Monday, February 22, 2016

The TV Popularity is making Presidential Politics into a cartoon

Donald Trump.  A popular TV Personality for 11 years on prime time.  And guess what - 30% of GOP voters show up in every primary to vote for him.  That is NOT the same 30% who watch Fox News religiously.  Donald Trump is not Ronald Reagan.  He did not pay his political dues.  Those dues are very similar to the way that British Prime Ministers earn their way to becoming Prime Minister.  No, in America we take the most popular TV personality and we put him in the White House.  Why, because people are stupid.  George Washington warned us about "The man on horseback" becoming our President.  He was one of them, but he also loved democracy and that is why he only served two terms.  Washington preserved the elected Presidency from becoming a monarchy.  But now with the advent of the 24 hour TV cycle, social media and TV on demand everywhere and all the time, TV personalities have a tremendous "earned TV" advantage over the purchasing of TV time by other candidates.  It is a huge advantage.  Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, et al will simply never be able to get their message to the people when Trump's TV Persona makes him a front runner and the TV News (looking for ratings to sell advertising) puts him on "ALL THE TIME".  This fact is running Presidential Politics.  Money in the form of profits for TV is making Trump popular as a demigod.  Ronald Reagan made a name for himself on the GE Theater TV show, and then worked the rest of his life to become President.  Trump is screaming like an idiot and not paying any political dues.  That is because the instant TV coverage has made him so.  Advocating a Prime Minister Form of Government just might save the USA.   Presidential Politics is not a horse race nor is it a beauty contest for TV personalities or raving idiots.

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