The thinking of the political pundits was that Trump would follow the trajectory of a Cain or Bachmann; shoot to the top quickly and, just as quickly, crash and burn.
How could the pundits, both Republican and Democrat, have gotten it so wrong this time? Why isn’t Trump’s fifteen minutes of fame as pretender candidate over?
Political pundits and analysts believe in logic, history, precedent and the laws of nature. They all convinced themselves they had seen this act before. They remembered that in a 2011 national poll, Cain, the pizza man, lead the eventual nominee, Romney, 27% to 23%.
What the experts did not figure, nor do they understand, is just how far we as a country have sunk into the abyss of stupidity. Is there any doubt our great country gets dumber by the day?
You could say all those years of badmouthing science, knowledge, intellectualism, facts, teachers, and public education has taken a toll. All those years of defunding public education, promoting charter schools and homeschooling hasn’t helped our “national” IQ either.
Yes, a majority of Republicans love their loudmouth, classless trump. He could not care less about being politically correct! It could safely be said Trump is the only Republican pretender candidate who could make the shrub look like a statesman by comparison.
Can Trump keep his momentum all the way to the Republican nomination? What seemed preposterous only a few months ago is starting to look like a real, yet still remote, possibility.
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
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