A thought ocurred to me, as he droned pleasantly in the backgrount. Obama's media thugs will tear through Pawlenty like a grizzly bear mauling a hippie filmmaker.
It's not just Tim. The entire GOP field is weak as a girl scout troop. They won't be able to rally opposition to Obama. They won't be able to withstand the media assault.
What I'll say in Trump's defense is that he's an all-hype kryptonite to the all-hype Obama razzle-dazzle. Trump's celebrity popularity draws from the same well as Obama's. McCain laughed at the celebrity angle. Now his celebrity nitwit daughter writes for Daily Beast, and McCain is a forgotten old fool.
What we learned in the last 100 years of media warfare are muskets and horse cavalry in 2010. Obama figured this out, and amazed the greybeards by skating effortlessly to the White House. Trump is poised to follow his footsteps right straight in.
That is a great post! Do you write?
I love your entire post; it’s completely true. I was driving when Pawlenty was being interviewed the other day, and thought to myself that he was overly polished and utterly boring...I was nearly “droned” to sleep.
Regarding Trump, one must simply decide if they trust that the person in question is now taking positions for political expediency; or if they have finally gotten high enough on the totem pole that they can basically say “to H with all of you, this is what I really think!”
I think that Romney is a perfect example of the former. Trump now has enough name recognition and popularity, that he can be like the proverbial older relative who exists in every family. You know, the one that loudly voices his opinions while at dinner someplace; everyone secretly agrees with him, but no one can believe that he said THAT while in public.
By the way, I think Reagan was like that too. You have to get to the top of the heap in order to stomp on it; not always a pretty process.