“So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics. In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!”
–Donald Trump, criticizing Dr. Birx after she said the pandemic is spreading. [First of all, let’s be honest: it’s not the “China Virus,” it’s the T-rump Virus. The big question here is why can’t Trump’s 35% base see that the man is a close-minded egomaniac who cannot stomach any pushback from anyone on any subject, anytime, anywhere? Imagine, if you will, the reaction of an abusive husband when you attempt to intervene when he’s beating his wife, or when you try to let someone know they’re driving the wrong direction in a Walmart parking lot, or why it’s advisable to wear a mask in a public gathering. Got the image? Now superimpose the face of Trump on that person.]
“For the sake of our constitutional republic, he must lose, and lose badly. Yet that should be just a start: We should only honor former presidents who uphold and sustain our nation’s enduring democratic values. There should be no schools, bridges or statues devoted to Trump. His name should live in infamy, and he should be remembered, if at all, for precisely what he was — not a president, but a blundering cheat.”
–George Conway op-ed, Aug. 3, 2020.
“By the way, I have to say, the post office for many years has been run in a fashion that hasn’t been great. … And I don’t think the post office is prepared for a thing like this. How can the post office be expected to handle?”
“Again, absentee is great, it works. Like in Florida, they’ll do absentee, it really works. But universal mail-in ballots, it’s going to be a great embarrassment to our country.”
–Tweets by Donald Trump, who has voted by absentee ballot himself and continues to ignore the fact that absentee ballots are, in fact, mail-in ballots. [Funny how the USPS has suddenly become an issue just three months before the election.]
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The only logic in these quotes is found in George Conway’s and 40 percent of the population refuse to see it. BTW, I am not as optimistic as Tom, who puts Trump’s base at 35%.
Your big question is very interesting: “why can’t Trump’s 35% base see that the man is a close-minded egomaniac who cannot stomach any pushback from anyone on any subject, anytime, anywhere?” It’s tempting to simply write them off as being as dumb, but I know that’s not true because I know some who are very smart. For some it must be self-interest, such as lower taxes or federal judges who will be pro-life. But many do not benefit from most of his and GOP policies. The opposite, in fact. I think for them it has more to do with emotion and group identity than intelligence. Fan loyalty to sports teams is the closest analogy I can think of. Once you buy into joining a team’s fan culture, you stay in through good and bad seasons because what’s really important to you is sharing in that group identity. So I don’t think the Trump base is loyal to him at all. They are actually loyal to being in the MAGA club so they can hang out with their MAGA friends and talk about MAGA conspiracy theories. Trump, in other words, is their mascot rather than their leader. At least that’s my current theory….
Makes as much sense as anything about them and also portends future civil unrest even if he is able to go back to simply being a spoiled brat playing rich man.
BB, like Stephen said, your analysis makes sense. If you ask many of his MAGA club members if they are better off than they were 3 years ago. Most will say they are not. But, MAGA is a rallying point for them.
I started trying to figure out why smart people become believers in the conservative lies a few years ago. My conclusion was that they believe Faux News, hate radio or other conservative news sources and end up being brain washed. A critical part of the brain washing being to not believe anything that doesn’t come from a conservative source. BB, your theory we be consistent with the brainwashed exchanging conspiracy theories.
His name should live in infamy, and he should be remembered, if at all, for precisely what he was — not a president, but a blundering cheat.”
Mr. Conway is far too kind. “A blundering cheat” makes trump sound like a person without a compass who accidentally fell into a position where he is out of his league. To the contrary, what trump lacks is a moral compass, a sense of humanity and decency, caring and compassion for anyone not surnamed trump, and respect for institutions, the law, the USA, the planet, and the good Lord above. trump is a pathetic excuse for a human being. And he’s not blundering about, he knows exactly what he’s doing. And who is helping him do it. That should terrify us all (unless one subscribes to the idea that the biggest threat to personal freedom and liberty is being told to wear a little piece of fabric over the lower half of your face when strolling about in public places).