Ted Rall for July 23, 2015
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The media has decided that Donald Trump is not a serious candidate despite running #1 in the polls. Donald Trump insults latinos and says science isn't real. This is mainstream and perfectly acceptable. (Donald Trump: The climate isn't changing! Your mom's butt is changing!!) However, Trump insults latinos and says science isn't real in a bombastic tone, using normal language, while ad libbing. (Donald Trump: Mexico's sending us their rapists! What's with that scro?!) Stupid content must be delivered in a calm, deadpan manner. Otherwise, you will be dismissed as a slideshow clown. (Man: There isn't universal consensus among climatologists. Border security in a time of terror requires our attention.) Execution even the biggest jerks can say stupid things in a buffoonish way if they ever fought in a war- even a stupid one. (John McCain: Ba-ba-ba-ba bomb iran ya crazy wacko birds!)
Trump isn’t a serious candidate. His only purpose is to be bombastic and outlandish. One of the mainstream GOP candidates will win the nomination and seem like a moderate in comparison. Republican voters, even those that supported Trump, will line up to support the eventual nominee. Some independents will look at the eventual GOP nominee and think “this guy isn’t so bad, just look at who it could have been”. Other independents will look at their two choices, Clinton and Mainstream GOP guy, and not vote at all because neither one appeals to them.
The GOP strategy to winning a presidential election is low voter turn out. Their base shows up to vote regardless. If they can sway a few independents and discourage minorities and remaining independents, then they win.
If the media were truly as left-leaning as some would have you believe, they would simply ignore the Trump sideshow and focus on the stupid things the mainstream candidates are saying. But the media ISN’T about choosing sides. They are about getting viewers and making money. Trump is outrageous and sensational. That sells. So, we get almost non-stop coverage of this idiot.