Sunday, May 1, 2016

The Triumph of Beating Will.



Reality TV has triumphed.

I know, I know I might be jumping the gun. But I am pretty confident that Donald Trump has won the nomination and that he will beat Old Lady Hillary like a baby seal. The triumph of the working class American over the intelligentsia and the credentialed elite will be complete when Donald Trump is sworn in as President. People like George Will will have their  heads explode.

Because you see there are people who insist that you have to think the way that they do. That policy has to follow the same well worn path that has led us to failure for decades. Both domestically and in foreign policy. There is a play book and if you seek to bring something new like I don't know the fast break well they will tell you that is not  how you play rings. So to speak.

The credentialed  elite, the main steam media and the pompous blow hards who echo their nonsense in blog comment sections have no concept of what normal Americans do or say. They don't go to the same places. They don't watch the same  shows. They watch HBO and PBS and never watch silly reality TV shows or daytime talk. They are not in touch with the vast majority of the voting public. Which has worked for them because that public is a vast amorphous blob that is seldom motivated to get off the couch and do something different. They go out and vote their tribe. If they are  a union based Democrat family in the Rust Belt they pull the lever for a Democrat if they vote at all. If they are a small town Republican voting family they will listen to the lasted slick conservative snake oil salesman who promises  the moon and spends his time at DC cocktail parties pretending he is in "House of Cards."

 Donald Trump is different.


You see Donald Trump is a familiar figure to these masses. He has been in their house. They are not afraid of him. They know he is not Hitler. They know he is not going to be a dictator. They have seen him deal with many difficult personalities. From the crazy Gary Busey, to the drug addled Darryl Strawberry to the angry Negro Nene Leakes. He handled them with aplomb. Because he had something they wanted. That is the Art of the Deal. You find out what someone wants and you find a way to give it to them while getting what you need in return. It doesn't always work. You make mistakes. You fail sometimes. It is the same as writing a blog post. They can't all be brilliant. Sometimes they can be funny and to the point. Other times they can fall flat. But you have to be out there trying not sitting back and criticizing and finding fault and pretending like you know how to do something that you have never done. Which is exactly what people like George Will do. People who have never run a business. Took a risk. Ran for office.

There is a natural progression in the shelf life of pundits and personalities. They come on the scene and they often offer something new and fresh. They get popular and develop a following. But they think this will  last forever. They don't realize that fashions change. That the latest thing become yesterdays news. They forget the lessons that MC Hammer has to teach them. They become arrogant and petulant and demand that their followers follow them blindly down the cul-de-sac of their own paranoia. Then they implode. You are seeing a prime example of that in someone like Glen Beck. He put all his chips on an anti-Trump jihad and he failed miserably. There will be  quite a few people in the same spot.

You see these opinion shapers and pundits and bloggers all have a following of one sort of another. From NRO to Glenn Beck to Mark Levin to Rush to FOX News they all have built a brand. I am sure that most of them opposed Trump for very legitimate reasons. They though he was a buffoon. A reality show buffoon that had no right to run for President.  A man who had no respect for their vast knowledge and impeccable credentials. Trump did the worse thing you can do those people. He ignored them. Or laughed at them. He ran. He won. That is driving them crazy. They are pushing the envelope farther and farther. To the point that they are talking about third parties or voting for Hillary Clinton.

Now you will hear the usual suspects spouting their usual inanities. That I "whorship" Donald Trump. That I am some sort of Nazi propagandist who is a mark who has been conned by the master grifter con artist that is Donald Trump. I have come to a realization. I should follow Trumps lead. I need to ignore them. To laugh at them. Their spittle flecked desperation is getting very unseemly. They need to stew in their own juices. It is hard to be a good winner. It is hard to not spike the football and do the Icky shuffle when you had to listen to all the bullshit that has been flung. But it is not smart to gloat. Because we won today doesn't mean we are going to win tomorrow. It is best to be grateful. To move on with life. To make your blog posts and win your elections and write your stories and leave the rest behind.

Remember the lesson that MC Hammer can teach you. You can be on top of the world and a multi-millionaire today and working in a car wash tomorrow. MC tells us one thing about accomplishments:

Can't touch this (oh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh)
Can't touch this (oh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh)
Can't touch this (oh-oh oh-oh-oh)
Yeah u can't touch this
I told you u can't touch this (oh-oh oh-oh-oh)
Too hype can't touch this
Get me outta here u can't touch this
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)



16 comments:

chickelit said...

