Political Musings

Published by

Clarissa

January 4, 2017

ACA will be dismantled while Obama is still president. In the meanwhile, Trump will be untouched because all he does is support keeping the only provisions that people understand. Trump will end up being the hero of this story while Obama will be the one who messed up. And that’s how smart people do things.

____________________

Some fool on the news has smugly announced that Trump is “very insecure.” The very insecure Trump is a billionaire who in a few days will become president of the US. But our brilliant political analysts who couldn’t predict or explain his win can’t quit feeling smugly superior.

____________________

Trump is defending Assange and soon probably Snowden. Cognitive dissonance is awaiting many liberals.

Rate this:

9 responses to “Political Musings”

Stringer bell

January 4, 2017

Wait, isn’t putin famously insecure about his height? I think it’s laughable to think that rich, famous people are some kind of demigods who have no personal insecurities.

Didn’t you also commend hillary’s line about how we can’t trust a president who can be baited with a tweet?

That trump suffers from massive personal insecurities is literally his most obvious trait, apart from his laziness and lack of intelligence.

LikeLike

Reply
1. Clarissa
  
  January 4, 2017
  
  The sense of fake superiority that comes from psychoanalyzing him will lull us into complacency. And that we can’t afford. He is a very VERY dangerous person.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
  1. Shakti
    
    January 4, 2017
    
    There’s a recurrent genre of articles diagnosing him or other world leaders with psychiatric disorders. There is nothing on how to deal with someone who has the alleged disorder and who has or will have a great deal of political power that you are unlikely to completely escape.
    The same people who psychoanalyze overlap with the same people who insist on pretending he’s like every other politician and will act like the ones they know, despite evidence. Which is it?
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
    
    Reply
Stringer bell

January 4, 2017

Oh yeah, I agree with that. He’s dumb, insecure, AND dangerous.

LikeLike

Reply
1. Clarissa
  
  January 4, 2017
  
  Dumb he might be but he won and the super smart people lost to him. So what does this tell us about their vaunted intelligence? 🤔
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
  1. Stringer bell
    
    January 4, 2017
    
    Underlying your statement is the assumption that the electoral system is some kind of a meritocracy in which the smarter candidate always wins. It is not only a faulty assumption, but I would argue that the opposite is increasinglying true. The mere appearance of intelligence in a candidate is becoming a political liability these days. If you can’t talk at a 3rd grade language level you’re just out of touch.
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
    
    Reply
    1. Shakti
      
      January 4, 2017
      
      Underlying your statement is the assumption that the electoral system is some kind of a meritocracy in which the smarter candidate always wins. It is not only a faulty assumption, but I would argue that the opposite is increasinglying true.
      
      Best auto-correct neologism. :-p I would argue it’s not just intelligence it’s a relation to reality that’s a huge liability. It’s not merely truthiness which is preferred.
      Would “Little Lies” be too subtle of a theme song for these voters?
      
      LikeLike
      
      Reply
    2. Clarissa
      
      January 4, 2017
      
      A smart group of people can design a strategy to work successfully with the given circumstances. I have colleagues who keep saying that students are too dumb. With smarter students, they would be amazing teachers, of course. It’s a convenient position since it can’t be tested.
      
      LikeLike
      
      Reply
Current Events Write-Up: Trump, Trump’s Appointees, Star Wars, Introverts, and Nixon | James' Ramblings

January 5, 2017

[…] liked this line from Clarissa’s Blog: “Trump is defending Assange and soon probably Snowden. Cognitive dissonance is awaiting many […]

LikeLike

Reply