Maybe it’s not all middle-class discontent, a desire for outside-the-beltway candidates or angry Americans. Maybe the core reason Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump enjoy a surprising number of followers is something far simpler: Maybe it’s television shows. In 1939, Jimmy Stewart played a U.S. Senator in a movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and Americans […]
Read More →Politicians love to find an issue that can rile the crowd – salesmen selling themselves. In a parody best performed rather than typed, here’s a song from The Music Man adapted to the political arena. It picks on Donald Trump – no apologies there – but it applies to almost any politician who relies heavily […]
Read More →Trump versus Cruz, Clinton versus Sanders, Democrats versus Republicans, pro-anything versus anti-the-same-thing. Americans focus too much on wounds and not enough on diseases. On some level, most people know that. Regardless of political stance, the man/woman in office should have: Intelligence. An IQ test should not be a presidential mandate, but he/she should have enough […]
Read More →Liberals don’t understand how people can support Donald Trump. And conservatives don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t support Donald Trump. In this case conservatives are right about one thing: Liberals should understand. They may not agree, but the reason behind Trumps’ support is pretty simple. It’s a two-step view: Government is messed up The solution is less government and […]
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