By David Glenn Cox
There is dumb and then there is really dumb. Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis leads a chorus of cry baby Conservatives. Angry that Donald Trump isn’t being mean enough. They want a Federal Abortion ban included in the Party platform, but Trump says he wants to leave it up to the states! WAA! And what’s all this crap about accepting same-sex marriage? I thought we were going to build camps?
The royal house of Trump responds, It’s just language and word stuff. It doesn’t mean anything, who reads these things? Nobody reads this stuff. But the hardliners suspect the obvious, they are about to be sold out. RINOS and undercover leftists surreptitiously manipulating the platform from the inside. Trump using the Bible thumpers like a washer woman and selling them out! This is after all the, “we believe any nutty stupid rumor” Party.
Thus, it is easy to see just how difficult it is to manage a Fascist campaign. Throughout the ranks they don’t like each other or trust each for shit. Certain that someone will gain some midnight influence and push them out of the picture. But he promised! Somebody must have gotten to him!
But this is the really dumb part. Trump is obviously LYING to them! Taking the moderate path as the compassionate crocodile. (I’m a compassionate Conservative) The closer we get to the convention the more moderate Trump will become. Who in 2024 does not understand the Fuhrer is lying? He won’t really be satisfied with the Sudetenland.
It’s the Fascist way; it’s all about who your friends are. Power circles, trying to impress the Fuhrer and you get your rocket built. Unless someone else gets to him first. So, there is always an air of suspicion and paranoia. “He said, them. I wonder if he meant us? You can’t trust that bastard! He’s always talking behind our backs. Oh, he smiles and is just so polite, but he’s a viper! They’re all vipers!”
The naïve discovering the world for the first time. Waa! We’re Angry! We want what we want and won’t be satisfied with talky-talky word stuff. Unable and unequipped to understand at this late date that Donald Trump is the biggest god-damn liar to come down the pike since Shep was a pup.
Ellis truly believes the Fuhrer really cares about the unborn. She still sees the Fuhrer with stars in her eyes. Believing the thumpers know best which course to follow, and if only they could get the Fuhrer’s ear he would agree. Only then, can they save him from being led astray. Actually believing…Trump gives a shit.
Party Platforms are like an ice cream truck, something for everybody. We hold a convention and write out a platform. Happy-Happy Talk-Talk! Something sweet for everybody! Then we take it all down, check out of the hotel and forget all about it.
In 1948, Harry Truman insisted on a desegregation plank in the platform. Everyone in the Democratic Party, everyone begged him to drop it. It wasn’t popular! You don’t want to start a fight at your own convention, do you? Happy – Happy Talk-Talk! We’re gonna put two tractors in every garage and all of their daughters will be pretty. The Southern delegates walked out of the convention to the tune of “Happy Days are Here Again” and have never returned. And that’s why Party platforms are largely meaningless.
If for instance the nuclear power industry would like to make a nice donation. I see no reason why we can’t include a line or two about clean safe nuclear energy in the platform. Sure! Why not? Brought to you by Exxonmobil and the fine folks at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company! The platform as an advertising and fund-raising mechanism. A euphemistic Party newsletter of platitudes. In oder to make America great! In order to preserve our energy independence. Every line bullet pointed to a corresponding donation. And Americans need more asparagus and DuPont antifreeze too!
But Ellis thinks it’s real! “Hey, wait a minute, you promised us!” The platform isn’t written for the Party, it is written to attract people into the Party. The cheese to bait the trap. “We just want our corporations to be competitive. So, they can provide you with those low wage, non-union jobs you little people crave so much.
But you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Here in Arizona, Republican candidates don’t even say Republican in their advertising. But you can tell what they are by their focus on the border. Shhh! Don’t talk about the A word Jenna! You’re gonna blow it for us!
The Republican Party quakes in fear of the A word. The polling is clear, and their positions are extremely unpopular. Best to hide out and talk about the border as much as possible. A quick check of the math says the A word is of direct importance to approximately 50% of the electorate. An electoral deficit difficult to overcome.
But Jenna still doesn’t get it! “But you promised!” The Fuhrer wouldn’t lie, would he? The Fuhrer says he only wants peace!
“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
