One of the interesting observations that has been mentioned by people both on the Left and Right is that the mood at the Republican Convention is not the usual atmosphere of nervous tension and fear.\u00a0 It has been replaced by one that has been described variously as excitement, confidence and almost giddy jubilation.\u00a0 For once Republicans haven\u2019t been gaslighted into despair by the national media.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s great.\u00a0 Even if eventually the Democrats manage to steal the election, at least for the time being, Republicans are openly talking about their agenda and why it will be a boon for the American people.\u00a0 And why is all this happening?\u00a0 I\u2019d say it\u2019s no coincidence that George and Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney and all the rest of the establishment Republicans have stayed away.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing they weren\u2019t disinvited.\u00a0 They just knew that this wasn\u2019t their party anymore.\u00a0 And I guess it would be degrading for them to be ignored and disparaged by the new owners of the GOP; Donald Trump and his rowdy friends.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll confess that I\u2019m pretty excited about this snub.\u00a0 I am a very vindictive guy and knowing that Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney are getting the cold shoulder is a rare pleasure.\u00a0 Schadenfreude is a guilty pleasure for most but I revel in it.\u00a0 These are people who despise the great unwashed.\u00a0 The fact that they look down on normal people is why I hate these elitist swine.\u00a0 Ordinary people run the gamut from devils to saints.\u00a0 And they deserve to be considered on an individual basis just as the rich should be.<\/p>\n
And this is the lesson of Trump.\u00a0 He is this fabulously wealthy, crazy man who rubs elbows with the captains and the kings of industry and society.\u00a0 He could be one with the rest of the aristocrats.\u00a0 But he still feels a connection to hoi polloi; the many.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s because he was born and raised in New York City back when it was still a place where rich and poor had some things in common.\u00a0 We still celebrated the same holidays and watched the same ball clubs and movies and maybe still felt a feeling of community when the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001.<\/p>\n
For whatever reason he\u2019s decided to be our champion.\u00a0 He\u2019s even faced a bullet now.\u00a0 For better or worse, he\u2019s our guy.\u00a0 And most of the Republican Party has finally reconciled to that reality.\u00a0 And whether we see him triumph in November and take his second shot at fixing this terribly broken country or see him go down in flames and report to prison to serve out the rest of his life behind bars, we\u2019re going to follow this parade either up to the shining city on the hill or off the cliff.<\/p>\n
And since the die is cast, we might as well enjoy it a little.\u00a0 Joe and Mika and Crazy Joy Reid have been almost apoplectic since the hilarious Trump-Biden debate where Dementia Joe revealed to the world that he\u2019s down to just a handful of brain cells and can no longer pretend to be sentient.\u00a0 Watching the various components of the \u201cindependent\u201d press beclown themselves trying to reconcile the claim that Joe Biden is both a president of enormous accomplishments and a human turnip is endlessly entertaining.\u00a0 After the assassination attempt MSNBC pulled Morning Joe off the air for a day to avoid one of the psychotic denizens of that show saying something so disgusting that the last three people in their audience finally give up.\u00a0 Watching Joe, the next day complaining bitterly about this \u201cbetrayal\u201d was very amusing.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m guessing the next act will involve all the people who begged Joe Biden to drop out of the race because he\u2019s a jabbering moron switching gears and swearing on a stack of bibles that he\u2019s actually a super genius of Wiley Coyote caliber.\u00a0 That should be rich.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m thankful that my enemies are in disarray and acting crazier than usual.<\/p>\n
Now, on with the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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