Village Voice, January 5, 2016...

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The so-called pundit class is having a problem with Trump for a very simple reason. He corresponds to no one theyve ever known in politics. His campaign corresponds to none theyve ever covered. His voters arent supporters. They are followers. Fans. They dont respond to him politically. They dont listen expecting to hear positions or policies. What they expect to hear is the orchestral swoon of political arena rock the power-chord promise and vibrato-vectored big sound of greatness! Im the biggest! Im the best! Im the wealthiest! Im the American Idol! The pundits get nowhere when they try to convey the hollow empty soullessness of it all, because you cant tell the truth about John Mayer. You cant make an argument against a fans taste. All you can do is stand back and gape in abject amazement as they line up to buy the T-shirts and the lapel buttons and Trump Red Ties, as they sit for Frank Luntzled focus groups and expound on how nothing matters but Trump. Not politics. Not policy. Not truth. Not logic. Not the guy pulling the strings behind the screen of the reality show theyre watching. Just the guy whos winning. Just Trump. The busiest guys at the big Trump rallies have to be the guys at the door shaking everyone down for Confederate flags. Its OK to pound on the occasional Black Guy. Its OK to scream like banshees when the word Muslim is flung from the stage like a lightning bolt. Racism is OK when its thinly veiled. But the Trump people must live in total fear of the night all the networks show a few Confederate flags flying out there in fan-land. Its the big no-no, because it would give the pundits a window they could actually see through. No Confederate flags
but keep watching. Trumps toy fascism is only a whisker away from the real thing.
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https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/01/05/donald-trump-and-the-joys-of-toy-fascism/
Ill try to find the column where Truscott was invited to attend a Trump event filled with supermodels or beauty contestants...