Ah, the glorious imperfection that is democracy, where a jury can release O.J. and Pia Toscano can get voted off American Idol. Democracy, it seems, is the system where those who are easily duped can also vote somebody in to power who will continue to dupe them.
I'm at a point right now where, having voted for Obama and gotten nothing for it in return, I'm sympathetic to those I deride as being sheep. I voted for the tough-talking Obama who would hold the Bush administration up to the light, take on the powers that be, fight for the little man, and got Bush Part 2 in return.
So, I find myself at one of those moments where I really feel it doesn't matter. Apparently, whoever we vote into office in America will simply continue to help the country's financial and business interests whether or not those interests work for the good of this country.
I figure, why not Donald Trump? Why not bring a little levity to the proceedings? Don't get me wrong, I hate Donald Trump. Trump is a freaking joke. He's a glaring example of what's wrong with our capitalist system. He's become enormously wealthy by taking his daddy's money and being absolutely ruthless with it. He's a charlatan, a huckster.
The lesson of Trump is that if you have unbridled greed, a little seed money, and no morals at all, you get wealthy. Oh, and along the way, the system will help you if you have enough money to warrant it.
A good deal of Trump's wealth has come from insider deals in real estate and multiple instances of working our bankruptcy system to his favor. Whatever the fine line is between smart and devious, Trump crosses it constantly.
Oh, and he's a loudmouth douchebag who casts off wives as they get too old to fit the trophy wife mold. He's got a horrendous fake tan and hair that looks so silly it's distracting. In short, he's just plain funny. He's a caricature. Right up the average conservative's alley.
He's been on TV constantly over the past few months as he plays the media while mulling over whether he will or won't run for president in 2012. Easy to do if the media lets you.
He's come out strongly on the side of the nut job birther community, questioning Obama's birth certificate at every opportunity. Supposedly he is paying an army of investigators to find out the "truth" about our president's "real" origins.
He's talking tough on dealing with OPEC and the Chinese. Well, he hasn't actually offered anything solid in regard to these things but he has said that he will "look them in the eye" and tell them to straighten up or ....... or he will ...... uh .... hm. Apparently the Saudis and the Chinese government will just wilt when he squints his eyes and talks a little growly.
Seriously, Trump's a moron. But, it's just plain fun to watch. It's nice to think that a tough-talking U.S. president could just manhandle the Chinese and make things right or just tell the Saudis they'd better shape up or else. I honestly don't think Trump believes his own hype in these regards.
I do, however, think that Donald Trump is such a megalomaniac that he will try to become our next president just for the challenge of it. Pretty scary. I think he has a good chance of winning as well. I really have such little faith in the intelligence of the American voter that I can easily envision him in the White House.
What I think will happen then is ... nothing. I think we'll have more of the same that we've had with Obama and Bush and Clinton and everybody back to Jimmy Carter who was the last person to stand up for his country. Every president since has served the business community at the expense of this nation.
On the Obama front, he's finally talking about raising taxes on the wealthy. Now that he has lost control of Congress and there's zero chance of any sort of tax increase getting approved, he brings this up. Now that it's time to rally the base for his run in 2012 he's pounding that drum. Don't worry you rich folks of America, you're safe. He's just tending the sheep so they keep the shepherd in power. If he wins re-election you won't hear another word about your taxes so, take an Ambien, curl up in your pillow-top king size in your mcmansion and rest easy. All is well.
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