I had to teach an evening class, and missed most of last night's reality show. But I saw enough of Trump's speech, yelling and dumbed down to the fifth-grade level of most of his supporters, to conclude that he's channeling Mussolini and pitching a cult of personality. Yes, he shouted, He, and only He, will make the trains run on time.
Are we as Americans this weak-minded to fail to see how this blowhard is exploiting us? We're the greatest nation on earth, yet apparently we're as close as Italy in the twenties and Germany in the thirties to sacrificing our Constitution to this narcotic balm.
Reagan's spinning in his grave. So is Goldwater, so is Lincoln.
Give me four years of Clinton to this dangerous fool. It is only through the defeat of Trumpism that liberty-centric conservatism can rise again. Ted Cruz is right - vote your conscience. George Will is right - all that's left to do now is work to bury Trump and LIVE to fight another day.