BY THOMAS SOWELL
In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one — Donald Trump.
What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor.
No doubt much of the stampede of Republican voters toward Trump is based on their disgust with the Republican establishment. The fact that the next two biggest vote getters in the polls are also complete outsiders — Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina — reinforces the idea this is a protest.
It is easy to understand why there would be pent-up resentments among Republican voters. But are elections held for the purpose of venting emotions?
No national leader ever aroused more fervent emotions than Adolf Hitler did in the 1930s. Watch some old newsreels of German crowds delirious with joy at the sight of him. The only things at all comparable in more recent times were the ecstatic crowds that greeted Barack Obama when he burst upon the political scene in 2008.
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Sowell is part of the insulated chattering class that is confounded by the popularity of insurgent candidates that are not part of the duopoly financed by the Koch Bros, Adelson and Soros. People are rejecting dynastic politics with the odious money trail that finances it. I’m no fan of “The Donald” but do like to see people like him, Carson, Sanders and Fiorina put fear into the political machine and its associated ruling class. Sowell is a 21st version of Washington columnist Mary McCorry, who said after the Nixon ’72 landslide… “I can’t believe he (Nixon) won… I don’t know ANYONE who voted for him!”… I would challenge Sowell in that people are indeed informed and neither party has an establishment candidate that voters believe is needed to do something about the mess in DC.
And it’s also attributed to Pauline Kael
They lash out at something they do not understand and cannot control… simple as that.
“They”?…It’s not just the unwashed masses in this case… voters feel disenfranchised by the establishment candidates. And it’s not just a republican theme as Sanders supporters are lashing out against the coronation of their party standard bearer…
Paul:
“They lash out…” They = the media
Signed 9:42am
Ok 9:42, got it- thanks