The Trump Phenomena

What to make of Donald Trump, that's the sixty four thousand dollar question! I am not sure anyone knows the answer, not even the Donald himself. There are, however, a few things we do know about this republican front runner. First, Trump has been a liberal his entire life. Basically, there isn't a handful of left wing politicians that he hasn't supported financially over the years. Can you imagine wanting the congenital liar Hillary Clinton and her philandering husband Bill anywhere near your wedding? I can't! My mother used to say that you can tell everything you needed to know about a person by the company they keep. Trump has been in bed with liberals for as long as anyone can remember. We conservatives should be mindful of that fact when we consider voting for this guy. A dog cannot change his spots and neither can Donald Trump!

We also know that Mr. Trump is one of the crudest creatures to enter the political scene in many moons, maybe forever. Is this a reflection of his showmanship, if so it seems to be working, or is it a evidence of his true nature. Either way it is offensive and unbecoming of a future president. I think we all should be able to agree on that. Donald Trump is an ego maniac of the highest order, the slightest criticism sets him off like a rocket to outer space. Anyone who has watched, even a few minutes of the debates, knows this. His responses to disapproval are immature and childish to the nth degree. You have to ask yourself, is this guy really presidential material? One could go on for a hundred pages describing Trump's many short coming, so why is he so far ahead in the republican primaries? Well, in the first place, The Donald isn't all that far ahead of the pack! It just seems so because there are so many Republican candidates this year. He has never surpassed 50 percent of the vote in any pole. His supporters believe, hope, that his numbers will rise as less popular candidates drop out of the race. Maybe so, but I doubt it. The real question at this point is, why has a buffoon like this gained so much support among the Republican base? Rush Limbaugh, and many other political pundits, have nailed this one squarely on the head. The conservative Republican base is "pissed-off," to put it mildly, at the republican establishment in Washington DC. The country has given them control of the house and, for the past 18 months, the senate and our Republican leadership does nothing but wring their hands and cry in their towels, all the while claiming that they are helpless captives of that spineless black mouse residing in the Pink House. You remember, the one who pontificated for 42 days before reluctantly deciding to take out Osama bin Laden. The one who went to bed early rather than face the fact that Americans were being slaughtered in our embassy in Benghazi; and the same one who claimed, the next day, that the massacre was the result of a video no one had ever seen, or even heard of. Yes, our fearless republican leadership does not have the balls to even take on a hapless witless wonder like Obama. That's what has the republican base so up set and ready to climb on the Trump band wagon, come hell or high water. Well, many but not all of us. But, I predict that reason will ultimately prevail. We conservatives have a number of, well at least two, rock-hard conservative candidates who will not compromise with liberal establishment in Washington DC. Let's hope we wake up and pick one of them. One that will not be afraid (yes afraid is the right word) to shut down the damned government, for as long as it takes, to change the direction of our floundering ship of state. Hopefully before we become Greece light.