Posted on 07/20/2015 11:42:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There is a disturbance in American politics. But no one in the political class seems to be pinpointing the correct source.
Donald Trump gets all of the credit for it from journalists, pundits and academics. They could not be more wrong.
They are looking only at the surface, seeing the response to his harangues as an affirmation of the man. If they looked beyond the cartoonish image of Trump, they would understand that the true disturbance is the frustration of Americans, not the bluster of one man.
The same goes for the surge by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont against Hillary Clinton on the Democrats' side. Clinton's other competitors — Virginia's Jim Webb, a former U.S. senator and Navy secretary, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley — are running deliberate campaigns, but they don't reflect the fire and unrest of voters on the center-left.
It is always remarkable to witness experts not understanding the field in which they are experts; even more remarkable, they still do not recognize the frustration of the masses, despite the unsettling wave elections of 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014 that vividly affirmed populist movements against both political parties' establishments....
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Well only Trump and Sanders at this time for their sides are hitting topics which are making their ratings go up.
Don’t know if these two will stand in the end, but I think everyone can appreciate a debate at least with people who speak their minds without so much fear.
I hope Cruz takes off with the debates.
They know the difference between right and wrong, and they've been watching wrong bear down on them like a runaway locomotive.
I know Salena and she gets it more than most but the constant use of “populism” drives me nuts. It is NIT populism, which was a left wing, farmer movement that was highly socialist and totally dedicated to inflation.
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