| | Trump-flavored PopcornApril 22, 2011 - Terry EstepI can't find it in myself to believe Donald Trump has a chance of winning the Republican nomination in 2012. I want to maintain the gentle fiction that today's Republican party hasn't completely gone of the sanity rails, even though they saw fit to put Sarah Palin on the ticket in the last election. Trump is an utterly shameless self-promoter. It's fun to watch him try to talk Gary Busey off a ledge, but do you really want him setting U.S. policy for the Middle East? He's currently tied with Mitt Romney as an early contender for 2012. It's too soon to take any of those numbers seriously, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting a good chuckle out of it. The GOP, under the constant strain of trying to appease the scattershot whims of the tea party movement, has effectively chased most of the adults out of the room. A political organization that only a year ago was distancing itself from Paul Ryan's plan to gut Medicare has now embraced it wholeheartedly. Trump is happily walking into the center ring directing the audience's attention to a clown car full of birthers demanding Obama prove beyond a shadow of doubt he's not a Kenyan-born Muslim out to destroy America, apple pie, and Andy Griffith reruns. I don't think it'll work as a long-term electoral strategy, but it makes a great show. Until a true front-runner emerges, I plan to sit back with a bowl of popcorn and enjoy watching The Donald make the GOP establishment squirm over the monster they created when they abandoned all pretense of reason. Here's hoping Bret Michaels gets a seat at the convention.
Article Comments(8)ArtSmithOct-03-11 9:09 AM "I can't find it in myself to believe Donald Trump has a chance of winning the Republican nomination in 2012" I can't believe the last entry you made was April 22, 2011. Do you still work at the paper? DickCheneyMay-28-11 8:26 AM Well of course most smart people already KNEW that Donald Trump's candidacy was mostly just PR for his TV show, and otherwise it was nonsense... And how did Trump get approval? By throwing around idiotic 'birther nonsense', by attacking Obama's intellectual credentials with nonsense that appeals only to thinly veiled racism and 'bully-trash-talking'. The comical part is that a lot of angry emotion-driven pseudo-conservatives took Trump seriously at all. That should tell us a lot about the degree to which the new (pseudo) conservative mindset is motivated by mindless anger rather than sound thinking. Trump understands his audience however. That's why he just got the free advertising for his show. musicboxMay-09-11 5:52 PM What stuns me the most about right wingers who are going for Trump, and there appear to be many, is the fact that so many right-wingers are devout Christians yet they would vote for a man who routinely dumps his wife and children for a younger model and drops thse f-bomb all over the place. And Democrats are the immoral ones????? BuckinEerApr-29-11 1:31 PM whose hair is worse? this "blogger" or Trumps? I say it's this "blogger"....Trump is just drumming up business and running PR so you democraps can quit crying in your chardonnay MattPWApr-23-11 5:48 PM Terry, I actually agree with you for once. Trump stands no chance. However, if he is in the heat of the battle, his "say anything" style may force others to respond with their true thoughts on the issues. At least, I hope. Maybe voters will be able to make a slightly more informed decision when they go to the polls. AaronLApr-23-11 2:55 PM Sad part of it Mythravere,we ARE on those trains and no-one has got the brake handle. mythravereApr-23-11 5:26 AM Watching the Republicans go through the motions of caring about this country is like watching one of those old movies that shows two trains crashing into each other head on. Interesting as heck to see but totally glad you aint riding that train! Post a Comment | in: News, Blogs & Events Web  |
