I guess I have a hard time imagining that Trump won't act on the stuff he's saying. I heard someone on NPR saying that was why she felt comfortable voting for him. Something like "He says terrible things about immigrants, but I don't think he'd actually do anything. He's just saying these things to wake people up."
There was an article on Buzzfeed where the writer had his father explain why he supports Trump, and he started with the "He tells it like it is" stuff, but then said he doesn't worry about the extreme things, because Trump doesn't really mean that stuff. So, he tells it like it is but doesn't really mean it?
The violence at Trump's rallies is what really scares me. People who will do stuff like that on command are terrifying.
So, what are the theories on a running mate for Trump. He doesn't play well with others. At all. So, who would he pick?
Aside from Trump's veep pick, something else occurred to me. I've heard Hillary vilified for being a liar, cheat, criminal, and an establishment politician who's married to That Man, but I haven't heard anything about her being unqualified for being a woman. I'm sure somewhere in the depths of the evangelical and ultra-orthodox circles there are people horrified at a woman not being in her place, but Hillary's gender hasn't come up. Is it because she's a woman of a certain age, so her femaleness is kind of irrelevant? Does she terrify people so much that she transcends what people perceive her gender should be/do? In any case, this pleases me.
I think she scares the crap out of Far Right Republicans too much for them to make with the usual patronizing chauvinist bullshit.
I want a summit between Hillary and German's Merkel. With possibly the Queen nearby smiling faintly.
I think the misogyny is just unspoken, but it's part of many of people's objections.
So, what are the theories on a running mate for Trump. He doesn't play well with others. At all. So, who would he pick?
I suspect Sarah Palin, as a reward for her relatively early endorsement. (Chris Christie is angling for Attorney General.) Or he'll go outside the political world completely, but I can't imagine who.
The violence at Trump's rallies is what really scares me. People who will do stuff like that on command are terrifying.
I think it's less "on command" and more "with permission". They're in a mob of like-minded people with a leader who encourages anger and physical violence. There are an awful lot of people in this country who've been longing for the opportunity to express their violent resentment of, you know, almost everyone. You'd be appalled, if you don't already know it, what thoughts people are willing to express to a white woman with a Southern accent, expecting a sympathetic response. If Trump wins, there will be an increase in attacks on brown people and foreigners by middle- and lower-class whites, regardless of what policies he enacts. That's my prediction.
So, what are the theories on a running mate for Trump. He doesn't play well with others. At all. So, who would he pick?
I suspect Sarah Palin
Great. Dumb and Dumber.
You'd be appalled, if you don't already know it, what thoughts people are willing to express to a white woman with a Southern accent, expecting a sympathetic response.
Man, one time I was outside when a white couple showed up to look at the house for sale across the street. The guy doesn't cross the street to talk to me, but starts yelling questions, like "Do you like living here?" etc., including (yelled at top volume), "Are there..." [pause] "Black people who live around here?"
So I smiled and cheerfully yelled back "Yup, there sure are! It's a great neighborhood!"
SPOILER: They did not buy the house.
