So…here we are with reality television star Donald Trump as our 45th president in perhaps the most bizarre presidential election in American history. Am I shocked? No. Because way back in the GOP primaries Donald Trump acknowledged he could shoot someone in broad daylight and it would not deter his supporters from voting for him. Do we really think the Billy Bush bus sex talk ever meant that much? Or more to the point, do we really think James Comey determined this election? I don’t, simply because Hillary Clinton was already distrusted at historic levels well before James Comey became a figure in this presidential election or Trump admitted to Billy Bush he couldn’t help himself from gulping Tic Tacs, kissing and groping strange women, or busting in on nude Miss USA Teen contestants. None of Trump’s character flaws mattered to angry white America. The recent Obamacare premium hikes probably mattered, a lot.
Clinton won the overall popular vote, but lost battleground states Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio–then got flipped in Pennslyvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Even liberal Minnesota hadn’t been called when I fell asleep. When a Democrat can’t carry Minnesota comfortably, that’s a significant problem.
So what we have here is America saying the individual character of their president means absolutely nothing. Not turning over his tax return mattered. Not paying federal income tax mattered. Disparaging Hispanics, blacks, Muslims, and women didn’t matter. Calling war hero John McCain a poser didn’t matter. Slandering his fellow sixteen GOP presidential nominees didn’t matter. Insulting a Gold Star family didn’t matter. The bankruptcies and not paying his creditors didn’t matter to working class angry white America. A history of leasing trophy wives didn’t really matter. Having a riff with Pope Francis didn’t matter. Disparaging Little Marco Rubio’s penis or Lyin’ Ted Cruz’s wife did not matter.
None of the above mattered because angry white America decided it was time to have a non professional politician in the White House. Think about this in closing–Donald Trump without ever having served any public office or providing any recorded history of doing anything of significance for the public good easily disposed of America’s two royal families… the Bushes and Clintons.
Who would have thought sixteen months ago Howard Stern’s favorite sleaze chat interview would easily dispose of Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton enroute to the occupying the White House?
Both political parties are in flux on November 9th. Trump eviscerated the Dems and Pubs alike. He’s nothing even remotely like Ronald Reagan. Reagan and 41’s Republican Party is now officially dead. Poof gone. The Clintons and Obamas are dead. Dust in the wind. And there stands reality television star Donald Trump along with alt right guru Steven Bannon atop the heap of political human carnage whether you like it or not.