tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5513951765992673649..comments2024-03-28T14:04:18.243-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Donald Trump: A Searing Assessment By A Legendary JournalistLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-38569152678357654542016-06-21T15:17:00.170-04:002016-06-21T15:17:00.170-04:00They may find, Pamela, if they choose thus, that t...They may find, Pamela, if they choose thus, that they have wound up with a combination of Willie Loman and P.T. Barnum, both full of sound and fury, but ultimately signifying nothing but a further debasement of their democracy. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-76161889974515252742016-06-21T13:43:04.811-04:002016-06-21T13:43:04.811-04:00I remember Lorne when the American Supreme Court s...I remember Lorne when the American Supreme Court stopped the voting count in Florida and CHOSE who America's next president would be, George W. Bush. Where one would have expected from the American public riots in the streets or at the very least peaceful ongoing protests to stop the Supreme Court from selecting their president,not a peep was heard and the Supreme Courts decision stayed. I lost alot of respect that day for Americans. American voters for the most part are very malleable and they love to hear a good sales pitch headed by slogans like "lets make America great again." The portrayal of Americans as being these rugged, freedom loving risk takers who would rebel vociferously anytime their government threatened, even minimally their democracy, is a myth and their government knows it! Donald Trump is a top Salesman in a country that uniquely and openly admires sales and the people who are successful at it. Americans may vote for the candidate with the best sales pitch, pathological liar or not.If Trump knows nothing else, he knows how to close the deal. This pitchman may very well be the next president of the USA.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-73357654543603570282016-06-20T11:39:30.978-04:002016-06-20T11:39:30.978-04:00Such sentiments show how the venal grasping for po...Such sentiments show how the venal grasping for power trumps almost every other consideration for far too many politicians, Mound. It shocks me that the average voter cannot see how manifestly unfit to hold public office so many of them are.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-29316715047406811322016-06-20T11:26:27.655-04:002016-06-20T11:26:27.655-04:00That would be something to see, Owen. I can't,...That would be something to see, Owen. I can't, off the top of my head, think of anyone who would have the courage and integrity, as well as the permission of a corporate-run media, to take on the task. <br />Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-25113991508288689392016-06-20T10:51:41.507-04:002016-06-20T10:51:41.507-04:00What of the number of Trump followers who freely s...What of the number of Trump followers who freely say they don't care about their candidate's dishonesty? They're willing to accommodate Trump's lies as braggadocio, showmanship, because they believe he will deliver what their country supposedly needs (dark as that may be).The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-39181240214763580022016-06-20T10:12:54.200-04:002016-06-20T10:12:54.200-04:00Television needs someone to take on Trump the way ...Television needs someone to take on Trump the way Edward R. Murrow took on Joe McCarthy, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-69623179505411841182016-06-20T09:02:00.844-04:002016-06-20T09:02:00.844-04:00I've been reading a fair bit about Richard Nix...I've been reading a fair bit about Richard Nixon lately, Owen. Bernstein knew of what he wrote. I just worry that today, when few people read newspapers but rely upon the likes of Fox News and talk radio, the true nature of Trump is not reaching a sufficiently wide audience.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-26073896332342031582016-06-20T08:24:58.951-04:002016-06-20T08:24:58.951-04:00Bernstein understands paranoid, power hungry polit...Bernstein understands paranoid, power hungry politicians, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com