None of this makes him qualified to be President. But it casts in high relief what motivated the electorate and why all the polls and pundits got it so wrong and are still getting it wrong.
Joel Weinberger
For those still reeling from the last election, a friend (not conservative) sent me this from his daughter (who is a psych major, pHd candidate):
The media, his rivals, and even members of his party have all panned Donald Trump. But he has confounded them all. Despite his apparent flubs, offensive remarks, and blatantly narcissistic self-promotion, he is now the President Elect. Many in the media and in the realm of politics are practically apoplectic about it. They are wallowing in self-critical analysis. How could they have gotten it so wrong? They have offered a myriad of explanations: Trump is a demagogue; he is a con man; he is tapping into the anger of the electorate; he is a political outsider. We misunderstood rural America. The Obama coalition was unique to Obama and Clinton could not hold it. Clinton was overconfident and a bad campaigner. There was a conspiracy spearheaded by the FBI to topple Clinton. The country is misogynist. There were secret Trump supporters who wouldn’t admit to the pollsters what their true intentions were. So the polls weren’t really wrong, it was the lying electorate. (This is my personal favorite.) The pundits have been and continue to be wrong. So what is really going on?
It’s not from the NYT, not from WaPost, not from IDD or the WSJ. Worth reading no matter what side you are/were on.
But he has confounded them all. Despite his apparent flubs, offensive remarks, and blatantly narcissistic self-promotion, he is now the President Elect.
Joel Weinberger
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