Trump thinks he has a little secret. And he must, you know--because what his campaign did at this Madison Square Garden rally was truly alienating and foul. This rally wasn't intended to win hearts and minds in a blue state, it was a several hours' long hate rally, and this was only going to be ugly, because Trump, the Actual Candidate, is Ugly. If he had dreams of MSG being his coronation--no.
What was promised here was slaughter and dehumanization. Puerto Rico was called an island of trash. Jokes about Black people carving watermelons was supposedly "humor". The Vice-President, a former US Senator and former state AG, was treated like a low-IQ mutt by people who associated IQ with race in the grossest, most late 19th century way. All Democrats were deemed the "enemy within".
Because I am a person who tries to be logical, it seemed to me absurd that the Trump campaign would use its final push to just be the open enemy of decency that this shitshow was. It obviously isn't about winning votes--
It's about whipping up so much rage from Trump true loyalists that they are ready to do great violence. It's about keeping them raging and stimulated and certain that Trump is in peril from the murderous "them" and obvious "witch hunters" who seem to think, based on all the evidence, that Trump is likely to have committed crimes, to be determined by a rigorous legal process.
I repeat, it seems to me they do not want votes, but violence, because they don't think they can get those votes.
They can therefore not get votes and fight the world, then. Fuck all of them for this racist, murderous shit show where they let us know who they are. But there is no wishing them anything but failure from here.
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You know, he's just demented enough to be telling the truth. Thinks he's being sneaky about it, maybe blowing a dog-whistle no one's heard, yet, but it gives pause ... these guys might just have something up there sleeve that don't know about. That's been missed. Drunks and dementeds can't lie ...
Oh please. He's got some half-baked bullshit idea in his head that's going to work about as well as getting Mexico to pay for the wall that never got built. But hey, it makes for great TV! Tune in next week for more exciting drama! Infrastructure week, a great healthcare plan that everyone's going to love, and a magic plan to win an election that we're losing ... all coming up in just a few short weeks. Stay tuned!
They could have some kremlin assist. You can’t deny they are diabolical
I turn it around in my head--they've had four years to think about how they would do whatever they think they did wrong last time "better"--but trying it at all is the wrong and dumb part. I don't doubt that Trump thinks there's a viable plan where he loses but still "wins"--but I feel like whatever brainpower going into it is still Claremont Institute-level crazies. But I can't minimize the potential for harm done,
And yeah--the funny old thing to me is that he thinks it's OK to give a big wink as if only Trump superfans will hear what he's saying (stand back and stand by) while the rest of us will not notice. Very demented.
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