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By Rick Wilson, contributor
Donald Trump isnt a traditional politician and we dont need to run a traditional campaign.
TV ads dont work.
He won the primary without spending any real money.
We dont need you fancy consultants and your decades of experience, losers.
Sound familiar? It should. You hear it every day from new Trump Establishment Republicans trying to defend themselves against the overwhelming evidence that Donald Trumps campaign is off the rails. Its an article of faith among Trump fans that he can ignore all the rules of political physics forever and will simply rise and rise no matter how many unforced errors he makes.
They take pride in his rejection of the tools and techniques of campaigning, ignoring the hard lessons that Barack Obamas two election victories taught us as a party. They view the tools of politics as anathema in their cult of stupid, where anger and revenge against the hated establishment was enough to get him the nomination and swear its enough to win against Hillary. Who needs expertise? Weve got rage.
Yesterday, they collided with the realities of a general election, as first day of the RNC convention in Cleveland demonstrated how unready they are for the fight ahead. The day went off the rails with the clumsy, criminally stupid catfight with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, followed by suppression of the legitimate concerns of hundreds of Trump-skeptical conservative delegates who wanted a bare-bones opportunity to have their voices heard.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/288298-trump-and-the-cult-of-stupid
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)created this freak. Trumps Campaign snookered the Media into giving him all this exposure just to sell ads. Every News Cast(infotainment)has at least two Trump related items and maybe one for anyone else and that is the usual Rethug talking points.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)KelleyKramer
(9,022 posts)I guess I missed that part