Thinking Twice: The pro-Trump and anti-Trump perspectives

First the Pro-Trump thoughts...

Against The Establishment

It's a pretty sad day when Joy Reid of MSNBC makes more sense to me than National Review.

Check out her diagnosis (which mostly comes from moderate Republican turned liberalish independent Bruce Bartlett) at 6:45.

It's accurate -- the establishment/elite has been selling lies to everyone outside the donor class for years. They use their power to enact their own priorities into law, while telling the rest of us "it's too hard" or "it will scare the moderates."

And for years we went along with this.

Well, as she notes, the issue of immigration has caused this bargain -- the elites get their actual agenda, everyone else gets lies and empty promises -- to break down, probably forever.

You know, for years, I felt it was my duty to sell these shit sandwiches to readers for the Greater Good of winning elections.

I didn't like doing it, but I thought that, for example, the War on Terror was too important to risk a rupture over other questions.

Although I've come to hate politics and I just despise reading the news now, the one good thing is that I'm liberated from splashing some ketchup on Sandwiches Made of Actual Shit and trying to sell them to people as tasty and healthful.

I feel liberated. I serve no "Greater Good," as I don't know that there's a Greater Good to be served anymore. So I can just say exactly what I think.

And what I think is that the establishment has to be destroyed.

We will not be ignored, we will not be condescended to, we will no longer accept broken promises and lies as our payment for our service to the GOP.

And if it requires destroying the GOP and electing a Democrat to teach the establishment this lesson, to chastise them and to humble them, then we shall do just that, and do so happily.

You will either come to terms, or you will be destroyed.

Anti-Trump... maybe

After a lot of thought and, ultimately, resignation, I have decided to support Donald J. Trump in 2016.

I imagine this will bother those of you who still have faith in humanity, you beacons of hope in this vast, unforgiving universe.

“Why?” you might ask, if you still, somehow, haven’t become a shell of a human being. “Why would you support Trump?”

You want to know why, person who hasn’t yet become a despondent shadow of his former self?

Because my spirit is broken.

I’m so tired. I’ve read countless editorials, opinion columns and investigative pieces that simply, honestly and accurately explain why Trump should not be the leader of the free world, why it might be a bad idea for him to hold a position of authority in our government, why he might be a hypersensitive, raving, narcissistic child with no real idea of how to fix the myriad problems facing our country. I’ve flipped through hundreds of pages documenting his many lawsuits, poor business decisions and general idiocy, pages and pages and pages of evidence that he should never be taken seriously or trusted with heavy responsibility. And yet, his popularity grows; his fans become ever more rabid; and my soul shrivels into a small black hole, engulfing my ability to resist and my will to carry on.

At first, I’ll admit, I didn’t get it. He’s not intelligent, charismatic, charming or attractive. If you close your eyes while he’s talking, it sounds like you’re playing a halfhearted game of Chubby Bunny with a racist 5th-grader. But I get it now.

I finally understand that to support Trump, you don’t have to agree with his politics or believe he’ll save America; you just have to stop caring, give into sweet release, and let the wave of dejected acquiescence wash over you like the incoming tide.

A Trump presidency will probably be unbearable for you unwavering angels of light who still believe that the voters will eventually choose someone else, someone who doesn’t sound like a drunk college freshman winging a social studies presentation the Monday after Christmas break.

Can you imagine seeing Trump’s face, tanned into an uncomfortable shade of blonde, every time you turn on the news for the next four years? Can you imagine hearing his voice, spewing incoherent, uninformed nonsense at you, over and over and over again for roughly 1,460 days?

I used to imagine it and cringe, when I still had a life force.

I used to find the idea of President Trump unendurable, horrifying. Now, I just take two sleeping pills and curl into a fetal position under my desk until all emotion and conscious thought pass.

Are you afraid of what might happen to America, not to mention the Republican party, if an entitled, tantrum-throwing cretin become its leader?

I was, too, when I could feel fear. Now I’m Frodo, exhausted, beaten down, desolate, lying on the side of Mount Doom; just drag me up the side of the mountain and throw me into the all-consuming fire of a future in which Donald Trump can make major decisions that affect my life. I have surrendered to wretched defeatism.

I used to get into arguments with people who like him because he’s “anti-PC” and “outspoken” and “arguably not a pandering, easily corruptible misogynist.” But then I realized that everything is pointless. I used to say things like “we don’t want this man representing America” and “he is not prepared or equipped for this kind of responsibility,” but now when confronted by a Trump supporter, I just lie down on the ground and play dead until they leave or the floor gets cold.

