Maybe you\u2019re like me, wondering how anyone in half their right mind could vote for a crook like Trump. Sure, there\u2019s plenty of folks out there who love a popular racist, I get that, and plenty who would like to grab women by their genitals, figuring it\u2019s forever frat time in America. Locker room talk, right? And yeah, some of the trolling on the internet is viciously nasty misogyny, but it\u2019s probably just some acne-pocked 400 pound kid in his folks\u2019 basement acting out, nothing to worry about once his hormones even out. Not like he really would rape his target. <\/p>\n
I got friends who voted for Trump. They\u2019re not racists or homophobes. I wouldn\u2019t call them adorable exactly, but I wouldn\u2019t say they were deplorable either. Some are just hardcore Republicans hoping to get a tax break, the usual stuff. They sure weren\u2019t going to vote for Hillary and definitely not for Bernie. Some are evangelical or some other religion mostly in the Christian camp. They think abortion is murder and they think a woman\u2019s place is in the kitchen and gays, well, they should get some bootcamp intervention to figure out their mixed up attractions. Sure, Trump is a fallen Christian but forgiveness is divine and by God, they\u2019re willing to forgive and forget. Hillary, not so much. After all, she forgave her man for those intern indiscretions and they didn\u2019t. There\u2019s a difference, but don\u2019t ask me what it is. <\/p>\n
And I can understand how in America some people are enamored of their TV reality stars. American Idol, the Apprentice, the new folk heroes. Richest guy in the world, right? Most successful business man they almost know. Okay, they probably don\u2019t know how many times he went bankrupt, how many folks he left holding the bag, how the banks saved his bacon to save theirs, how the Russians loaned him money and expected a little quid pro quo. It\u2019s how business works, it\u2019s how the rich get rich, it\u2019s what they\u2019d do themselves if they had the chance. Big deal. Yeah, Big Deal!<\/p>\n
If you were poor \u2026 or unemployed \u2026 or making minimum wage, you might want someone to blame. Government maybe. Immigrants for sure. Radical Muslims, you bet! NAFTA and NATO, China and the Democrats, welfare cheats and Hollywood, bad!!! And if some smooth talking famous rich guy told you he thought the same thing, government\u2019s screwing you, you might roll the dice too. Like he told the blacks last election, whaddaya got to lose? Maybe they\u2019ll eventually ask themselves that. And discover the answer is Plenty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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