Rex Murphy -
Don’t blame Trump … blame America:
... he is an illustration of a problem and not its cause. Trump is not the
swamp: he is the creature emerging from it. For however ridiculous and
appalling his candidacy may be, it is no worse and no more ridiculous
and appalling than the whole pattern of American politics at this time.
... Is his candidacy more lunatic than the idea of a third President Bush or a second President Clinton?
... Is he more manipulative than President “you can keep you doctor, you can
keep you plan” Obama? Is he less venal or arrogant than Hillary ...?
... Is he less repellent than false and theatrical rape hoaxes that have beleaguered American campuses from Duke to Columbia?
... Is anything Trump has said more staggering or depressing than the idea
that in egalitarian America, a couple of small-time business owners can
get fined $135,000 for not baking a cake? ...
... it is not Trump who should bear the responsibility for his success. It
is the practice of politics itself and the political class (which
includes, more and more, the news media) that has for so long abandoned
honest representation of ideas, facing difficult issues with real
language, which has so professionalized campaigns and elections that the
sound of a human voice saying something it actually means is so rare.
...
Are Canadian politics any less dysfunctional than America's? Would Trump be any worse for America than Trudeau or Mulcair for Canada?
..or a Notley in Alberta
ReplyDeleteHe would not be too bad, given the field. I would worry only about his viewson American trade protectionism, as this could hurt Canadian Industry.
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