Billy_Kinetta
Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Mar 4, 2013
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I dont think i ever met anyone that cares what you believe to be honest.More than three months before any ballots have been cast at the Republican convention, Roger Stone, Donald Trumpâs on-again, off-again consigliere, has delivered the campaign equivalent of a severed horse head to delegates who might consider denying Trump the nomination. Trumpâs supporters will find you in your sleep, he merrily informed them this week. He did not mean it metaphorically.
âWe will disclose the hotels and the room numbers of those delegates who are directly involved in the steal,â Stone said Monday, on Freedomain Radio. âIf youâre from Pennsylvania, weâll tell you who the culprits are. We urge you to visit their hotel and find them. You have a right to discuss this, if you voted in the Pennsylvania primary, for example, and your votes are being disallowed,â Stone said.
Over the years, Iâve covered elections in Iraq, Iran, and Burma. Stoneâs taunt is every bit as threatening as anything I heard in those places, which have far less experience than America with democracy. Such is the moment we currently inhabit.
By now, we know most of the chapters in Trumpâs political playbook: the epithets for âlow-energyâ Jeb and Lyinâ Ted and Little Marco, and the bombshell provocationsâabout, say, a nuclear strike in Europeâas a way to draw attention away from unfavorable news and missteps. And, throughout, of course, the mockery of women. But as we approach the growing prospect of a contested convention, in which delegates can make game-time choices about whom they will support, itâs becoming clearer that Trump may seek to shape the outcome by using his most unwieldy weapon of all: the latent power of usually peaceful people.
Itâs easy to mock Trump for his thin-skinned fixation on the size of his audiences, but that misses a deeper point: you canât have a riot without a mob. Even before he was a candidate, Trump displayed a rare gift for cultivating the dark power of a crowd. In his role as the primary advocate of the âbirtherâ fiction, he proved himself to be a maestro of the mob mentality, capable of conducting his fans through crescendos of rage and self-pity and suspicion. Speaking to the Times editorial board, in January, he said, âYou know, if it gets a little boring, if I see people starting to sort of, maybe, thinking about leaving, I can sort of tell the audience, I just say, âWe will build the wall!,â and they go nuts.â
More: Trumpâs Convention Strategy: âThe Fix Is Inâ - The New Yorker
So, this is how Trump and his mob of thugs plan to win (steal) the nomination. It's a dark time for American democracy. I hope there are enough Republican patriots working hard to stop this farce. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus should nip this in the bud.
What do you care?
I care about democracy. I care about some childish bully trying to intimidate delegates. Also, I used to vote more Republican than Democrat - until the GOP turned into shit during the Reagan era.
I don't believe you.
Anyone WHO cares. WHO cares. Not THAT cares.
If you're going to say something self-serving and stupid to yourself, this is "USMessageBoard". At least say it in English, eh?
As to your comment, who cares?