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Another interesting article about...what else, Donald Trump and the disaster that is about to befall the GOP.
The GOP's Super Doomsday
I have to admit. I've never before been this entertained by politics. This **** is a hoot.
The GOP's Super Doomsday
...Enter Donald Trump.
By accident or instinct, he discovered that the party had served him up the perfect audience: modestly educated, low-information voters who feel betrayed by government and the social and financial elites. For such voters, Trump's castigation of Muslims, immigrants and free trade is an intoxicating political cocktail. Beyond that, his post-modern sans culottes don't much care what else he says; they just want their nativist would-be strongman to demolish the established order.
Thus, to their astonishment, Republicans have watched Trump build a cult of personality that transcends ideology or experience. His mindless bluster against his chosen foes fills his legions with a visceral pleasure. Such is their hatred of the establishment that they hear any critique of Trump as another condescending message from the despised elites. They follow Trump's abusive tweets with abusive tweets of their own, often filled with libelous virulence. They are impervious to reason, indifferent to policy, immune to fact. They don't want to think; they want to feel.
I have to admit. I've never before been this entertained by politics. This **** is a hoot.