Did Donald Trump Win The Nomination Because Republican Voters Are Dumb? (article title)

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8. Don't forget a very strong motivation

Pissing off the dirty fucking hippies. Republicans, who can barely articulate what they themselves think, seem to think they know all about what animates liberals, and what liberals think and care about. They're not always 100% wrong, but they are usually quite wrong in their estimate of what's going to piss us off. Usually, their antics make us feel sorry for them or cause us to point and laugh.

Republican voters are nothing so much as the Crack Suicide Squad from the Judean People's Front in Monty Python's Life of Brian. After the nincompoops mount their devastating charge and completely ineffectual mass suicide, the Roman soldiers overseeing the crucifixions merely look at one another and shrug. On a good day, Republicans get that sort of a reaction from liberals.

Donald Trump won these idiots over in part because they heard us warning those same idiots that they were making a grievous mistake. The miscalculation wasn't that we were concerned for ourselves; no, we knew we'd be all right. Instead, they saddled their party with this out of control maniac. They did it in part by not testing him throughout the primary process: "Oh, listen to the liberals! They're soooo concerned that we're going to nominate Trump. Well, let's do it!" And so Trump won the nomination with no more trouble than Bo Jackson had with Brian Bosworth.

Now, Trump's getting the scrutiny he should have had all along. And guess what? He's not nearly as good a politician as he thought he was, and he's not ready for the arena. This race will exemplify the difference between a tyro and a seasoned veteran. Experience counts.