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Ben Howe's 'The Sociopath' Explains What Just Happened to Your Country [View all]
Ben Howe's short film "The Sociopath" is as much about the failures of the Republican Party and the conservative movement (whatever that means anymore) as it is about the terrifying prospect of Donald Trump becoming president.
On the eve of an election that has left Americans deeply divided, wondering how we managed to nominate two of the most loathed candidates in our nation's history, Howe, senior contributing editor at RedState, takes us back to the 2008 Wall Street bailouts and the genesis of the tea party movement. A review of the last eight years puts into context how a movement with the potential to be a real agent for change evolved into an angry nationalist populist movement that propelled Trump to the top of the GOP ticket, enabling him to become the unlikely conduit for the frustration that had been bubbling up in the populace for nearly a decade.
The name of the film, "The Sociopath," gives the impression that the viewer is about to watch 50-minute documentary about Trump's foibles and failures, but don't let the name (or the length of the film) deter you. While a fair amount of time is given to Trump's unfitness to be president—the compilation of his nuclear proliferation comments near the end should terrify anyone—those segments are woven throughout the compelling story of the last eight years of the conservative movement.
The narrative of the video makes it clear that Trump has been a destructive force, not only for the Republican Party, but for the conservative movement in general, in no small part because he has agitated—and in turn been buoyed—by the worst elements of the fringe right. This first became evident in 2012, when Trump flirted with a presidential run.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/06/ben-howes-the-sociopath-explains-what-just-happened-to-your-country/1/
On the eve of an election that has left Americans deeply divided, wondering how we managed to nominate two of the most loathed candidates in our nation's history, Howe, senior contributing editor at RedState, takes us back to the 2008 Wall Street bailouts and the genesis of the tea party movement. A review of the last eight years puts into context how a movement with the potential to be a real agent for change evolved into an angry nationalist populist movement that propelled Trump to the top of the GOP ticket, enabling him to become the unlikely conduit for the frustration that had been bubbling up in the populace for nearly a decade.
The name of the film, "The Sociopath," gives the impression that the viewer is about to watch 50-minute documentary about Trump's foibles and failures, but don't let the name (or the length of the film) deter you. While a fair amount of time is given to Trump's unfitness to be president—the compilation of his nuclear proliferation comments near the end should terrify anyone—those segments are woven throughout the compelling story of the last eight years of the conservative movement.
The narrative of the video makes it clear that Trump has been a destructive force, not only for the Republican Party, but for the conservative movement in general, in no small part because he has agitated—and in turn been buoyed—by the worst elements of the fringe right. This first became evident in 2012, when Trump flirted with a presidential run.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/06/ben-howes-the-sociopath-explains-what-just-happened-to-your-country/1/
A surprisingly introspective article from Paula Bolyard at PJMedia about what the future may hold for American conservatism after the election.
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