factnotfiction

The author sums up the mentality, or lack thereof, of the trump voter, and why the love, adore and idolize the hugely flawed trump, because they cannot see the flaws in themselves.




https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/507178-feehery-its-about-the-trump-voter

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

Only a total doucheburger would vote for 'this' jackass.

factnotfiction

So you are a 'douche burger'?

So many things about you that we just didn't know, until you became so open about your sexual orientation, you and your various and assorted consorts must be so happy

MStem

Both parties have relied on the ignorance of the American voter, in reducing the election of our chief of state to a cherry-picked group of elites who are preferred by party moneybags, and a few fallguys to give the illusion of choice. Then follows the mud-slinging, obfuscation and outright lying, until the candidate who the billionaires wanted in the first place is elected.
I don’t think anyone expected Trump to win. I don’t think Trump even expected Trump to win. I initially thought he just entered the race to screw up the GOP primary to help Hilly. The fact that he did win, terrifies the people who want to continue to manipulate the process.
No pity.

factnotfiction

Excellent analysis and in complete agreement

trump won because of the usual 'dirty political tricks' used by both sides, but the difference was that Hillary was even more unlikable than trump

greenmountaineer Loc: Vermont

While the author has some valid points, I think he is delusional. But my crystal ball has a crack in it and I may be wrong. I think that what is wrong with our politics is that too many politicians of both parties are monarchists. Let me explain. This came up in one class at the Air Command and Staff College many years ago. The subject was political systems. Both Tom Jefferson and Adam Smith, the English economist, wrote that there were only two forms of government and the two forms depended on the ideas of the folks running the government. One bunch, the Monarchists, as Smith called them, believed that humans are stupid, cowardly, cruel and have to be ruled by absolute monarchs, assisted by clergy and nobles. The other bunch, "republicans" as Smith called them, (no relation to the modern Republican Party) believe that humans are intelligent, cooperative, brave when they have to be, and able to make good decisions in their own best interest when they can get enough information. So what has happened to US is that too many of our politicians who have wormed their way into positions of power, are monarchists. And too many of the people who have acquired loads of money, enough live high on the hog and have enough left over to buy politicians, and news media, are also monarchists. And that is the most serious problem. Monarchists in the form of corporations, have taken over the news media. I saw a report, years ago, that 96% of the news media was owned by just six corporations! So if we can't get full information, how can we make good decisions in our own best interest?

EmilyD

Did you even read that article?!? LOL...I bet you only read the first 2 or 3 paragraphs. Here's what it says about Trump voters:

- The Trump voter loves America, reflexively, even if America and its political class lets it down on occasion.

- The Trump voter stands for the national anthem at the beginning of every Major League Baseball game and sings “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during every 7th inning stretch. There is no ambiguity in that essentially non-political exercise.

- The Trump voter sees this country as the good guy but wonders why we spend so much of our blood and treasure getting involved in foreign wars. It’s a valid question that the Never Trumpers rarely ask.

- The Trump voter doesn’t trust the political class and is prone to believing in some outlandish conspiracy theories, some of which turn out to be true. Yes, the Obama White House did frame Michael Flynn and did try to railroad Mr. Trump out of his job.

- The Trump voter has given up on the national media and many of the local television news outlets as well. They get their news from Fox, because at least Fox tries to be fair and balanced. Most reporters feel free to share all of their liberal political opinions at all times, and it is annoying to the typical Trump voter.

- The Trump voter probably hasn’t thought that much about statues, but they certainly don’t like the idea of angry mobs tearing down the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial or whatever 18th century white male figure who is standing defenseless, down the street.

- The Trump voter agrees with the president that schools need to reopen this fall. They know that keeping the kids at home is bad for the kids and bad for the parents. They may like the folks who teach their kids, but they have little tolerance for the unions that are playing this virus to extort more concessions out of the spineless politicians who have unnecessarily closed the economy.

- The Trump voter got exactly what they expected from this president. Somebody who would shake up the political system, who would stand up to China, who would take on political correctness and who would get the economy moving again.

- The Trump voter knows the risks of being a Trump voter. They see what happens to people who wear MAGA hats or have Trump stickers on their cars. They know what happens when they say too much on social media and they know what can happen to people who say what they really believe.

So they keep their mouths shut. But they are going to vote this fall. They can’t wait to vote this fall."
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THANKS for posting this great article, factnotfiction!!

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Ya blew that one, wanna try again?

factnotfiction

Just like fox news, fair and balanced

MStem

Nope. I stand by it. The whole political system has been hijacked by billionaires and the global corporations they control.

ImLogicallyRight

***because they cannot see the flaws in themselves.
>>>As you cannot see the flaws in yourself