I don't think you are a moron, and I thank you for continuing to engage. Let me be clear what I think is moronic: I have heard many Trump supporters, including close personal friends, support Trump because "he's not a politician". Here on this board, someone said they liked that he was shaking up the Republican Party.
Well, let's look at that lack of experience as a politician. On what planet does that qualify someone to be president? Do you think an inexperienced brain surgeon is a better choice than one who has spent years in school and then learning his/her trade with more experienced doctors? Do you want to work in a skyscraper built by an architect who has no training in structural integrity? Of course not. Then why the heck would anyone want a president who has zero knowledge of the political system?
People may think government is easy, but it's not. (If it were we'd have full employment, no deficit, etc. already.) Harvard actually teaches classes to incoming Congresscritters (or at least they used to - if it is no longer SOP, I'm sure something else has taken its place) to explain to them how the legislative process works, because in real life it is complicated. A president should already know that system inside out and be able to manipulate to it advantage. Could Trump even give a good precis of the sort those Congressional freshmen can after they complete their Harvard training? Does he even know really basic stuff like how riders work or when you can filibuster or how presidential vetoes get overridden? Maybe, but he showed no evidence of that and implied such skills and knowledge were of no value. And don't even get me started on his lack of knowledge of diplomacy or even the facts on the ground in the Middle East. He's the man who asked why we make nuclear weapons if we don't intend to use them.
Trump liked to say that in Hilary's 30 years she had done nothing (as if one junior senator could single-handledly implement any policy she wanted). Turning that around for a moment, Trump is 70 - and never ran for public office. What kind of terrifying hubris must he possess to think he has the right to start at the very top? If he cared about public policy, why didn't HE run for Senate a few years ago? As the junior senator from NY surely he would have done more than Hilary, eh?
Now, people may have answers to those challenges, but I have never once heard a word beyond the platitude, "he's for change! he'll drain the swamp!" Such blathering is on the face of it illogical - if someone can't do better than that to describe their support for Trump, than yes - they ARE morons. I am not including people who can actually discuss policy issues, but I have to say, I did not see that happening in a variety of cases.
One of our own posters said, "I do like the fact that Trump destroyed the "Good Old Boy" Republican party establishment and they hate him for it." He hasn't been back since making that comment, so may very well have a cogent defense of that attitude. However, it sure seems to defy logic on its face. Exactly which part of the party establishment's platform is Trump bringing down? Trump is showing every sign that he will put Republican establishment people like Gingrich into positions of power in his administration. He'll be working hand-in-hand with a Republican House and Senate to pass elements of the Republican platform. (Which is fine, BTW - that's how our country works.)
Anyway, the "morons" are the people who vote with no more clarity on their own politics than "ooh, he's inexperienced - that'll teach those Washington insiders!" Obama must have gotten some of their votes, too. Maybe those people are wonderful in other ways, but in terms of having a moral compass or a well-thought-out value system for how they'd like to see our political system operate, they are, well...moronic.
Excellent rebuttal, same thoughts but couldn't have put it in writing.
