tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post7086872726124950786..comments2024-03-27T17:52:09.889-04:00Comments on You Might Notice a Trend: This trumpian Winter of DiscontentPaul Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-8150457939975564742020-12-20T16:15:45.455-05:002020-12-20T16:15:45.455-05:00Fergus' entire run for the presidency was just... Fergus' entire run for the presidency was just a game he was playing with getting people to publicly adore him. <br /> This created two problems: First, he accidentally won, and second, the self-selection process involved filtered for the gullible, the deranged, and the disaffected, leaving him yoked to the interests of basically the worst people in the country.<br /> And he loathes them.<br /> But they are his ticket, and by god he's gonna take the ride.<br /> Not having been bright enough to ask himself ahead of time why no other Republican ever thought his approach would be a good idea, now he is on a ballistic arc and lacking the skills needed to land the plane.<br /> I'd almost feel sorry for him if he weren't such a despicable prick, but he is and I don't.<br /> He doesn't really scare me, his fans scare me, and not in a "they are armed and stupid" sense, instead in a "they vote" sense, that we're gong to have to reckon with in the immediate future.<br /> The armed and stupid have always been with us, and as annoying as the Bundys of the world are, they constitute a very limited threat, especially when compared to the McConnells, Cottons, and Hawleys, and again, their rabid supporters.<br /> Perhaps after the vaccines attenuate the Mad Max feeling of contemporary life, we can get a better handle on some of the lies and insanity that have been boosted and amplified by it.<br /> Then, perhaps, we can try to do something about them. <br /> It's a dicey proposition, and far back in the queue, but what else are we gonna do?<br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pine dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com