I have been looking forward to today. For the past week I have, at times, been nearly giddy with anticipation. Super Tuesday, the biggest day yet in the 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate nomination for both the Dems and the GOP. Here it is 10:00 p.m. and most of the results are in, except Alaska, and I'm feeling not excited because I have a lot of great material to write about, but sad. Why sad? Well, let me try and put my feelings into words. Not easy for a 60 something straight, happily married white guy from the left coast of Canada, eh. Oh, I'm a non-smoker too, but I digress....
I think until a few weeks ago I thought that the phenomenon known as "The Donald" was going to implode, or explode, or perhaps just have a melt-down. Whatever was going to happen would be spectacular. As I have said in the past, it has been like chasing an ambulance. You know that carnage and destruction could lie around the next corner. I thought we might of had something last Saturday, when during the Republican candidates forum, Rubio went after Trump for his exploitation of imported Polish construction workers who were brought in to help in the construction of one of his hotels in New Jersey. For sure this would be damaging to candidate Trump. Nope. Then Rubio attacked him over the Trump University scandal that involved lost tuition by students who were left out in the cold when the University folded. Nope. Then the other day a story broke about his refusing to reject the support of David Duke and the KKK. This was the one. This was it! This was the straw that would break the back of the Badger. Nope. Nothing. Nada. Oh sure there was muted condemnation by a few noted Republicans but for the most part the airways were silent.
The Donald continues to show why he is the real Teflon Don. He has seemingly benefited from controversy that follows him. I must be losing it because I am going to quote the Donald. "What the hell is going on"??? I heard a noted political pundit say recently that Trump has so much momentum that controversy of the kind revealed so far will do little damage to him and his popularity among Republican voters. At this point I want to give a special shout out to the good people of Minnesota who today handed Trump his worst defeat of the primary season. Trump finished 3rd garnering only 21% of the vote. I have yet to hear Trump's response to the people of Minnesota but I can imagine that it will go something like, "Fuck 'em. What do they know? They voted Jesse Ventura Governor. He worked for me in the WWF. Didn't like him then, don't like him know"! Yep, I can hear it now.....
But seriously, what the hell is going on? Dana and I have had a couple of very brief discussions about this subject. Dana is good for about 5 minutes of politics then she is done. Can't really blame her. What kind of person really likes talking about this stuff? Oops. I mean other than me. If I had any answers to why and how the GOP, which by the way stands for Grand Old Party, got to this point I would be able to write a book, sell the movie rights and make a killing. Alas, all I can do is write my blog and provide my thoughts and feelings on what the hell is going on.
Tonight on the PBS Hews Hour David Brooks, political columnist for the New York Times, called Trump a bigot and a bully. No one on the set of the weekly political discussion gasped or groaned. The news anchors said nothing. It was if the silence was acknowledgement that they all agreed. I happened to agree with David 's candid assessment and have been saying the same thing for months. Such is the state of the current Republican party. They are on track to nominate a man who is openly referred to as a bigot and a bully. He ridicules and taunts his opponents and anyone who dare criticize him. He lies, tells half truths, has a dreadful memory - conveniently so. Yet, here he is on the verge of marching to the podium to accept the nomination as the Republican candidate for the 2016 election for President of the U.S.A. Holy shit! What the hell is going on?
Why are seemingly good people supporting Trump? Maybe the options are so bad that they feel they are boxed in and have to vote for the Badger. Hey, it's a possibility. Actually when I look at the alternatives to Trump I have to say, could I support any of them? Maybe John Kasich, he is the only reasonable one of the bunch. The problem for Kasich is that he is so far back, except in Vermont where he finished 2nd to Trump tonight with 30% of the vote, that he gets no air time and is all but invisible. Yes, what the hell is going on?
Well, I'm done for the day. My brain is shutting down. Let's continue this discussion another day. If anyone figures out what the hell is going on, please drop me a line. Oh, don't forget the movie rights. It's going to be a blockbuster!
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