Stole this from CBD over at Ace of Spades:
“What Donald Trump does better than anyone is something else entirely. He has been able to articulate a vision of America in terms that resonate with the silent and so far quiescent majority who have been left behind and marginalized by smug elite. It is my hope that Donald Trump understands this and becomes the elder statesman of a resurgent, conservative-controlled Republican party, guiding its philosophy and keeping it focused on what must be the single issue of our time: America First.”
left behind and marginalized by smug elite....
I know many, quite a bit and the numbers are growing, that will say that this can’t be solved at the ballot box anymore. It’ll take a different kind of box. Or should I say the things contained in those different boxes.
But, IMHO, at the end of the day, it all starts at the ballot box and at the most local levels.
Anyone on here that lives in a place like I do, 30 miles east of Atlanta, could be seeing out of control growth. No plan for anything, just build something and we’ll worry about the important stuff later. City councils and county commissions raising taxes through the roof with the mantra...if you can’t afford to live here, sell and we’ll find someone that can...rather than be good stewards of the people’s money. City councils and county commissions that are just as corrupt as any in DC or your statehouse. Deals done behind closed doors. Fake shock when a massive facility is announced, plans already approved, permits already issued, and....oh yeah....10,000 jobs and the money will be rolling in.
So, while your local city council person or county commissioner may not be the “elite”, most certainly are smug. They think they rule over you, me and all of us. And to a certain extent, they do. They continue to get re-elected. They get re-elected because they’re home grown and everyone knows their daddy and granddaddy and they would NEVER do anything to screw over the people they’ve known for decades. Only, they will. In a heartbeat.
And it is these people and those like them on the state and federal level that are nothing but pawns to the ‘smug elite’ and allow it to run roughshod over all of us.
Taken at face value, very well stated. Time will tell.