Meh. The Daily Minute of Trump Hate doesnāt provoke much rage in me anymore.
Iād categorize this information deep down the list of ānot a surpriseā; but it is probably instructive to see what Trump does when he isnāt being provided with a continuous rush of external validation.
I canāt say that āthrows tantrum even less tasteful than his usual high standardsā is a surprise; but it is instructive. I wonder if it will pop the nonsense myth, popular among his adherents, of āTrump: Ultimate Ice-cold negotiator who can bring Americaās Strength to the table!!!ā? I doubt it; but it really ought to. If this is how he keeps his cool after somebodyās ghostwriter outsells his ghostwriter; can you imagine how a genuinely stiff-upper-lipped character like Putin would play him?
Iām not sure what the Russian for āWhat, you mad bro?ā is; but we would probably find out.
That animated gif is PURE MAGIC.
Hillary is playing the womensā card? I donāt suppose thereās a mensā card, is there? Because men are normal.
Come to think of it, thereās no white card either.
Trump should be glad Dr. Carson didnāt stab him.
I donāt understand the problem: the market is always right, and the market says Carson trumps Trump. Why the upset, Trumpie-pooā¦donāt you worship capitalism?
Either tome is safe for septic systems
Isnāt it nice of those two that they make basically every mainstream Republican look comparatively sane and electable?
No they donāt. Maybe theyāre supposed to, but no.
only the kind with rational markets ; )
Iām not feeling rage. Rage is reserved for when Trump is competently exploiting the worst impulses in american politics.
This is like a mythbusters segment, where youāve been watching a fuse burning, and it got to the dynamite, and for the longest time nothing happens. And everyone is saying, wtf is going on?
And then the enormous explosion.
This is what Trump looks like melting down. If I feel anything, itās relief - Trump defied my expectations for so long, I seriously wondered if the american people might allow him the presidency. Okay, maybe a little schadenfreude too, but mostly relief
Iām not even sure what that means, anymore, nor whether there are any in the current campaigns.
EDIT: It reminds me of Eisenhower and I wasnāt even born during his lifetime.
- EDIT to my earlier EDIT: Well what the hell do I know. Trump may be closer to Eisenhower than I thought, at least in one very ugly aspect.
Wait, I thought death was the first thing. No, okay, thinkingā¦ right, Donald Trump thinks castration is so much worse than death that he canāt even bring himself to say the word. Alright.
Ripping into Carson fans so harshly seems strategically short-sighted, because if the Trump campaign is going to have any chance at all heāll eventually have to win over a lot of people who arenāt already Trump supporters.
Heās already alienated women, immigrants, non-white people, non-Christian people, gays, pacifists, veterans, moderates, poor people and anyone with a shred of human empathy. If thereās one group he canāt afford to alienate itās āvoters who want to elect a crazy man with zero experience in government.ā
Fine points you make.
Sadly, they come from some assumptions. Allow me to illustrate:
- That Trump actually wants to win
- That Trump is rational
- That offending all of those groups isnāt completely intentional.
I, for one, refuse to believe that Trump is actually a human. I like to imagine him to be a reptilian because that thought helps me sleep at night.
I was born during the Eisenhower administration (āthe political equivalent of Valiumā), and I canāt recognize anything in this current crop of GOP wannabes as the Republicanism I was raised to adore. (Well, Kasich is somewhat recognizable.)
Republicrazy seemed to climb out of the primordial Reagan ooze to a tenuous foothold in politics, but didnāt truly bloom until the 1st term of the Cheney presidency. All I can figure is that they spent the Clinton years inbreeding likeā¦well, like crazy.
if heās so mad why is he starting to take his pants off in that gif?
ok now imagine youāre a republican.
Thereās a big white guy with a bad suit and ugly hair yelling that all the people you hate are bad.
Heās also yelling that if you donāt get in line you are stupid and probably effeminate.
You donāt want to get on this guys bad side because:
- you are a republican
- he hates everyone you hate.
- he is a big white guy with a bad suit and ugly hair yelling.
you better just do what he says, and vote for him. what if he comes over to you and hits you huh. what will people think then. Act like you wanted to vote for him all the time, thatās the ticket! Start yelling along with him.
In other words Trump knows the way to win these people over is to insult them, bully them, scare them, and offer to let them be on your side but act quick, this offer might just disappear losers!
