Pundits have tripped all over themselves trying to explain the “Trump Phenomenon,” describing it as everything from a fluke to a cult. Most are just pulling their hair (not in an effort to recreate the Donald’s coif) at being trumped by Trump and his wild popularity.
Strangely enough, it was just a short eight years ago that upstart Barack Obama was causing consternation amongst the Hillary camp and the GOP. There were those of us who recognized the “charisma” blitzkrieg for what it was… not charisma at all, but unfettered media hype and truckloads of sanitized manure.
The two men share only one thing, a meteoric rise in polling numbers. From that point on there is no comparison.
The current king of the polls is a successful businessman with an understanding of productivity and capitalism, the thing that made America grow like no other nation on earth. The man who won the presidency mouthing hope-filled sound bites was a failed community organizer with no understanding of working budgets or, work, period (as witnessed by his unending golf game). Trump knows what it is to create an enterprise that employs thousands; Obama knows what it is to create programs that throw hundreds of thousands out of work. Trump encourages entrepreneurism while Obama encourages entitlement mentality.
Plainly, the poll-topper today wants to see all able Americans back to work. Yesterday’s cult leader prefers Americans be categorized as disabled and on the dole while handing over jobs to legal and illegal immigrants.
These two grandiloquent personalities, that have garnered acclaim among the populace, demonstrate that one’s collectivist policy has been superseded by this nation’s founding philosophy of building wealth not redistributing it. In what the two icons represent, Obama has been replaced by Trump. Settling for a smattering has been replaced by striving for surplus. And it is from abundance that the less fortunate are served by individuals, not government.
Hillary; Not gifted with charm, magnetic appeal or the flamboyance of Trump, Mrs. Clinton suffers from a worse malaise – being unlikable
Which brings us to Hillary. Not gifted with charm, magnetic appeal or the flamboyance of Trump, Mrs. Clinton suffers from a worse malaise – being unlikable. Where politics swirled around personality with her husband and with the current president, personality is a particular trait that Hillary lacks.
Along with this impediment of woodenness is the fact of the candidate’s difficulty with truth. She stumbles every time someone questions her on anything from Benghazi to e-mail content and erasure, creating a drop in the polls each time she speaks. This is one person that, although Trump has openly stated past dealings with the Clintons, he hasn’t lauded her as congenial, whereas he has often stated how many of his opponents are or seem to be nice people.
Coming down to the wire, Trump has substance even if one disagrees with his proposed method of fixes from constructing a physical border wall (virtual walls are not walls), to repealing Obamacare and meeting ISIS head-on by wresting from it oil and the income it derives. Substance in accomplishment has always been lacking for Obama, before and after his election to office. The same holds true for Hillary – no accomplishment can be noted and every concept of governing she espouses has never been successfully executed. In addition, what she has done has been detrimental to the security of this nation, placing it in dire jeopardy.
On one hand is success and on the other is failure colored as success. Whether it comes by way of Trump or another tested candidate, which would America prefer? Proven substance or botched theory? We’ve already tried the latter.
Former newspaper publisher, A. Dru Kristenev, grew up in the publishing industry working every angle of a paper, from ad composition and sales, to personnel management, copy writing, and overseeing all editorial content. During her tenure as a news professional, Kristenev traveled internationally as a representative of the paper and, on separate occasions, non-profit organizations. Since 2007, Kristenev has authored five fact-filled political suspense novels, the Baron Series, and two non-fiction books, all available on Amazon. Carrying an M.S. degree and having taught at premier northwest universities, she is the trustee of Scribes’ College of Journalism, which mission is to train a new generation of journalists in biblical standards of reporting. More information about the college and how to support it can be obtained by contacting Kristenev at cw.o@earthlink.net.
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Pundits have tripped all over themselves trying to explain the “Trump Phenomenon,” describing it as everything from a fluke to a cult. Most are just pulling their hair (not in an effort to recreate the Donald’s coif) at being trumped by Trump and his wild popularity.
Strangely enough, it was just a short eight years ago that upstart Barack Obama was causing consternation amongst the Hillary camp and the GOP. There were those of us who recognized the “charisma” blitzkrieg for what it was… not charisma at all, but unfettered media hype and truckloads of sanitized manure.
