“We used to take people like that out on a stretcher – I want to punch him in the face – Get em outta here GET EM OUTTA HERE” Donald Trump egging on violence at his rallies.
This picture represents more than anything else what it is that so motivates Trump fans, an angry mob of bigots in need of a bully leader. Much like the Tea Party but uglier, angrier and dumber – though that seems impossible. Or like the old metaphor of the sourest pickles at the bottom of the barrel looking down for lesser pickles to pick on.
Not to single out Trump or his fans, when was the last time you heard any Republican say anything positive, nice, kind or even thoughtful about anything at all. It’s just an endless stream of fear, anger, bigotry and hatred at one thing or another.
In one of the first debates the candidates were asked what was the worst thing about them. Donald Trump said it was his love of vengeance, that if he is crossed he will destroy that person or company one way or the other and never let it go. He added that perhaps that is not a bad trait but a good one. [I have endlessly searched for the video of that to no avail, it seems no one thinks that’s important other than me]
And that is the kind of person his minions want in charge of a military larger than the rest of the world combined and hovering over the nuclear button. The same kind of people who – Godwin’s Law be damned – that gave rise to Il Duce and the Fuhrer for the same reasons.
But the Republican Party has found the bright light of a redeemer, a savior from destruction with Ted Cruz! An extremely intolerant evangelical Christian and Right-wing lunatic who Republicans hate almost as much as Hillary Clinton.
It just came to me that of the two most hated senators in American history one was a drunk and one is a tea-toddler. So it’s not that. Have a drink on me…