Why Trump?

Posted on April 5, 2016 by KG

This, I believe, is a brilliant analysis:
‘…But he is, politically, a stranger in a strange land, a man from nowhere who may soon become standard-bearer for the party of true world-historical figures like Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower – who may, conceivably, become president of the United States and so the most powerful person in the world.  Such fantastic improbabilities lead us to the obvious question.  Granted the zeitgeist of negation and repudiation, the failure of the institutions and the bad mood of the public:  why Donald Trump?…’
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24 Responses to Why Trump?

  1. Brown says:
    April 5, 2016 at 20:03

    Yes it is. What is surprising was the claimed scale and speed of the change.

    I see no reason for other western countries to ignore this either. There appears to be a widespread dissatisfaction with the political system in Europe because people are now being affected negatively by their liberal choices. It opens the door to charismatic people outside the established groups. History shows that not all of them will be any good.

  2. KG says:
    April 5, 2016 at 20:20

    “History shows that not all of them will be any good.”
    Ain’t that the understatement of the week, Brown! :mrgreen:

  3. The Gantt Guy says:
    April 6, 2016 at 05:36

    I’ll just leave this here…

    [T]he dizzying rise of Trump can best be understood as the political assertion of a newly energized public. Trump has been chosen by this public … and he is the visible effect, not the cause, of this public’s surly and mutinous mood … The right level of analysis on Trump isn’t Trump, but the public that endows him with a radical direction and temper, and the decadent institutions that have been too weak to stand in his way.

    Better yet…

    Many people, I believe, are beginning to ask themselves that as the glow of novelty deserts Donald Trump and he stands more and more revealed for what he is: an astonishingly ignorant, narcissistic bully and braggart. A populist demagogue whose closest fictional model might be P. G. Wodehouse’s Mosley-esque character Roderick Spode, while the Italian clown, TV personality, and political activist Beppo Grillo might provide the closest real-life analogue.

    https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2016/04/04/what-happens-now/?singlepage=true

  4. KG says:
    April 6, 2016 at 06:01

    “..and he stands more and more revealed for what he is: an astonishingly ignorant, narcissistic bully and braggart.”
    One could argue that he simply doesn’t bother to hide those traits, unlike successful professional politicians. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_smile.gif

  5. Ronbo says:
    April 6, 2016 at 12:07

    Who cares if Trump is an SOB or not?

    Who even cares if he’s a white supremacist fascist or not?

    At least he’s our SOB …

    …and America could really use a king killer/oligarchy slayer like Oliver Cromwell for the next ten years.

    Like the man said:

    We don’t need an intellectual, a debater, a legislator or a compromiser. Legalistic niceties be damned. We want a man of action who will “fix bayonets” and lead us over the top. — Dan Gorski http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_good.gif

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      April 6, 2016 at 19:45

      I’ve had a few beers, so this may come out more combative than I intend it (beer makes a man taller, stronger, sexier, a better dancer and a better singer), in which case I apologise … but…

      Let me see if I’ve got this straight. The guy who:

      • once said if he were to run for President he’d run as a Republican because Republican voters are more stupid, who subsequently ran as a Reform Party candidate
      • who’s spent 4 decades funding liberal Democrat and establishment Republican candidates and causes
      • who can’t articulate a single Conservative position on any issue
      • who, as recently as last week, took 3 different positions on abortion in the space of a single hour
      • who said he’s focusing on immigration because he’s playing to Republicans at the moment, but who also said everything remains on the table (including his ‘wall’)
      • who wants to repeat the Smoot Hawley Act of the 1920s which directly led to the global financial collapse and the Great Depression
      • who thinks he can both rebuild the military AND completely erase the $20 TRILLION debt within 8 years, while both cutting costs to the military AND stating he won’t touch entitlements
      • who today accused his opponent of violating federal campaign finance laws by illegally coordinating with Super Pacs, without any evidence whatsoever that that happened

        and who, as we speak, is in the middle of a complete psychotic break. And that’s just this week!

        That’s your guy? That’s “our SOB”? My friend, whatever you’re smoking can I please have some?

      • KG says:
        April 6, 2016 at 19:54

        Well, he’s not my SOB- no politician is – but I can see the appeal.
        A guy who refuses to play by the rules the leftist MSM sets and who doesn’t merely mouth PC platitudes is a rare thing nowadays.
        Besides, I’d rather like to see him become Prez out of sheer curiosity, nothing else. Kinda like leaving a car on the railroad tracks in order to watch the crash.
        Create chaos. Stir well, and see what creatures emerge from the smoke. Because I’m sick to death of the charade that passes for democracy.

