Tuesday, June 20, 2017

A better populist

One of the reasons tRump wound up winning the last election was his appeal to a certain demographic in America.  These are mostly older white people who are economically liberal; think "keep your government hands off my medicare" and socially conservative; meaning keep undeserving non white hands out of the government trough.  Oh, and play the star spangled banner while doing so.   It seems the current administration is already losing some of these voters due to its inability to make good on many of its promises.  The AHCA, when finally passed and explained to these folks will put another nail in the Donald's coffin.  What his campaign did was make a lot of  promises he and the GOP had no intention of fulfilling.  They wanted the majorities in congress to pass a bog standard republican agenda of tax cuts for the rich and continued erosion of the social safety net in the name of budgetary responsibility.  To enact the programs Trump proposed Ryan and McConnell would have had to do the opposite and pass an essentially democratic program.  It now looks like the master plan will founder on the rocks of intra party fights over the size of social safety net cuts.  The racism and misogyny along with gerrymandering will keep this coalition together for a while, but the demographic handwriting is on the wall.  Probably the only way the GOP wins another presidential election is with a populist demagogue who actually walks the walk Cheeto Jesus only pretends to do. 

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