In a screamingly risible Wall Street Journal op-ed, former governor Bobby Jindal ponders why the Republican base sticks with Donald Trump:
"A shallow answer is politics: Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker both tangled with Mr. Trump, and it turned out to be political suicide," writes Jindal. "But to get a deeper answer, it’s instructive to examine what Mr. Trump hasn’t done. Since the campaign, Mr. Trump has abandoned many of his previous positions and embraced traditional conservative views …"
… on, for instance, wildly irresponsible deficit-financed tax cuts, wildly ultraconservative Court nominees, and wildly reckless gun policies. Concludes the eternally befuddled Gov. Jindal:
"It isn’t unusual for a politician to change positions. Unsurprisingly, voters tend to be more forgiving of flip-flops when they agree with the final result. This explains why Mr. Trump is forgiven for abandoning Republican orthodoxy on free trade and entitlement reform."
Nowhere in Jindal's deep musings on the strange attraction of the even stranger Donald Trump is a reference to his No. 1 appeal to the base: his brutal racism. The Republican base gives not one damn if Trump jettisons free-trade ideology, for example, as long as he hates the right people — anyone of the wrong color.
Somehow, this slipped Jindal's mind.
To be fair they hate white liberals too. And pretty much all foreigners. Let's be clear here, they do not give a rat's asshole about policy in any way shape or form. They care only that their leader be an asshole to everybody but them. Regardless of cost by the way to themselves or anyone else.
Posted by: Peter G | August 31, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Oh I forgot to answer Jindhal's question. But I guess I did already in reply to Anne J on another thread. They are stuck in the same bunker with their Fuhrer.
Posted by: Peter G | August 31, 2018 at 12:15 PM
But they also don't care if he's an asshole to them, in policy if not rhetoric.
Posted by: Anne J | August 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM
Jindal always was a moral scumbag and a shallow liar, who rightfully went down in flames. That the WSJ scrapped the bottom of the pond is "Exhibit Z" of their desperation. As they lose power expect even more absurd figures resurfacing.
The road to removing Trump runs through the 2018 and 2020 Elections.
Posted by: Max | August 31, 2018 at 01:01 PM
Isn't he one of the genius republican governors who robbed his state blind through trickle on economic policies?
Posted by: Anne J | August 31, 2018 at 01:07 PM
OT, but this:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/31/bombshell-leak-to-toronto-star-upends-nafta-talks-in-secret-so-insulting-remarks-trump-says-he-isnt-compromising-at-all-with-canada.html
It appears that Trump wants the trade talks with Canada to collapse, but doesn't want to say so because he wants it tom seem that Canada failed.
Say, it looks like Trump really hates you guys. I guess that Canada must have done something really bad to him that is causing all this?
Posted by: Tony | August 31, 2018 at 01:17 PM
Yup. It's an appalling record.
Posted by: Max | August 31, 2018 at 01:34 PM
We are everything Trumpers despise. The previous ambassador to Canada, under Obama, had some thoughts on this: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/trump-hates-everything-canada-represents-former-u-s-ambassador~1420584
It's kind of long but covers all the salient points.
Posted by: Peter G | August 31, 2018 at 01:58 PM
He's an asshole to them but they're too stupid to realize it.
He's been calling them stupid from the beginning.
When he stated that he could shoot someone and they would still vote for him.
It wasn't a compliment.
Posted by: Sharksbreath | September 01, 2018 at 06:04 AM