tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post6519372851742571358..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Inheriting The WindOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40297914379230663652016-03-14T03:44:18.566-04:002016-03-14T03:44:18.566-04:00Thanks for the link, Anon. The survey seems to con...Thanks for the link, Anon. The survey seems to concentrate on what motivates Trump's supporters, not whether or not he has more support than Hillary does. The conventional wisdom seems to be that, if Trump is the GOP nominee, Hillary will win. Time will tell.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-2434267826035688802016-03-13T23:42:29.346-04:002016-03-13T23:42:29.346-04:00@anon 12:32 read the article and reviewed the .PDF...@anon 12:32 read the article and reviewed the .PDF of the survey and I'm not seeing the Trump over Clinton statement.<br /><br />.PDF - 8 pages http://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1176a4Trumpismo.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-49198344255362523562016-03-13T13:44:35.024-04:002016-03-13T13:44:35.024-04:00Thanks for the link, Anon. Clearly, their better a...Thanks for the link, Anon. Clearly, their better angels are not at work.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64475155728609480572016-03-13T13:42:53.213-04:002016-03-13T13:42:53.213-04:00From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Trump, P...From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Trump, Pam. A sad demise.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-45724148382768191172016-03-13T12:39:18.070-04:002016-03-13T12:39:18.070-04:00The Republican Party Owen, abandoned rational thin...The Republican Party Owen, abandoned rational thinking and rational behaviour a long time ago.Their communication with the American public consists of uttering bromides and rhetorical dogma. They are a walking intellectual corpse who no one has yet thought to bury.Trump will do that. This was a great post. Thx for sharing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-49475060554363628382016-03-13T12:32:25.831-04:002016-03-13T12:32:25.831-04:00I read this morning that an ABC random survey of 1...I read this morning that an ABC random survey of 1000 Americans shows that if Trump and Clinton face one another, Trump will win. As Trump might say, "This is huge, really huge. Amazing!" <br />Whatever it is, it's very worrying - really. Big time. Worrying!<br />Follow the link below to the report.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/roots-trumpismo-populism-pushback-poll/story?id=37602670Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-9860290586791690392016-03-13T09:47:24.128-04:002016-03-13T09:47:24.128-04:00Cruz' intolerance is as offensive as Trump'...Cruz' intolerance is as offensive as Trump's, salamander. But the source of his intolerance is different than Trump's. Cruz is full of evangelical righteousness.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30429607371268309402016-03-13T09:39:11.948-04:002016-03-13T09:39:11.948-04:00.. as much as Trump jumps out at us.. I find Cruz ..... as much as Trump jumps out at us.. I find Cruz just as shocking.. His face alone is stunning.. a frightening revelation in action ..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11669599772862018292016-03-13T09:35:43.991-04:002016-03-13T09:35:43.991-04:00.. outstanding read this morning.. Thanks .. !.. outstanding read this morning.. Thanks .. !the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-2380166886493960902016-03-13T09:16:31.406-04:002016-03-13T09:16:31.406-04:00The irony, Kirby, is that history teaches us how t...The irony, Kirby, is that history teaches us how this story ends. But I suspect that the Trumpists believe, with Henry Ford, that history is bunk.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64176187992598305412016-03-13T09:13:00.104-04:002016-03-13T09:13:00.104-04:00When Justin was in Washington, Rural, he quoted Li...When Justin was in Washington, Rural, he quoted Lincoln's line about Americans being ruled by their "better angels." We should all hope that, in the end, our neighbours will remember Lincoln's advice.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52857347021719851122016-03-13T08:58:55.706-04:002016-03-13T08:58:55.706-04:00" he is the fulfillment of everything the par..." he is the fulfillment of everything the party has been saying and doing for decades. He is just saying it louder and more plainly than his predecessors "<br /><br />The surprise is not that he is saying it but that so many seem to agree with him!<br />For the sake of our friends to the south and indeed the rest of the world let us hope that the thoughtful and compassionate outnumber the bigots in the end.Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-56570917713283918992016-03-13T08:02:46.775-04:002016-03-13T08:02:46.775-04:00Yes Owen, I think this sad fact is the crux of wha...Yes Owen, I think this sad fact is the crux of what is going on here. THe Republican Party has become over the years of my lifetime and genuine fascist party in many ways. However, the one ingredient that they have been missing is the typical economic nationalism that characterized classic fascism. The Republican Party fostered, rather, a kind of illusory kind of nationalism in which they talked a lot about "America" but meanwhile sold their nation out to international capital. (The Democrats have, of course, done the same thing). But what I wonder with the Trump phenomenon, is if someone like Trump were to become president with all this rhetoric of "making America great again," how will they maintain this illusion. It will be much more difficult to continue to defend these so-called "free trade" agreements and give corporations money to move overseas if you have so radically fired up the rhetoric of defending "America" and Americans. The obvious answer, of course, is diversion of the people through policies such as continual war, racism, and scapegoating. I could imagine Trump creating brownshirt style volunteer brigades to round up "illegal immigrants" and to build their "wall" etc etc. Meanwhile continuing to send jobs overseas and make it easier for corporations to import goods from places with no labour or environmental laws. The policy leads, of course, to total disaster in more ways than one but that surely won't trouble them.Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.com