tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post8557038408003165349..comments2023-10-17T14:31:52.102-04:00Comments on Est Quod Est: Trump's oppenent will easily get the women's votePaulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-80897869084068743582016-03-10T11:59:39.463-05:002016-03-10T11:59:39.463-05:00There's no question that polling this politica...There's no question that polling this political cycle is riddled through with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification" rel="nofollow">preference falsification</a>, as Hillary found out in Michigan. So people who poll that they're for Trump may actually be against him and vice versa. The latest unfavorables for Trump I found were at 67%.<br /><br />But personally, I find it hard to square being a constitutionalist with anything other than the belief that the peoples' ultimate choice not only is right for a constitutional republic America but in fact <i>defines</i> that constitutional republic America.<br /><br />Anything else is simply a subliminal <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Wish-Kings-Democracy-Bay/dp/0802114466" rel="nofollow">wish for kings</a>. Our founders also understood that those ultimately defining choosers would routinely make better and worse choices, hence the reason for divided government and gridlock built in as a feature rather than as a bug in order to allow the worse choices not not only be contained but countervailed against.<br /><br />I think I've probably made a comment like this one several times already, but under our system we always deserve what we get, good and hard.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906931065030228473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-60221816621652373612016-03-10T11:09:12.831-05:002016-03-10T11:09:12.831-05:00I think it's important to speak personally wit...I think it's important to speak personally with those truly good people we know who are Trump followers. Based on the ones I know, they tend to shrink from Trump in political conversations with non-Trumpers -- it seems hard for them to look you in the eye and make the case for Trump. <br /><br />So I have the sense that supporting Trump is the kind of thing one does when alone (e.g., pissed off when at the keyboard) or with other Trumpkins. It's a little bit culty almost. Maybe that's why Trump hasn't done well in the caucuses so far.pikkumattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929135762224920473noreply@blogger.com