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Debate Question for the Donald
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-seldner/debate-question-for-donald_b_8124794.html"Mr. T Rump, this question is, by some counts, politically incorrect so it should be right up your very rich alley:
What the hell is wrong with you?"
Because really, what's wrong with the guy? Tell us in his own words. Ask him the question. Directly. What would he say? No doubt, "Nothing's wrong with me. I'm almost perfect." Or, "I'm rich, have a beautiful wife, fabulous children, a great life. What's wrong with you?" But it would be interesting to ask.
What's going on inside the mind of someone who insults on the most personal level anyone who questions anything about him. What's wrong with someone who, when questioned by Chris Cuomo on CNN, responds by saying the ratings of Cuomo's show aren't good, who calls Ben Carson an "okay" physician, who smugly says of John McCain, "I like people who weren't captured"?
What motivates a person to call everything about him the best, and to deem everyone who disagrees with him the worst. Carly Fiorina was one of the worst CEOs ever. Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State. He is the best deal maker, has the best organization, went to the best, hardest to get into, school in the country (not true on either count, by the way).
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It would be easy to go along with the conventional wisdom that his popularity is based on his "refreshing" political incorrectness, that he is saying what many are thinking, and those of us bewildered by his rise are much more bewildered by those who hang on his every word.
But there may be more to his following than just saying what others think and won't say. It is that mesmerizing quality of bullies and braggarts that when they bully and brag enough, people start to believe that they are as wonderful as they say and those who disagree are as awful as they say. Not sure how that works, but it does.
What's going on inside the mind of someone who insults on the most personal level anyone who questions anything about him. What's wrong with someone who, when questioned by Chris Cuomo on CNN, responds by saying the ratings of Cuomo's show aren't good, who calls Ben Carson an "okay" physician, who smugly says of John McCain, "I like people who weren't captured"?
What motivates a person to call everything about him the best, and to deem everyone who disagrees with him the worst. Carly Fiorina was one of the worst CEOs ever. Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State. He is the best deal maker, has the best organization, went to the best, hardest to get into, school in the country (not true on either count, by the way).
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It would be easy to go along with the conventional wisdom that his popularity is based on his "refreshing" political incorrectness, that he is saying what many are thinking, and those of us bewildered by his rise are much more bewildered by those who hang on his every word.
But there may be more to his following than just saying what others think and won't say. It is that mesmerizing quality of bullies and braggarts that when they bully and brag enough, people start to believe that they are as wonderful as they say and those who disagree are as awful as they say. Not sure how that works, but it does.
