01-26-2017, 10:34 AM
(01-25-2017, 07:14 PM)sbarrera Wrote: Trump and Pence really are a bizarre pair to be leading the country right now. I am still reeling a little from their winning the election. It's the reaction to their rule (the resistance, if you will, or lack of one) that will tell where the Culture Wars settle. Even if they accomplish destroying the federal government programs they oppose, and instituting Trump's dream of a walled-in police state, they won't necessarily win hearts and minds. The big question - will it all blow up in their face and they will be the last trace of white supremacist Jesus-or-else America? Or will they succeed in pushing the country in their direction, perhaps with an ample supply of alternate facts at hand?
This is the singular issue for now. In 6 months we'll know if this has legs or is just another political wet dream. We should all keep in mind that the left is notoriously poor at this sort of thing, and the Tea Party has shown that the right is quite adept. Even playing with fewer potential voters, the Trump-GOP alliance can still win in the long term -- long enough to finish what they're starting at least.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.