Timothy Egan on why Trump is such a problem ....nicely written, even funny.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Trump Is the Poison His Party Concocted

Now, the only way to trump Trump is to act like a fool in public. So Senator Rand Paul, formerly seen raising good questions about national issues, fired up a chain saw and took it to the tax code a few days ago — a pathetic stunt. And there was Senator Lindsey Graham, flummoxed by Trump’s exposing him as sycophant to a plutocrat, destroying his cellphone in a blender. It only made us long for the real thing: Dan Aykroyd’s Bass-O-Matic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/opinion/trump-is-the-poison-his-party-concocted.html

[cilla4progress]

1. I will read this.

I have enjoyed much of Egan's non-fiction. His fiction, not so much (The Winemaker's Daughter).

[hifiguy]

2. Trump is the logical and inevitable culmination

of what the Republicans have been doing for the last 40 years. He openly says what they all think.

May he have a nice long run embarrassing the Repukes.

[malaise]

4. ^THIS^

And they can't take it - pass the butter

[hifiguy]

5. The Frankenstein Monster they created is tearing the castle down around them

and it is karmic justice.

[cilla4progress]

3. I always appreciate his views,

his articulateness and succinctness. I think he says it quite well: the GOP is Frankenstein, and Trump the monster they created.

Go get 'em, Karma.

[sadoldgirl]

6. I would not want to disturb anyone's fun,

but I think he runs this weird campaign to make
every other candidate look moderate and acceptable, and if he stays
in the race long enough, that is exactly what may
happen.

[canoeist52]

7. +1 He plays his part and is well-payed to do it.

The question is, who is footing the bill?

[sadoldgirl]

8. I don't think anyone has to, because

he loves the attention as well as the idiots'
adoration. He can afford to do this for the
fun of messing around with the GOP.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Could be.

But the result is as Egan points out, he is a huge embarrassment to the Republicans and is muddying the message, which can only help in the long run.
I AM hoping he is also spending his own money on this vanity stunt.

[Logical]

10. Best Bass I ever had! Nt