“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
After watching the full Montana rally, my chief conclusion is that Donald Trump is now the most effective American politician based on results. He has created a symbiotic relationship with his supporters that nothing seems able to crack. The Republican Party has now become Trumpian in its identity, but not tribal. Even tribes have factions. Trump has maintained a 90% approval rating through every scandal, every insult, every example […]
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The pictures matter more than the words some political consultant once said so begin with the rectangular frame made by your TV screen. This is the background shot and is meant to be filled with individuals who will clap, hoot, laugh and smile as prompted by Trump and his set-up speakers. As near as I can tell, they are all white. The shot centers on the podium with the Presidential […]
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To the strains of “I’m Proud to Be an American”, Trump emerges from the tunnel, a heaviness in his bearing. He is 6’2” tall and well over 250 pounds, a very big man. The first impression I have is that I do not think a 5’6” or 5’7” Trump would have been elected. Remember all those images of him at the Republican debates, towering over the other candidates? He […]
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Shakespeare understood the desire for absolute power, how it may come to invest itself in one person and how it destroys safeguards meant to protect liberty: “Under what circumstances, Shakespeare asked himself, do … cherished institutions, seemingly deep rooted and impregnable, suddenly prove fragile? Why do large numbers of people knowingly accept being lied to? How does a … Richard III or Macbeth” acquire power?” (1) In the 2nd […]
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