05-03-2017, 02:43 PM
The Comey letter, which added nothing to the story, could have hardly had worse timing for the Clinton campaign. The material should not have been touted, and in view of its contents (more of the same) could have been suppressed until after the election.
Most of us underestimated the talent of Donald Trump as a jungle fighter. Such a capability is typically rare in the upper class, and we Americans were simply unready for it. When did we last have so combative a fighter as a Presidential nominee? Maybe some big-city mayor or some segregationist pol in the South when it was normal to use a word that rhymes with trigger for people not voting. "I will fight for you" means simply that "I will champion your interests when such is difficult" and does not suggest an impending fist fight, knife fight, or literal duel.
Donald Trump played to the biggest demons in White Christian America and barely got enough votes in the right places to win the Presidency.
God help us, as if I haven't said that enough times in the last six months.
Most of us underestimated the talent of Donald Trump as a jungle fighter. Such a capability is typically rare in the upper class, and we Americans were simply unready for it. When did we last have so combative a fighter as a Presidential nominee? Maybe some big-city mayor or some segregationist pol in the South when it was normal to use a word that rhymes with trigger for people not voting. "I will fight for you" means simply that "I will champion your interests when such is difficult" and does not suggest an impending fist fight, knife fight, or literal duel.
Donald Trump played to the biggest demons in White Christian America and barely got enough votes in the right places to win the Presidency.
God help us, as if I haven't said that enough times in the last six months.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.