I think Trump supporters have shown an amazing ability to ignore quite a bit about their candidate. We may all be more alike than we’d care to admit.
There is some truth to this.
Trump can come across, to those of us who consider ourselves refined and urbane, as an intolerable boor. He seems pretty free of ideology of any kind, and so nearly anything can be attributed to him. As a billionaire, he can be accused of being acquisitive and a participant in the sharp-elbowed world serious business really is. And, he can be accused of being a Presbyterian, with the unattractively relaxed moral system that church teaches.
Beyond that, though, he is really not a whole lot more than a man whose life has centered around getting goals accomplished, however little some of us might think of those goals. And he has done it quite well if one looks at the results.
And, not being ideological, one is not foolish in thinking he probably will do exactly what he says about supreme court appointments. If he expects re-election, he’ll have no choice. And, having no small amount of experience in delivering practical things on time and under budget, one can reasonably expect him to approach the economy and bloat of government in that way.
But you know, people of any intelligence who support Hillary Clinton can’t fail to know what she is; a warmonger, a person with extraordinary cruel instincts, a person who sells influence, a total supporter of abortion on demand, and an utter failure at foreign policy. They can’t fail to know that.
And so, where’s the attraction? Well, in all of that, there is only one thing any significant number of people want a candidate to do as president. To me, it’s Clinton’s most unattractive feature.
