2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWatching Trump on MSNBC right now.
Has it occurred to anyone else that perhaps the big right wing hero is not Ayn Rand? Their heroes are actually the main characters from Sinclair Lewis novels. The Trumpster has just about invalidated Burt Lancaster's Wow! performance as Elmer Gantry. Geeze... And everyone wants seconds. And I may have just mixed a metaphor. You'll forgive if you saw it -

madaboutharry
(41,623 posts)how he refers to himself in the third person.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole
GitRDun
(1,846 posts)He can be their nominee. Not a lot he says has a basis in reality but he's fun to watch.
There is no comparison, he is hands down the most charismatic guy on that side.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I agree he has a certain New Yawky charisma, and is entertaining waiting for the next outrageous thing.
But I think it wears thin really fast. He repeats himself and pretty soon the emptiness becomes apparent.
But in terms of charisma, he is a titan against his fellow clown car passengers....I mean Scott Walker? Bibby J? Jeb.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)GitRDun
(1,846 posts)Calling it bluster means you heard and understood what he said.
That's not how the voters choose on the Republican side.
To that crew, he's got charisma baby
Gothmog
(158,185 posts)I love imagining watching the Kochs and Reince react to Trump's antics
Spazito
(55,063 posts)donors have to be tearing out their hair over Trump and the thought of that is absolutely delightful.
Gothmog
(158,185 posts)Conservatives are too stupid to have a sense of humor and so they can not cope with Trump. The best way to deal with Trump is to smile and laugh at his antics and imagine the faces of Priebus and the Koch brothers