Cliff notes in quotes from Elizabeth Bruenig opinion piece in today's Wapo. Again I need help to link, sorry. Although there is already a covert thread about CPAC and Trump from last Saturday, I thought to share this in it's own light.
So many threads and much discussion has there been on the who and the why to the make up of the President's base given the inherent conflict with messenger to the message. This article enlightened.
"He seems to intuit that decent swaths of Americans struggle not only with poverty of material resources-which his own policies have worsened- but also with a poverty of dignity and with emotional destitution that comes with being thought little of, mocked, ignored and dismissed by mainstream culture."
"Trumps brand of loving approval..... for those people....how powerful must that affirmation be, Trump doesn't just promise to change their conditions, but emphatically insists that they're good, that they're worthy, that someone as important as the president of the United States sees and loves them..."
And that is why the man hugged the flag. Most of us saw and heard the comedic meat in the 122 minutes of rambling babbling. Others who feel "stigmatized, ignored, and made fun of" probably heard and felt that love and bought it as genuine.
Now no way in hell do I think it was genuine. He owns no empathy or love of anything not him, but he sure can play act some false lovey dovey. I do think Steve Bannon remains the Donald whisperer.
So many threads and much discussion has there been on the who and the why to the make up of the President's base given the inherent conflict with messenger to the message. This article enlightened.
"He seems to intuit that decent swaths of Americans struggle not only with poverty of material resources-which his own policies have worsened- but also with a poverty of dignity and with emotional destitution that comes with being thought little of, mocked, ignored and dismissed by mainstream culture."
"Trumps brand of loving approval..... for those people....how powerful must that affirmation be, Trump doesn't just promise to change their conditions, but emphatically insists that they're good, that they're worthy, that someone as important as the president of the United States sees and loves them..."
And that is why the man hugged the flag. Most of us saw and heard the comedic meat in the 122 minutes of rambling babbling. Others who feel "stigmatized, ignored, and made fun of" probably heard and felt that love and bought it as genuine.
Now no way in hell do I think it was genuine. He owns no empathy or love of anything not him, but he sure can play act some false lovey dovey. I do think Steve Bannon remains the Donald whisperer.