Tell Me Who You Vote For, And I Will Tell You Who You Are

Sigh.  How did a sleazy reality star become the Republican party's leading candidate?  Well, they did run a B-movie actor in 1980...

 I'd like to ask Trump's supporters: what do you like about him? What does "make America great again" mean? At least, to you? What is bad about it now? What time period would you go back to? As for me, as much of a history buff as I am I don't want to go back- I want to go forward.  But you want to go back.  "We want our country back."  You know, the one you miss so much- where you could make fun of colored people, and fire fags, and burn women at the stake for talking back.

I mean, are they just ignorant?  No gay or Muslim or black friends, so they are unaware of that great big world outside of their inbred neighborhood? I'm sure that's part of the truth. But it's not just ignorance that drives his supporters- it's selfishness, paranoia, xenophobia. " Yeah, I know a black guy, but I don't like him"  (Or- "he's one of the good ones.")   "I know a Muslim guy but I don't trust him."  "I know a gay guy but don't think he deserves special rights" (i.e., the ones I have...)

To the Trump supporters who say "he says what he's thinking, he doesn't pull any punches, he's a straight talker unlike all these other politicians who just tell you what you want to hear." You do understand that he's a politician who's telling you what you want to hear, correct?  And since you want to hear that nastiness, I am going to assume you are a nasty person.

Trump is all flash, no substance. He always has been. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and has done nothing useful for the country or world. And he's a dick. I don't know what people like about that. He talks a big game. He likes to stir stuff up. He's divisive.  And as bad as he is as a candidate, he would be a far worse president.  Someone who doesn't stop his supporters from beating people up now will, given more power, encourage them to attack more people.  He is a jerk.  If you support him, I will assume you are one too.

There are plenty of Republicans who can't stand him, and are speaking out against him, and I respect that.  But who would they prefer?  Cruz?  Huckabee?  Fiorina?  There are a few "moderate" Republicans, Kasich/Rubio/Bush.  Do you want them?

To Republicans who don't support him now, my question is: Will you vote for him if he wins the nomination?  Is he what you really want?  Do you hate Hillary so much that you would hold your nose and vote for this doofus?

I'm not a huge fan of Hillary; I'm not a huge fan of politicians in general.  However, when I weigh the choices, the outcome is clear.  Look at foreign policy- I think Clinton would generally continue Obama's foreign policy, which has been middling but not awful.  I think Trump would piss off our allies and enemies all at once (aside from maybe being buddy-buddy with Putin.)  Frankly, I think she would be tougher, and better, at foreign policy than Trump.  Domestically, I also see her staying the course for the most part, and him being a fucking nutcase.  Economically, he would ruin this country.  He has ruined plenty of companies and people.  He is a self-centered bastard.  Again, a lot of politicians are, but he has proven in the past, jeez, four decades that he has been in the public eye, that he is more self-centered, and more of a bastard, than most.