House of Cards Redux

In the Netflix series House of Cards a ruthless, conniving sociopath maneuvers his way into the White House. Yet reality has trumped (pun intended) fiction. Who would have guessed back when the series first started, when the screenwriters conjured up what they thought was the scariest possible political scenario in which by guile and a little luck a dangerous amoral character takes over the levers of power of the USA, that something equally frightening would occur? Who would have believed back then that Donald Trump, known for his active participation in the absurd anti-Obama Birther cult, famous for being a blowhard egotist and all around shithead, might really take over the levels of power?

But it actually makes sense. For years the GOP has relied on the same misguided and deluded rabble that are now cheering on The Trump. That has been the modern Repub Party's secret of success: demagoguery.  Donald Trump's version is just more raw, more blatant and more appealing to the average redneck.

The question is the who is best to run against him? I just hope the DNC and Demo party establishment in supporting HRC doesn't leave us with a ringer to fight Trump (or even worse Ted Cruz). Many of us believe Sanders has a far better chance of  tapping into the discontent that drives people into the arms of any disingenuous, intellectually dishonest and morally shallow Republican Party presidential candidate.

HRC did well with the black churchlady dominated Demo party in the South with low voter turn out victories but juicy delegate counts, while Sanders has done best in states where the Demo party is mainly white. HRC's apparent lock on black voters is dismaying but probably understandable based on the power of the Demo party's apparatus. How the 'rust belt' states like Michigan vote will be interesting.

The NY Times readers (whatever demographic that represents) apparently are strongly pro-Sanders. In every opportunity to comment on election related articles and columns the “recommend” votes for pro-Sanders comments wildly out number the pro-HRC comments. Most of the pro-Sanders comments include complaints about the perceived pro-HRC slant from the mainstream media especially the influential NYTimes. Again I hope they know what they are doing in sandbagging the Sanders campaign.