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| TRUMP: He wants your cash! |
How
else to explain that someone, somewhere out there made a decision that I might
be inclined to make campaign contributions to support the continuation of
President Donald Trump’s political aspirations.
IT’S
TRUE. MY load of e-mail messages included, amongst with all the other junk I
often receive, pleas in the name of Trump himself and his daughter-in-law Lara –
insisting that I respond by Midnight to show my support to The Donald and
overcome the hysterical nuttiness of the Hollywood crew.
Whom
they insist are trying to raise significant amounts of cash meant to support a serious
Democratic Party presidential challenger come the 2020 election cycle.
Obviously,
I let that deadline come and go. I was not a part of any attempt by Trump to
get people to give his campaign at least $1 million by the FEC reporting
deadline that has passed.
Which
was so important to the Trumpster because his ego felt the need to make a
statement showing that people actually like him. Rather than all the ego-bashing
he’s been enduring as the public (the true majority) made it clear we were more
than willing to blame him for the federal government shutdown that lasted more
than a month – and could theoretically resume in a couple of weeks IF Trump is
so inclined.
LARA
TRUMP, IN the plea attributed to her (it’s actually the Trump Make America
Great Again Committee that’s issuing all this e-mail traffic) says “all the top
Democrat contenders for the White House have been raising big money from
Hollywood donors to jumpstart their presidential campaigns.”
But
the man’s ego is such that he feels compelled to make a grandiose gesture. In
that regard, he’s like the organization Democrats within Chicago government –
who often have trouble accepting the idea that people might legitimately not
support them on Election Day and honestly believe near-unanimous voter outcomes
are to be expected.
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| LARA TRUMP: Trying to help father-in-law |
I
have no doubt on some level that Trump will never truly get over the fact that
some 3 million more people voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and that he only
won due to a glitch within the Electoral College process.
HIS
GOAL PROBABLY is to try to get something he can claim to be a majority in 2020.
So he can then try to re-write history to erase the facts of Election ’16.
Similar to the old Soviet ways of rewriting history to reflect the perception
the powers-that-be want to be remembered.
Perhaps
that’s the real attraction between the Trump persona and the ways of Russian President
Vladimir Putin.
Regardless,
it is ridiculous that we see the modern trend of electoral politics is that of
government officials of significant wealth trying to buy their way to Election
Day victory. I suspect they think if they buy their way to office, then no one
can tell them what they can or cannot do.
But
in Trump’s case, if he does get significant amounts of campaign cash, it’s
likely to be from those lower-middle-class people who make up the bulk of the
roughly one-third of the American population who still approve of the president’s
performance in office.
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| DALEY: Trump fantasizes of his victory margins |
IN
SHORT, PEOPLE who really can’t afford to make significant donations. Which is
all the more reason Trump touts the gimmick that he can “triple” the amount of
money one donates.
A
$250 donation becomes a $1,000 payout – all in the name of boosting the ego of
Donald John Trump. Which is why I’m sort of offended that Trump’s fund-raising
plea began by saying, “We haven’t seen your name…,” as though implying I’m
under some sort of investigation that could penalize me for failing to support
the Trumpster.
The
thought that anybody ever seriously thought I’d support this president
financially is laughable – until you realize it means somebody noticed my work and put my name on the potential donors list without seriously reading what I've written.
That,
I must admit, is a serious blow to my own ego.
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