Friday, June 19, 2015

A Uniter, Not a Divider



On Tuesday Donald Trump declared that he was running for President. The near-universal mockery resurrected posters from 2012. (Above left: Atlantic; above right: alicublog)

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza treated the announcement seriously:
Republicans know Trump. And they really, really don't like him.

Trump, of course, knows this. His goal is attention, not winning. And in truth, even that would be fine if Trump had an issue (or issues) that he cared about and wanted to draw attention to via his presidential bid. He doesn't. He just says stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. And it's not clear that he's spent more than the five seconds before he speaks thinking about what he's going to say.
I beg to differ with the naysayers. Donald Trump's candidacy can teach valuable lessons to the children:
1) Having a lot of money doesn't mean you are smart.
2) Having a lot of money doesn't cause people to love you.
3) Democrats and Republicans both dislike Donald Trump. See? the country can still come together.

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