I have been worn down. I have abandoned all hope.

So carry on, America. Do what you want. Willingly march yourself into four years of a president who regularly gets into fights with strangers on Twitter. I will join you, like a salmon swimming upriver to its death.

I will spend 2016 wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, quietly lying in the dark, waiting for the rapture.

#Trump2016

Me and Mr. Trump......Freedom is having nothing left to lose

Back in the day I enjoyed a flutter here and there. You know a wager. A little bet more or less. In my single bouncing around days in the eighties I enjoyed going down to Atlantic City. Vegas. Reno. Tahoe. Aqueduct. Belmont. Monmouth. The Meadowlands. Yonkers. Monticello. All of the very few places where gambling was legal.

When I was bouncing I had a group of like-minded souls who also enjoyed the ponies or a little black jack. They were from various walks of life. A couple of guys I knew from the neighborhood. A few I had met at the casinos. We would travel down to AC or Vegas and hang out between bouts of gambling. We had an agreement. We would get to the joint and then split up. Every man for himself. Then we would meet up for a meal or for some drinks or to see a fight or watch a game we might have wagered on. This way you weren’t stuck at a table losing while you friend is chasing the tiger.

When you are a serious gambler you come to realize that the only way you can survive is not to get addicted to the action. Because the more you play the more you lose. That is why they open another big casino every week. Well until recently as it is oversaturated since there are more casinos than churches. But you get the idea. You find an angle on a good bet and you go strong. Win or lose you walk away. That’s why I gradually drifted into sports betting as my main vice. Especially boxing.

In those days there were a bunch of big money fights. Tyson was in full flavor and you had people like Holyfield, Forman, Hagler, Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Lots of big fights to lay down some cash. I did pretty good if I do say so myself. My biggest score was the Tyson/Holyfield fight. In fact I won a lot of money on Holyfield. I went to several of his bouts. In fact it was at one of them that I met Mr. Trump.

It was the Holyfield vs George Forman bout at the old Boardwalk Hall. This was situated on the boardwalk but it had connecting corridors with the casinos next door. I went with my buddy from the neighborhood who belongs to a fraternal organization with branches in Atlantic City. In fact at the time he was especially close to the Philly branch that had a lot to do with the linen services and the hotel unions that were heavily involved in the Atlantic City casino business. So we got some pretty good seats and were comped up the wazoo.

Anyhoo the fight is over and we are walking back through the bridge way to the casino and suddenly a bunch of security guards stopped us. It was the Donald and his famous mistress of the time Marla Mapes who later became his wife. She was in a sparkly dress and was quite attractive but nothing crazy great. There were a bunch of much better looking woman in the casino. Her most distinctive attribute was her hair. It was a dyed blond mane that was all over the place. She looked like some sort of pampered pet. A blond, curried, shy, retarded Palomino or something like that there. 

The Donald and Marla where walking from Boardwalk Hall through the corridor towards the Trump Plaza. One of the Donald’s minions noticed us. Well actually my friend. He whispered to the Donald and he came over to shake our hands. I am sure that the Donald had no idea who Nunzie was or about the fraternal organization he belonged to was doing. He was just told by his minion to say hello and that it was important to be polite. “What a fight boys” he said. “Glad to see you are coming over to the Plaza. You have to make sure you bring all your friends over to the Taj Mahal now that it is finally finished. It’s going to be yuge!!!!” Then they were whisked away by security. We followed in their wake and got to the casino right quick. 

We hung at the baccarat tables for a while but migrated over to Caesars which is where we really had a hook. I never ran into Trump again in my various forays into AC. He was definitely a presence there but I never really enjoyed his joints. They were too glitzy and phony even for a casino. I much preferred the Claridge or Caesars. The Plaza was run of the mill bullshit and the Taj Mahal was a gross monstrosity. All of that is old news. Trump is on to a new wife that he has been with for a while. Nunzie has passed after an unfortunate encounter with a Gas Pipe later that year. I am on the short and narrow and a good boy. No drinking and I watch what I eat and I haven’t gambled in a long time.

But you know what? The more I think about it the more I think I might take a flutter. On Mr. Trump. Why not? What have we got to lose?

He's gonna be yuge!!!!!

"The Progressive Case For Trump"

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How Trump can reach 50% in the polls!

