Remember back when, one of the debate moderators asked Trump if he would abide by the results of the election? Trump gave the only rational answer he could have which was in essence, "I'd have to wait and see what might happen before I make any decisions.". The left, predictably, got their collective panties in a wad and tried to portray this as Trump preparing to stage a coup or something sinister. (Let's leave aside the fact that the only recent high profile election results challenges were both by democrats.)
Now we fast forward to the actual election results and what do we see?
Angry mobs in the streets.
Calls to abolish the electoral college (Because we want our president elected by San Francisco, LA, Chicago, NYC and a few other large urban democrat strongholds)
All sorts of vitriol on social media.
And, my favorite.
"Nothing like an election to shine a light on the actual pieces of shit in your family."
The above is from someone who claims to be a Christian, is publicly involved in a leadership role in a local church, and has young children. Yet for some reason felt the need to publicly call one or more family members "pieces of shit" on social media.
In what way is this mature?
In what way does this advance your political agenda?
In what way does this set a good example for his kids?
In what way does this remotely resemble the Christ he claims to follow?
It seems to me that it's possible that there are a bunch of folks out there on the left for whom liberal politics is effectively their religion.
One last great example. Jim Wallis of Sojourners wrote a long piece about how we as Christians are called to love the marginalized etc. Which is fine, as far as it goes. But then he just couldn't resist turning this little epistle of love into a fundraising appeal. That's class for you.
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It would be difficult to imagine the irony lost on even the left.
Trump's comments, I believe, were likely based on his belief that the election may be rigged. The left's whining is based on the fact that the election didn't turn out the way they wanted.
I think Trump's rigged comment has more to do with the fact that the entire political process is heavily tilted toward the political class and incumbents.
The other myth that got busted is the "money in politics is the problem" myth. Trump spent half as much as Clinton.
I would agree with your view of Trump's belief. I've seen so much stuff about voter fraud of many kinds that such is what springs to mind when "rigged" is mentioned. But the type of "rigging" you mention wasn't much of a problem this time around. What's more, he may have provided a means for others trying to break through to make a difference, and it isn't a matter of crude talk and such as some might take that to mean. Merely speaking the truth should do it. How much more effective will it be should one do it with equal force and without the lack of polish.
I tend to agree that somehow Trump managed to get past the advantage that the political class/incumbents have in running for office. I tend to think that the rust belt states have realized that the democrats have been taking them for granted and decided to try something different, the question is when will some of the other DFL constituencies come to the same conclusion.
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