Do Democrats love President Trump?
Yes. This thought has occurred to me more than once, but it was brought home the other day when I was talking to my Dad, who at age 92 is a staunch Democrat who loves to watch left-leaning MSNBC which day after day expresses outrage at President Trump and the various impending cataclysms that he will likely cause. The TV is blaring all the time about the latest Trump scandal, and my Dad is all psyched to find the latest foible that might propel the President out of office. Conflict of interest! Lying! Collusion! Disgrace! Sex crimes! Racism!
So, I mentioned to my Dad that I was seriously thinking about volunteering for Governor Kasich's 2020 Presidential campaign, and what do you suppose he said? He was peeved with me. "Well, you know he's rather conservative."
So, I mentioned to my Dad that I was seriously thinking about volunteering for Governor Kasich's 2020 Presidential campaign, and what do you suppose he said? He was peeved with me. "Well, you know he's rather conservative."
What? You mean you're pretty much okay with sex crimes, lying, collusion, disgrace, racism and conflict of interest, so that the opportunity to replace him with a "rather conservative" person doesn't appeal to you?
It's not just my Dad. I don't know how many times I've suggested to my liberal friends, "Well, you know if 19 Republican Senators are willing to vote him out, he can be impeached and replaced with Mike Pence." Pence of course, is very far right, but one who respects the Constitutional process, and one who has been willing to take on the Republican establishment. The answer is almost always, "Oh my God! Pence would be worse!"
How can he be worse? You mean being a staunch conservative is so bad, you can tolerate President Trump's antics rather than have him be replaced by someone politically further right? At least until now, I had never heard Mike Pence's patriotism called into account, nor his desirable to do what he believes is morally correct and honorable. Now however, many of my friends just spew cuss words when asked to compare Pence and Trump. Wow.
It's not just my Dad. I don't know how many times I've suggested to my liberal friends, "Well, you know if 19 Republican Senators are willing to vote him out, he can be impeached and replaced with Mike Pence." Pence of course, is very far right, but one who respects the Constitutional process, and one who has been willing to take on the Republican establishment. The answer is almost always, "Oh my God! Pence would be worse!"
How can he be worse? You mean being a staunch conservative is so bad, you can tolerate President Trump's antics rather than have him be replaced by someone politically further right? At least until now, I had never heard Mike Pence's patriotism called into account, nor his desirable to do what he believes is morally correct and honorable. Now however, many of my friends just spew cuss words when asked to compare Pence and Trump. Wow.
In fact, as an experiment I googled some verbatim phrases. This perhaps is not very scientific, but nevertheless I think it is an indicator of what people are saying on the internet. Here are the phrases I tried:
"Pence would be worse than Trump." 11300 hits
"Pence would be better than Trump." 1650 hits
"Pence would be worse than Trump." 11300 hits
"Pence would be better than Trump." 1650 hits
"Pence would not be worse than Trump" 741 hits
Using Google as a crude yardstick it appears that Donald Trump is preferred over Mike Pence by something like 7 to 1 or higher. How can this be?
Perhaps just as Conservatives were addicted to blaming all problems on President Obama, President Trump is beloved by the left, but in a dysfunctional way. In fact at least one fellow blogger points out that the Trump defense takes a similar form to that used by violent spouses: excusing one's own actual dysfunctional behavior by comparing it to some other worse but hypothetical behavior.
http://lauraplusthevoices.blogspot.com/2017/01/no-pence-would-not-be-worse-than-trump.html
One of the best predictors of future elections may be the Las Vegas oddsmakers because of the great incentives for getting it right. They currently show Donald Trump way out in front, with 1 chance out of 3. That sounds low, but the next highest candidate, Elizabeth Warren, is rated at about 1 in 8, and it gets worse from there.
One of my reasons for predicting that Trump would win the election (which I first committed to writing in early 2016, but which I had believed since earlier than that), was that he was so effective on TV with his hit show The Apprentice. Trump understands better than anyone else how to cultivate a brand. FDR once berated his staff on his desire for news. I don't remember the exact quote but it was on the order of "I want headlines! I don't care if they are good or bad headlines, just get me headlines." Like FDR, Trump realizes the importance of media exposure, and moreover generates huge revenues for American news media companies. The news media needs Trump in order to maintain their standard of living
The President has realized the importance of being "Entertainer in Chief." Like everyone else, the Democrats are thoroughly entertained and excited by the President. I believe they are addicted to the emotional rush they get by criticizing him. My guess is that the addiction will win out, and somehow the Democrats will work out a formula to ensure that they will keep the President in office, and also blow the 2020 election.
The President has realized the importance of being "Entertainer in Chief." Like everyone else, the Democrats are thoroughly entertained and excited by the President. I believe they are addicted to the emotional rush they get by criticizing him. My guess is that the addiction will win out, and somehow the Democrats will work out a formula to ensure that they will keep the President in office, and also blow the 2020 election.
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