The GOP Has Been HIJACKED!

[Bob Butler 54]

(10-12-2016, 08:41 AM)playwrite Wrote: Joe Lansdale is an awesome author, both fiction and non-fiction.

He's native-born Texas Boomer, and he hits it out of the park on what motivates Trump supporters in his East Texas --- and likely everywhere else -

Why My East Texas Neighbors are Voting for Trump

Quote:It’s not because they’re stupid rednecks.


Voting for Trump is about being part of a large reality show. Really.

The general view of the non-Trump supporter is that those who have chosen to vote for him are rednecks with 12 teeth, six of them in their coat pocket, and it’s possible those teeth might be on loan from someone else. The majority of these Trump supporters are listed primarily as White Uneducated Voters, which is code for “stupid redneck.” The kind of folks who kept their first grade report card because they’re proud of the D they made in conduct. (I made a C.)...  (Snip)


This is a world so many conservative Republicans feel they can control. A frightened world. A world where the happily stupid, bless their little hearts, can thrive within their own fear-based mythology. A place where those with and without teeth, with and without educations, will happily pull the lever for the Great Pumpkin come Election Day.

The above is of course exaggerated for humor and impact, but does not lack a core element of Truth.

I have been seeing more serious reflections of the same perspective in the main stream media.  Trump supporters (and Trump) are denying the accuracy of the polls and pushing the notion that the liberal main stream press is biased.  Now, I'm not going to deny that any given media outlet is apt to have a political agenda that routinely gets converted to spin. Still, CNN and others are alleging with good cause that Trump and his supporters are living in an alternate reality.

November 9th seems likely to bring worse political hangovers than usual.