To those of us who are not residing in the little Leftist corner of the universe, the phenomenon known as Trump Derangement Syndrome is exploding around us. From the hysterical "demonstrations" at airports, cities, and on college campuses, to the extreme, unreal rhetoric coming out of Democrat Senators' mouths during confirmation hearings, to the breathless MSM coverage of every utterance from the Trump team that is, or can be construed as, inaccurate, we are wondering What The Fuck is going on around here.
But then one must actually consider the import of the 2016 Democrats' primary election. The fact is that, had the Clinton Machine not stolen it, the nomination would have gone to BERNIE FUCKING SANDERS!
This is no joke. That old, out-of-touch socialist, with his insane blathering about open borders, free college tuition, guaranteed minimum wages, environmental terrorism and so on, actually captured the aspirations and imaginations of our political Left. Not some far-out splinter group of the Left, but the Leftist Masses of this country.
And so it is dramatically shoved in our collective faces day after day that basically HALF THE COUNTRY believes that the results of an eminently proper and legal national election are not "legitimate"; that the U.S. Constitution is merely a list of suggestions that can be overruled by any court whenever the presiding judge chooses to do so; that properly enacted laws on the subject of, for example, immigration MUST be ignored, and that anyone suggesting that they be taken seriously is a "racist."
I believe it is unprecedented. Half the population believes that the basic laws of the land are mere suggestions that can be ignored with impunity. And this half manifestly controls the news media, with a few conspicuous exceptions. How do you argue with someone who changes the definition of the words on the latest whim?
Under these circumstances, we NEED a President like Donald Trump, who will not be deterred by inflammatory accusations, threats, or insults. The only question is how we communicate to anyone listening that the loudest and most obnoxious of the attention-grabbers do not represent the will of the majority of Americans? It is the same thing that Nixon and Johnson faced when, despite polling that showed consistently that the American people supported the war in Vietnam, yet every newscast was filled with pictures of unclean, unshaven, unkempt "protesters" claiming that the People had turned against it. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Not this time.
But then one must actually consider the import of the 2016 Democrats' primary election. The fact is that, had the Clinton Machine not stolen it, the nomination would have gone to BERNIE FUCKING SANDERS!
This is no joke. That old, out-of-touch socialist, with his insane blathering about open borders, free college tuition, guaranteed minimum wages, environmental terrorism and so on, actually captured the aspirations and imaginations of our political Left. Not some far-out splinter group of the Left, but the Leftist Masses of this country.
And so it is dramatically shoved in our collective faces day after day that basically HALF THE COUNTRY believes that the results of an eminently proper and legal national election are not "legitimate"; that the U.S. Constitution is merely a list of suggestions that can be overruled by any court whenever the presiding judge chooses to do so; that properly enacted laws on the subject of, for example, immigration MUST be ignored, and that anyone suggesting that they be taken seriously is a "racist."
I believe it is unprecedented. Half the population believes that the basic laws of the land are mere suggestions that can be ignored with impunity. And this half manifestly controls the news media, with a few conspicuous exceptions. How do you argue with someone who changes the definition of the words on the latest whim?
Under these circumstances, we NEED a President like Donald Trump, who will not be deterred by inflammatory accusations, threats, or insults. The only question is how we communicate to anyone listening that the loudest and most obnoxious of the attention-grabbers do not represent the will of the majority of Americans? It is the same thing that Nixon and Johnson faced when, despite polling that showed consistently that the American people supported the war in Vietnam, yet every newscast was filled with pictures of unclean, unshaven, unkempt "protesters" claiming that the People had turned against it. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Not this time.
