Thanks for that quick addendum, it does change the tenor of my reaction. I realized my post might sound “troll-like”, which is why I was open about not having any credibility as a poster here.
Like you, I want to see a fighter; my main issue with the Bush family is that they seem more concerned about being seen as gracious than about taking care of the country. Trump’s finest moment with me was when he had Jorge Ramos escorted out of that press conference, and Jeb sealed his fate with me when he said the guy deserved more respect.
But one of my issues with the Democrat party is that it pursues victory at all costs, including costs to the country. I’m not willing to get behind that just because a candidate jumps behind an R label or suddenly “sees the light” as a conservative. But I’ve already said that, no need to repeat.
Thanks for responding and for clarifying.
Yes, I was re-reading my post after I posted it and realized that I probably came off far too harsh than I intended to. (I really try hard to match the harshness of my replies to the harshness of the one I’m replying to, but sometimes I overcompensate.) So thanks for reading the addendum before firing off a response.
You do have a point with what you’re saying; there’s a difference between fighting to win and fighting to win so hard that you lose in the end.
I believe that where we differ is that my optimal point of assery, if you will let me use the term, is different than yous. I’m a millennial and steeped in Internet culture. Out in the wilds of social media, you HAVE to be loud and obnoxious in order to get attention. That or lots of cute cat pictures. And Trump’s form of communication really speaks to that, especially with Twitter. It provokes, it gets the message across, and then it stops, usually leaving us eager to hunt for more with the sum total of human knowledge just a smartphone app away. It also gives us a sense of communication. Most of my friends and associates don’t watch much TV or news shows, but we chat and we text and we tweet. And Trump, who knows how to use social media, really comes across as of us, as opposed to the other politicians who tend to be really condescending on the social media.
I admit I don’t know which generation you are or what cultures or subcultures that you associate with, but I suspect that they’re different than mine.
As for why I’m voting for Trump despite his relatively recent conversion, it’s mostly because he’s shown that he can bypass the media and stomp the glitter out of PC and the establishment. The other candidates have not shown that they are able to do so. And if we can’t break the back of the establishment, any good that can be done in the next 4-8 years can easily be undone even faster.
To me it’s like if you’re falling out of a plane, and your choices are a pack that may or may not have a parachute in it, and a pack that definitely doesn’t have a parachute in it. To my mind, (using the opinions I’ve formed through my observations, because this is people and none of us are mind readers or seers,) there’s really only one rational choice.