(July 23, 2016 at 11:26 am)Rhythm Wrote: Trumps not a "populist" on trade. He's a corporate shill, same as the rest...you don;t even get to play at the american table unless you can be counted on to be precisely that, regardless of whatever narrative you need to sell in order to buy the popular vote. That's kind of how being a shill works, the very definition of a shill.
"Hey yall, I'm one of you, look at how awesome these tax cuts are, look at this sweet deregulation, have you ever seen such quality de-funding...I'm totally going to buy it."
-Well, I mean if one of us thinks it's awesome :holds out his wallet:
I know, I know, "but he's not getting the corporate backing". You don;t pay a shill with your own money, you pay him after he delivers, with the marks money. Now, if you can show you merit, as a shill...and consistently swindle people into parting with their "x"...you can negotiate for an advance based on past performance....like Hillary.
The republican voters are fucking nuts. Democrats got it easy. They tell the minorities who to vote for. The minorities do so blindly, and they get the candidate they want. Republicans are a different beast. You could see the party losing control as it struggled like hell to get Romney nominated over flat out insane people in 12. Not populists. Just batshit crazy nutballs. Herman Cain led the republican primary polls at one point. That crazy eyed lady also did. Rick Perry was in the lead for a bit until he talked.
Trump understood how to use his brand and manipulate the media in a way that nobody else in politics has done. He is sort of the godfather of branding. You combine that with enough personal wealth to fund his own primary, and he ends up the nominee despite 450 million in money funding his opponents.
And you absolutely pay Trump ahead of time. He's got 4 billion dollars. He doesn't need speaking fees after he's done. He doesn't need donations to the Clinton Foundation type organization. All he needs is for someone to pay for his general election campaign.
The tax cuts and deregulation are certainly something to keep an eye on. We'll see how much of that is designed to help American businesses in America.
