Posted on 01/31/2016 2:02:30 PM PST by Hojczyk
America doesn't need two secular, cosmopolitan parties.
Trump's secret is that he has found an unoccupied space to practice politics. Call it the politically incorrect, moderately traditionalist, main-street economics zone, where winners and losers exist (just as in the real world) and it is not a crime to believe unabashedly in American greatness.
Trump has stoked xenophobic fears and used his crass showmanship to mark out this territory. His tactics of strong demagoguery make it completely understandable to lament his success.
Yet, in order for our political system to work, people must feel as if they have real choices that can make a difference — and they haven't felt that way for some time.
This election cycle began with Americans being told that Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton were the inevitable choices. Many people just snapped.
Haynes argues that this is why people looked outside the political system to independent-minded candidates like Trump and Sanders. “If that fails, they will seek to change the system,†he said.
What we don't need are two parties or candidates perceived to be standard-bearers of the secular elites who are economically comfortable.
What we do need is someone who represents a middle-class that holds traditional values and believes all things are achievable, especially if government doesn't drag us down.
That kind of disruption in our political alignment doesn't happen overnight
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
>> Trump has stoked xenophobic fears...
An example of arrogance that has yet to suffer the consequence of reckless and hazardous immigration policies.
As far as the Libtards are concerned, only idiots aspire to independence, accountability, and self-defense.
He’s no more of a Democrat than the GOP Establishment he’s disrupting.
Well said, gaijin!
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