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The author is a former Marine and Vietnam vet. I read his columns from time to time and enjoy his writing.
Maybe you will, too.
.................... and yet what he describes is the current democrat party, which is now the party of the elite, ultra rich and those on federal support.
The democrat party is no longer the party of the middle class or the working citizen. The democrat party despises the average American and, as such, has catered to illegals, the ultra-rich, weird fringe groups, and every foreign nation which will throw them a dime. The democrat party brought us NAFTA, China trade policies, repeal of Glass-Steagle, and massive inflows of illegals. These actions have destroyed the middle class, increased the "wealth gap", and lowered incomes. The chief intent of the democrats appeared to be intent on creating a feudal system in America in which the ultra-rich preside over a slave class.
If the democrat party was that of Truman and FDR, I would be a democrat. However....................
I sincerely wonder why anyone in their right mind would be a democrat today, unless they suddenly change back to be the party of the working stiff. No one wants to be a poor, federal dependent, ruled by smug elitists.
I kind of liked Trump at first, then decided he was a douche who people projected their fantasies of how he would govern on just because he was an unknown quality. I had decided to sit out the primaries because I couldn't choose between Trump or Cruz, neither of whom I liked.
Then came the rally in San Jose and all those people chasing down and beating people just because they didn't like their choice of candidate, all while the police looked on and did nothing. From that moment on I was a Trump supporter, even though I figured he would lose. I still don't regret my vote. He gets four years to prove himself or he's out of there. Already I'm happy to see he tries to do things that his predecessor said was impossible and refused to even try, like trying to keep companies from moving facilities out of the country. If only he would get rid of his Twitter account and ignore SNL.
The privileged worked hard for Trump. Every time they described his people as uneducated white males, implicit dregs, they drove votes to Donald. And they so described the working class unceasingly.
It made him President. Good, bad, or indifferent, it is how he got in.
In other words, many who support the left here on C-D helped get Trump elected.
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This is why Trump took them by such surprise. They were dealing with a country they had never seen. And didn’t like. Lord only knows what kind of President Trump will make (unless God also is wondering, which I find plausible) but he had the country figured out. Which is positively weird, given that he is a filthy rich New Yorker.
The privileged worked hard for Trump. Every time they described his people as uneducated white males, implicit dregs, they drove votes to Donald. And they so described the working class unceasingly.
It made him President. Good, bad, or indifferent, it is how he got in.
In other words, many who support the left here on C-D helped get Trump elected.
I am not uneducated, deplorable or a white male. However, these stereotypes being pushed on all Trump supporters by the media and posters here only made me want to vote Trump more. I would have never voted for HRC but may have refrained from voting if it were not for the demeaning, nasty attitude of the left trying to shame people into not voting for him.
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