choice, and tell them why I disagree with them, but I never resort to the childish tactic of inferring that I posses intellect that they lack.
In truth I would support any of the current Republican contenders, though admittedly much less enthusiastically. Because the worse among them is better than any of the Democrat contenders, by a mile. This of course has led some here to label me a RINO, as well as, other adjectives. But I have always taken the voting process seriously. As such I will always vote for who is best for this country who actually has a chance to win. Not for the candidate, but for the country, period.
This will be the first election since Reagan where I actually support the person I am set to vote for. However, all of my votes cast have been for the best available candidate in that election, even if I knew that person was only slightly better. John McCain comes to mind. I though very little of the man, but the more I learned about Barak Obama, I could not sit the election out, nor vote for some long shot third party candidate.