Donald Trump can reach 50% in the next poll if he follows through on his latest threat. He is all over the place mocking Bernie Sanders for getting chased off the stage at his own rally by a couple of knuckleheads from the "Black Lives Matter" racket. Trump said he would have fought with them and had them thrown off the stage. In return the Mike Brown fans vow to bust up Trumps next rally. This could get interesting.

If Trump has them arrested if they crash his rally I bet he could reach 50% in the Republican primary. It would be a spectacular violation of the norms of political correctness. The mainstream medias heads would explode. Megyn Kelly would bleed out of every orifice. As would Chris Matthews.

I just stocked up.on popcorn!

I've grown accustomed to your face....

This is the face of the grass roots of the Republican party. An old angry white man. The grass roots are tired of being lied to by the Rhinos and the establishment Republicans. Tired of failure theater. Tired of voting to give the Republicans the majority in both Houses of Congress and being told that their hands are tied. That they can't appeal Obamacare. That they can't defund Planned Parenthood baby chop shops. That they can't stop the Iran deal that will give the bomb to our mortal enemies while we sell Israel down the river. That we can't get to the bottom of Benghazi, Hillary's emails or the IRS. That we can't stop Obama's usurpation of Congresses role in government with his refusal to enforce the existing law. Failure theater is so ingrained that they rigged it so that they can give Obama the Iran deal even if they vote against it when they are in the majority. Instead of forcing Obama to get the Super Majority they turned the process upside down into a rigged vote where they had to get the two thirds vote. They want our votes but then they don't do anything with them. Except feather their nests and get reelected.

So even an idiot plutocrat with a big mouth seem better. He is a New Yorker. The grass roots hates big mouth North Easterners who are blow hards and phonies. Except that even that is not as bad as another blow dried liar who talks Reagan and votes McGovern. So they are willing to blow it up. Elect-ability is a bunch of tired bullshit. Elect-ability got us McCain and Romney and more of the same. Appealing to the Democratic voting blocks is not the answer. They will never vote for a Republican. Ever. So it is a fools errand to drop your principles to appeal to someone who will never vote for you. We have seen this time and again. There are more than enough unmotivated people who don't vote who are in the natural base of the Republican party to win an Electoral college victory. You just need to target them. You don't have to be the President of all the people. Obama has proven that. Don't ignore the lesson of history that is right before our eyes.

Trump will not win the nomination. He will not be the candidate. But the candidate has to pick up some of what Trump is doing. He has to stop with the political correctness. He has to take the fight to the Democrats. He has to play dirty in the same way that the Democrats and the media does or it is all over before it even begins. Is Walker too wimpy? Is Rubio too juvenile? Is Cruz too scary?
Is Bush too bushy? Who is going to take it to the other side with enough piss and vinegar to get the job done?

This is the face of the grass roots of the Democratic party. A tired old white man who is a socialist who wants to redistribute the wealth of the nation to the people who are yelling at him for more stuff. He wants to give it all but it is not quite enough. It will never be enough. The words will always be wrong. The actions always inadequate. He will be racist and sexist and homophobic and hetero-normative and throw out trigger warnings to all and sundry. They are screaming and abusing him but he will dig in and try to find a way to take enough out of society to transfer it to others based on their insatiable demands. If elected he will continue to offer more stuff. More money for abortions. More student loans down a rathole for bogus degrees in womans studies or some other made up major. Big cuts in defense because Russia and China and Iran are our friends. More regulations to stop the production of domestic energy because we need to change over to solar and wind and magical unicorn power. More regulations to end manufacturing and industry because global warming will be a terrible problem in a hundred million years from now so you should give up your car to ride a bike and get run down by an illegal immigrant in a stolen car who doesn't have a license. And you have to like it. Or you are racist, sexist, homophobic and would kill a lion with a bow and arrow. Now it is time to socially engineer your hometown so it will have the proper demographic breakdown. The federal government is going to judge you and import enough thugs, thieves, deviants and lowlifes so you meet the officially approved mixture that the pointy headed professors and activists have decreed must be the only way that you can live. Just don't try to shop at a CVS, They will all be burned down and looted. Sell your CVS stock now. Get ahead of the curve.

That is what Bernie will bring you. He is the face of the Democratic Party.

You should get accustomed to their faces.

Can we get that dentist to switch to Rhinos?

The continual attack on celebrity idiot Donald Trump is getting harder and harder to take. The Rhinos are charging and trying to gore him and anyone who gets in their way. Don't they get that Trump is not the issue. It is the people he resonates with and who support him even though he is rug wearing pompous New York asshole?

