[DrewsDad]

Yes, they are. It might be worth a psychology paper.

The mods or Jim bumped it to cheese-chat.
I've been attacked a few times and my family once.
We heard from the guy obsessed with STD's
We had several pass the loyalty test.
Lots of attacks on National Review and/or Jonah Goldberg
There were numerous agreements and some decent discussion.
There was even an honest response from a Trump suporter who knows he's a liar, but believes he is the one that will take action on the issues important to him.

[okie01]

It has been observed that Trump and the 2008 Obama are similar candidates in that many of their supporters viewed them as empty vessels -- which they filled with the particular virtues and policies they desired. The supporters then became loyal to their perception of what the candidate stood for.

There is, however, a key difference between the two. During his first campaign, Obama acted the "empty vessel" -- promising nothing more than "Hope & Change". Yet, as everybody on this board knew, he was anything but the innocuous figure he claimed to be. He was a Communist believer and a Muslim sympathizer, animated by a vicious anti-American impulse.

Trump, on the other hand, hasn't acted a part -- he has played himself from Day One. There's no telling what he really believes. Indeed, he doesn't appear to know himself. Not so much an "empty vessel" as a "confused vessel". Yet, as with Obama, Trump's supporters are absolutely convinced he believes what they believe -- and he will take action accordingly.