Riffin' on Riefenstahl!

The Cruz zealots should put George Will's marital conduct under the same microscope they use to examine Trump's.

edutcher said...

Things may be going better than we imagine.

Peacock has Trump up about 16 in IN and PPP thinks he'll do better than 60 (IOW another convincing win), while Cruz' negatives have put him 16 under The Donald.

And now we have evidence of the Hildabeast being beaten. fox says Trump is now 3 up.

Will was always the Perrier Conservative, he was safe to have on the nets. It's no longer safe out there.

edutcher said...

s/b PPP thinks he'll do better than 60 in WV.

chickelit said...

@edutcher: I still don't trust polls. But wonder if Trump's rise correlates with a declining stigma of admitting support.

edutcher said...

chick, I don't blame you. PPP and the Peacock are notoriously unreliable. The issue is they seem to be following the trend, as opposed to trying to create one.

I can see WV, coal-dependent and after, being snookered by establishment pols, going with an outsider.

And then there's perhaps a little justice. Looks like some of those poached delegates are having qualms of conscience.

I do think the One True Ted will hold out to the bitter end in hope of that second ballot, but he's looking increasingly like Wile E Coyote standing on the railroad track with a sign that says, "Stop!! In the name of Humanity!".

TrooperYork said...

I think the tide is turning in a big way.

Do you guys watch "House of Cards."

I am convinced that a lot of these political guys think they are in this TV show. I mean some of the press play themselves in the show and it is all a big game to them. The political operatives think they are so smart and that they can manipulate the poor saps that vote in the primary. So what has happened with Trump has flumoxxed them big time.

chickelit said...

So what has happened with Trump has flumoxxed them big time.

I don't watch it. Is Trump being role played in the show? What is the lag time between reality and reality TV?

Trooper York said...

There is not a Trump role. But the President Frank Underwood does all of these underhanded things to get to be President. Then there is a bunch of maneuvering with a female Secretary of State who is a stand in for Hillary. I think Underwood is a combination of LBJ and Nixon by the way they portray him. In fact in the last episode I saw Frank Underwood stands under a painting of Nixon and talks about how he should be more like him.

The time lag is about two years so the concerns they have are not the concerns of the moment. The Republican Candidate is a liberal governor of New York who was a vet who joined after 911. Sort of a mash up of Chris Christie and Tom Cotton or Joni Evans. They got some of it but it is a little off. Which is understandable because you can't be all of the moment.

chickelit said...

Maybe they can coax Warren Beatty out to play a mash up of Trump and "Bullworth." Beatty's sister could play someone else running and trying to stay out of prison.

chickelit said...

"Cruz zealots" condenses nicely to "Cruzealots." That's a portmanteau.

chickelit said...

One of the Power Line guys has a pretty good critique of George Will's suicide note: link. They are no friends of Trump, buy even they recognize folly when they see it.

edutcher said...
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edutcher said...

The Power Line crowd has either been bought off or gone insane.

The fact is most of their "Conservatives" are either staying home or voting Libertarian since that's what they really are.

A lot more Conservatives are on Trump's side or coming to it as they realize Cruz is a Conservative only in what he says and in his voting record for this Congress - what he does is a far different matter.

Since Trump has already passed the beat Hillary test (meaningless in May, but...), Will's rant is as useless as most of what he's ever said.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Troop, I get you need to rationalize this, but a lot of people just don't trust Trump. If you are for him there is no talking you out of it. There is significant differences between the Peggy Noonans, David Brooks and Ann Althouses who voted for Obama (which should make everyone question their judgment forever) and other conservatives who have expressed reservations about your guy. Maybe we are wrong. I am definitely part of the #NeverHillary group, so if Trump beats her and turns out to be a great president I am all for it.

Barring a huge upset in Indiana and California, Trump is going to get the nomination.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

This whole #NeverTrump thing does not make sense. If you disagree with Trump, don't vote for him. Saying you are more conservative than others by promoting Hillary over Trump is crazy talk.

Trooper York said...

Well that is what I am saying Evi. Also follow the money. Look the money is why Coulter and Hannity and Savage are for Trump. It is not because they think he is the best qualified person to be President. The revolt of the peasants took most of the other hucksters by surprise. They can't believe that the people can have any other God than them.

This is why the attacks are so vitriolic. Rice bowls are at stake.