Trump's not really a republican, just like Sanders isn't really
a democrat. Old school repubican party hates Trump just as old
school democratic party hates Sanders. They're two radicals,
anti-authoritarian 'cause they go their-own-way with things.
So... yeah. I think that's way. Someone said "2016 is the year
of the anti-authoritarian" and I think this is true: By
anti-authoritarian it means they're anti-system, radical, making
huge promises for changes that affect the very systems
themselves. Each are extremists in their own way. So yeah, ppl
like loud radical sounding ppl this year. Sanders qualifies.
Trump qualifies. It's 'the thing' this year. ==== Well I'm still
Independent, not throwing weight behind anybody or anything, but
it surprised me yesterday to see a politician backing Trump
yesterday (Christie) and surprised me even more that one of the
vice-chairs of the DNC broke rank and is supporting Sanders.
Both Trump and Sanders are not really their parties. They're
both radical. So, seeing support from 'within', is surprising to
me and interesting. It gives each of them legitimacy from within
their own parties. === Indeed. I mean, I know Christie is
begging for a job -- and it's not unreasonable that Gabbard, who
is a young first time representative is looking to "get in" at
an early state to gain support in her long future political
career (as a "hey I think for myself" future candidate) ... ...i
mean, this *is* politics and nobody playing the game is above it
and they usually trade in "believe me" qualities, some more
successful than others. But I tend to believe she's doing by
conscience just as she says. Yeah - I find this presidential
cycle to be quite interesting indeed. It shows a shift in
American consciousness towards radicalism in general. ==