The latest pansy ass pajama boy who is losing his shit is faux conservative Kevin D. Williamson of the NRO blog who wrote a new screed entitled "Donald Trump: All Bluster and Babbitt." It seems that the people who support and enjoy Trump offend his elitist refined tastes. I mean he went to some big time school and is a big shit intellectual.

Did he even read Babbitt? Does he know what the story is about? That it was written by a hard line socialist/communist who wanted to mock and belittle the values of the boring middle class of America. You know. The people who go to church. Who work and pay their bills. Who have traditional values. You know. Republicans.

So he is saying that Donald Trump is too Babbitty? Too much of a middle class boring traditional guy? What a freaking moron. Trump is a three time married profligate spending bankrupt douche nozzle. He is not what people are responding to in droves. It is what he is saying. It is telling it like it is about the criminal element in the immigration debate. That of course he paid off the Clinton machine because that is the price of doing business in this era of crony capitalism. That you don't need to be politically correct. That you don't need to be a ball less wonder like Mitch McConnell and the Unspeakable Speaker. That you need to say what you mean and not worry if you are offending the delicate sensibilities of people who would never vote for a Republican anyway anyhow.

These douchenozzles like Williamson and Jonah Goldberg don't understand that they are making Trumps case for him. That when they knock Babbitt they mock Republicans. If they disgust them so much why don't they go over to the metro-sexual Democrats where they will feel more comfortable. I am sure they have some spare pajamas and a cup of tea for them.

Sheeesssshhh!!!!!

If you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen!

Today's bullshit controversy is the Rug being disinvited from Red States candidate forum because he "insulted" Megyn Kelly by say saying she was bleeding "out of eyes. Bleeding out of her whatever."

Look I hate Donald Trump. As much as the next guy. I have about fifty posts on my blog with the tag "Donald Trump is a Douchebag." But if you want to play in the NFL you have to be able to take a hit. Megyn Kelly is a careerist news bunny first and foremost. A better looking Nancy Grace.  A pretend conservative Katie Couric. She is following Diane Sawyers career path. The first thing they would say about Sawyer was that she had worked with Nixon. But in fact she is your garden variety mainstream media liberal hose bag. Just like Megyn. There are approximately a million appropriate and important questions she could have asked the Rug. ISIS. The Ukraine. The Iran treaty. Baltimore and the attempt to force the delegitimization of the police by the Obama administration. Instead she went with "Does God talk to you" and "Why don't you approve an abortion for the health of the mother" and "Why are you mean to women?" Total bullshit.

She is like the hot bartender that all the losers praise and tip and think will be interested in dating when she doesn't give a crap about them. Doesn't even know that they exist.  Because she is only in love with the person she saw in the mirror.

Not to say that Wallace and Baier were any better. Fox better up their game. Big time.

Listen Megyn Kelly!!!!!!

I know you hate Donald Trump. Hey I hate him too! He is not going to be the nominee. I know you took your orders from Rhino central to pull out the bogus "woman question." I mean you are pissed off because the Rug said that a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice would look good "down on her knees." Well sweetheart Hillary's husband had his interns on their knees. That is where he would put any hot looking subordinate or they would lose their job. Paula Jones. Doncha remember that? Are you going to ask Hillary about that? Or would that mean you don't get invited to those Georgetown Cocktail parties where you can flirt with Pajama boy?

So take your politically correct "You are offending womens delicate sensibilities" and stuff it in one of your many unoccupied holes.

Here's the thing. If we can't make fun of Rosie O'Donnell then the terrorists have won.

I can't believe that Trump can make me support John McCain!

I am sure you have heard the news. That moron Donald Trump decided to diss John McCains service in Vietnam.

According to the New York Post: He’s not a war hero,” Trump told an audience of Iowa conservatives on Saturday. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured. He also called McCain a “loser.”

Now I am not of a fan of John McCain the politician. He is the epitome of the Rhino. Of the guy who runs as a conservative but legislates as a liberal. Who is always ready to compromise with the Democrats and trashes conservatives and conservative values on every Sunday morning talk show that will put him on to give the "conservative viewpoint."

It is way out of line to criticize his service as a pilot. I mean so he was last in his class or whatever. So was Custer. He served honorably and suffered at the hands of America's enemies. He should be honored for his service. Trump needs to shut up and worry about Joan Rivers and Geraldo Rivera and the other assholes on the Celebrity Apprentice.

Call out McCain on his record as the worst Rhino in Congress. Not on his military service. What a moron.