It has felt like a long junk food binge with the news cycle being what it has been the
last few months. I spend more time than
I should reading about the rantings of an idiot. Then I read about what other people have to
say about this idiot. He says something
horrible, his fans roar, people are aghast.
This leaves a cheap salty taste in my mouth that stimulates me to look
for more. I scour different news sources
for another Chicken McNugget. What’s he
going to feed me today?
We’re all consumed by this unhealthy frenzy. I sense the hardening of our national consciousness
clogged with the accretion of so much Trump crud. I know Trump crud isn’t healthy. But Trump crud sates my need to know he won’t
win. The feeding frenzy was initiated in
earnest when, after the Republican convention, polls suggested he was at parity
with Clinton and had just as good a chance of becoming president. The republic was issued a challenge. Our body of government would either be strong
enough to withstand a tyrant or it wouldn't. His daily exertions with the bellows, conjuring flame upon all that is descent, this is a call to action. And this should keep the republic healthy. This is what it was designed for. But I want to watch to be sure he is engulfed by his own conflagration and we properly defeat this tyranny.
Two months later, much fatter, much less intellectually healthy,
it appears clear that Trump, barring something dramatically unforeseen, will
not have a chance to win the election. And
now it appears clearer than ever with his latest campaign shake up, that this will be just fine for DJT. This, and us, are merely a springboard for
new heights of self-promotion that he will now orchestrate. This article by Neal Gabler in the New York
Times has stuck with me. I think its’
powers of explanation, are rather remarkable.
Trump, in much the same way that he approaches casinos and towers, used
the edifice of the Republican Party to promote himself. Later, on November 5th, he will dispose
of the thing he ruined, and break ground on a new project. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/opinion/campaign-stops/to-trump-even-losing-is-winning.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
As Gabler suggested, Trump’s motivation in running, was not
to lead, nor to legislate, but rather simply to promote himself. He has succeeded wildly. And he will likely spin up an entirely new
media production enterprise to promote his birther-like tantrums against
Clinton, and whomever else he chooses, for as long as it keeps him in the
news. The idiot’s voice, the voice of course,
unbridled mendacity, will have a loud and lasting prominence in the village
square. This is a self-perpetuating
cycle, a strong dose of preservatives for his solipsistic pseudo agenda,
ensuring a long, staple shelf life of a personhood we should not be bothered with consuming.
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