not that hillary is widely loved either, but it isn't 60%.
the column you cite, below, is by david brooks, a conservative, a "moderate conservative" who has supported republican positions all along, and now laments where the more racist, rabid, evangelical branches of his party have led. join that with the appeal to those whose race supremacy is slipping (make america great again translates as make america white again), and whose earning income has slipped since reagan, since clinton, since bush, since the recession of 2008--and you have the supporters of trump.
not much different from the same supporters of hitler or mussolini.
if trump were elected we would risk the same militarism and attacks on minorities as with other fascist leaders in the past.
it is striking that brooks sees that, conservative though he may be, and is sounding the alarm. so is romney, so is paul, so are all of us who have a memory of the past.
it is indeed shameful to see the supporters of trump trumpet their racism publicly. the only realist solace one might draw from this is that they are not substantially different from their counterparts in other countries who are not exhibiting hatred of refugees, of foreigners, of minorities, and who are undoubtedly also the less educated and poorer working class people--people who cling to their race or nationality as the source of their value.
ken
On 3/19/16 12:06 AM, Samuel Zalanga wrote:
--Below is an example of a story which indicates some Republicans are realizing they have ignored those at the bottom of the pyramid of American society and the Republican Party in their work of building American society and the party. If you are interested, please read:
From The New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever
Voters deserve respect, but this year, their candidate does not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/opinion/no-not-trump-not-ever.html?mwrsm=Email
Samuel
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