        • The Gantt Guy says:
          April 6, 2016 at 20:01

          But that’s the very thing, isn’t it? He’s spent 40 years cozying up to the people we all despise. He quite literally wrote the book on deal-making.

          There’s no “there” there. He won’t change a damned thing.

          It’s irrelevant anyway. He won’t get to 1237, so there’ll be a second ballot, at which point a large number of delegates pre-promised to Trump will switch to Cruz (Cruz’ ground game is far better than Trump’s, and he already has commitments from many of the delegates to support him if it goes to a second ballot). Then the fun will really begin.

          • KG says:
            April 6, 2016 at 20:03

            None of it matters. The Dems and the Repubs share and swap time in office almost seamlessly.
            Cruz will be no different.

            • The Gantt Guy says:
              April 6, 2016 at 20:08

              Now I’m confused (like I said, a few beers).

              Our friends here are advocating Trump because they think he’s going to burn the house down.

              I’ve just stipulated that far from burning the house down, he’s the ultimate Insider.

              Cruz, on the other hand, has a record of running around with a gas can and zippo.

              And now it doesn’t matter who’s in the Big Office, because nobody’s going to burn the house down?

              C’mon, man! Let’s support someone who has been convicted of arson a few times! Let’s burn the fucking house down!!! http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_yahoo.gif

              • KG says:
                April 6, 2016 at 20:13

                I don’t think he’s the ultimate insider, merely a businessman who has played the available angles.
                “Cruz, on the other hand, has a record of running around with a gas can and zippo.”
                What exactly has Cruz achieved so far?
                He’s as much a fabrication as Trump, making lots of the right noises in order to position himself for a run at the WH. And he won’t make a damn bit of difference if he gets there, since our real rulers are the bureaucrats, not politicians.
                I’m now pro-chaos.

                • The Gantt Guy says:
                  April 6, 2016 at 20:24

                  Accomplishments?

                  Hmmm … he defeated the Bush Administration in the Supreme Court on questions related to the 10th Amendment, protecting states’ rights against a rampant federal leviathan.

                  He defeated the UNITED NATIONS in the Supreme Court on questions of national sovereignty and states’ rights.

                  Shut down the government following a 22-hour filibuster over funding Obamacare, in the fact of rabid opposition from both parties.

                  Helped Rand Paul with his 11-hour filibuster to get the Patriot Act repealed (asked questions at relevant points, allowing Paul to take a refresher and continue the filibuster).

                  Youngest State Solicitor General in US history. First Hispanic State Solicitor General in Texas history. Longest serving State Solicitor General in history. 9 oral arguments before SCOTUS, for a 9-0 win/loss record.

                  And then there’s all the stuff we already know. despised by leadership of both parties. Constitutional Conservative – more Conservative even than Reagan, and proven so over a lifetime of activism (unlike our friend the Orange Messiah, who woke up one fine Tuesday and decided it’d be fun to run for President).

                  What’s not to like?

            • KG says:
              April 6, 2016 at 20:08

              Gotta go. It’s been a hell of a day and I’m now full of codeine. (and a single beer).

  6. Bo Chandler says:
    April 6, 2016 at 12:28

    “Choose the form of the destructor”.

    Hope is like a drug. DC cannot be reformed. Your vote is no longer of any use as a building block, but it can still be used as a weapon.

  7. Ronbo says:
    April 6, 2016 at 13:53

    Well said, Bo!http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_good.gif

    “Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided…. but by iron and blood.”

  8. KG says:
    April 6, 2016 at 20:19

    Gantt. if I don’t continue the conversation, it’s not because I’ve gone all pouty and sulky – I’m just knackered and full of codeine and I’m going to bed. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_smile.gif

  9. Darin says:
    April 6, 2016 at 23:58

    Cruz is so anti-establishment Neil Bush is on his finance team :roll:

    • Ronbo says:
      April 7, 2016 at 06:38

      Exactly, Darin!

      I think Cruz is the GOP Establishment’s “Stealth Candidate.”

      At least with Trump we know what we are buying – a wild man with a gas can and match who will start the Great Washington Fire.”