Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Trump Will Be the Nominee and the GOP (Unfortunately) Will Be Fine

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/

The GOP has been cultivating the Trump electorate for generations now. You can draw a direct line from Nixon's "silent majority," through Reagan's sunny obliviousness, through George W. Bush's flippant swagger, through rabid anti-intellectualism of Sarah Palin, right to the substanceless jingoistic braggadocio of Donald Trump. For decades, the Republican Party has succeeded by intentionally fostering an electorate of fanatical ignoramuses, and now this their harvest. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/#sthash.je9l3EQj.dpuf

---Steve

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