July 12th
There was no detritus yesterday; sometimes those pesky
little electrons refuse to cooperate. Today we have the spectacle of Donald
Trump’s Phoenix, Arizona, appearance. Mr. Trump gave what seemed to be an
impromptu seventy minute speech. I say impromptu because his talk wondered
around like a mentally challenged child looking for a ball lost in a hayfield.
Mr. Trump’s flacks describe this as a “massive rally.” What
else would a Trump rally be but “massive?” Consider that Trump’s rally drew
about 5 thousand people from Phoenix, a city of 1.5 million people. Bernie
Sanders drew 7.5 thousand people from Portland, Maine, a city of about 65
thousand people and Trump is crowing about his drawing power?
Trump has been an equal opportunity supporter of political causes.
Up until 2010 he had given slightly more money to Democratic political
candidates than to Republicans. He even supported Rahm Emmanuel’s bid for Mayor
of Chicago and Harry Reid’s 2010 Senate run against Sharon Angle. Trump claimed
that he was too smart to contribute to candidates who had no chance of winning,
so of course he contributed to some Democrats in solidly blue states. That’s
nonsense because in Reid’s case the race was very close and could have gone
either way. I’m sure that Trump’s financial interests in Las Vegas had not a
thing to do with his contribution to Harry Reid.
Trump, as most everyone knows, was the birther-in-chief. He
is not, even now, satisfied that Obama was born in the United States. He just
doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. Who can blame him; if you aspire to the
Presidency your previous absurd beliefs are best disregarded. Besides, he has
new absurdities.
He is a climate change denier and will probably wait until
the sea water starts sloshing into his International Beach Resort hotel lobby
in Florida before he recognizes the problem. He will surely support Governor
Rick Scott’s ban on the term “climate change.” Next Trump will favor a ban on
George Orwell’s “1984” because reading that book will open the public’s eyes to
the insanity of the Florida Governor’s position.
When asked about SCOTUS decision on gay marriage Trump, in
an interview, asserted that he favored traditional marriage. Jake Tapper, the
interviewer, then asked him how having had three wives comported with
“traditional marriage.” Trump admitted that Tapper had a good point (What else
could he say?). Then blamed himself because his demanding businesses kept him
involved “22 hours a day.”
Trump is the ultimate snake oil salesman. “What! You’ve used
this fine product and had no relief? Dear lady you must be patient. Here, I’ll
give you a ten percent discount if you buy a case of Dr. Trump’s salts. It will
last you for a month;” giving him adequate time to get out of town. But Trump
isn’t leaving and for that all liberals can be thankful.
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