Thursday, November 10, 2016

Trump and the challenges he poses for the GOP

Trump and the challenges he poses for the GOP: Distinctly Catholic: While the government is now entirely in the hands of the Republican Party, the party faces some major, immediate challenges.

MGB:_Trump is a member of the glitterati and his voters like famous people on reality TV. He is their hero.  He has the image of effectiveness and acted as if the biases of some of his vocal voters were his own.  I doubt that this is really the case.  Social conservatives will realize that they got played (including the bishops).

The government was in GOP hands under most of Bush.  They muffed it anyway. Trump will too, which would be fun to watch if the stakes were not so hi. He is more showman than businessman. He will be great in front of the cameras, but not in day to day policy, especially on defense and foreign policy.

The consumerist white voters who like reality TV got their wish.  They should be careful what they wish for (since the person they elected is not who will govern).


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