tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post8901151050604245660..comments2023-09-24T08:05:04.868-04:00Comments on The Pilgrim Underground: Trash Talking and the 2016 ElectionProtoprotestanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-7490602324133542272016-01-31T02:00:21.908-05:002016-01-31T02:00:21.908-05:00On a mostly unrelated note:
If you're in the ...On a mostly unrelated note:<br /><br />If you're in the mood for some masochism, skim through the newest posts on this blog: http://www.oldjamestownchurch.com/<br /><br />The worst combination of silly traditionalism, antiquarian vision, and brutal conservative politics. I found the bits on "classical anglicanism" interesting, but having a brief interaction over some of the vile memes (e.g.: http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1479108/26523210/1441773559560/Wrong+Christians.jpg?token=sPzS7Sn60kfMcZbqWQ2F%2Bof0kSk%3D) he posted, I gave up.Cal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-33149005313763317732016-01-31T01:45:45.450-05:002016-01-31T01:45:45.450-05:00I am actually more attracted to Donald Trump as th...I am actually more attracted to Donald Trump as the campaign drags on. Not because he is a just or righteous man, the exact opposite. It's more like watching David Attenborough narrate a Cheetah take down a gazelle. His media genius is spectacular. He says insane and wildly inaccurate things, and his polls surge. No serious candidate skips a debate, and I'm sure he's calculated the risk. By social media, he can participate in the public mind while also stepping out. <br /><br />It will probably only bolster his numbers and give him a truck load of ammunition to annihilate Ted Cruz as both a right-wing radical and an establishment insider. Of course, this is not a paradox or a contradiction, but quite common fare. Even though many Republicans hate it, they know that there's no way a Ted Cruz could win a national election.<br /><br />As much as people think, Donald Trump wouldn't be a disastrous president. People are making memes comparing him to Hitler. They're missing the point. Trump is a media-whore who knows how to squeeze people. If anything, it'll be like Warren Harding or some gilded-age baron running the country. It might be terrible for all those weak and/or poor suckers at the bottom, but it won't be some nuclear holocaust.<br /><br />In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.<br /><br />Or as James Bond said, killing the villain in Skyfall:<br />Last rat standing.<br /><br />calCal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.com