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Trumpophrenia

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Is there a cure for it?

I suffer from it and it’s only getting worse. I change my opinion about Donald almost every five minutes – and I can’t be the only one. There may be millions of us. For some it’s even more problematic. These people are not Trumpophrenic. They are Trumpophobic. And, if this Drudge link has any veracity, they have taken their problem to their shrinks.

I haven’t gone that far – yet. But I am searching for a cure for Trumpophrenia before I have to reach for the Haldol. If he becomes president, I don’t want any of us to become real life schizophrenics ourselves, unable to predict what our leader will say or do next.

But basically I think he’s a good guy and his heart is the right place. His instincts for making America great again are also basically good. So I will make my plea. Donald, you and only you are the cure for Trumpophrenia. Do it. Take us out of our misery. If you want to be president, start acting like one. Now.

He’s not capable of it. My opinion of Trump is actually quite steady. I’ve never had a high opinion of him, and the more I see of him the more loathsome the ignorant con artist grows to me. I keep hoping for that Face In The Crowd moment, but I fear it will never come.

[Afternoon update]

Today’s results may make that moment approach a little sooner. Cruz reportedly mopped up the floor with Trump in Kansas, 50-25, and he’s beating him in Maine as well.

8 thoughts on “Trumpophrenia”

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  2. “He’s not capable of it. My opinion of Trump is actually quite steady. I’ve never had a high opinion of him, and the more I see of him the more loathsome the ignorant con artist grows to me. ”

    I think the same way.

    The only cure for Trumpophrenia is to beat him in the election for the nominee.

    1. I’m not a fan of Trumps at all. But the thing I do NOT understand is the MSM’s almost complete ignorance of WHY he’s the leader of the pack!! They keep talking about him and his $$$$. As if he is ‘buying’ his way to the lead. He is mostly financing his own campaign, but he’s NOT buying the votes he’s getting.

      If he was, they would have found it out and reported it LONG ago.

      And yes, he is kooky, and he may talk like your Dad’s crazy uncle, who lives at the YMCA, never married and walks with a limp he picked up in Korea. BUT, he must be hitting some hot nerve among voters. If NOT, he wouldn’t be leading.

      So the question becomes, is Trump off the rails? Or are his supporters. And how do you separate it either way?

      1. is Trump off the rails? Or are his supporters.

        Yes. They think he’s “telling it like it is,” when in fact he’s telling it like he thinks they want to hear it.

        1. This GOP primary season will be one for the history books. It shows basically how a political party can be successfully hijacked. The Republicans don’t have that dictatorial mechanism of “super-delegates” the Democrats have put in place to prevent this from happening to them. So what you have is a fanatical sub-group that is solid behind Trump but yet a minority of the party. But as long as that minority remains solid at 30% and as long as the field contains >3 candidates 30% is enough to collect delegates. It shouldn’t be surprising that as the field has narrowed, it has become harder and harder for Trump to ride that 30% to victory. We may be headed to a brokered convention or if Cruz can win some of the big states it might be avoided. Hard to say. I look for a Floridian surprise. Personally I hope Kasich can do well enough in the North to stay alive.

    2. C’mon people. That you are of two minds regarding Mr. Trump is not how the medical profession (or sufferers) understands this condition.

      True Trumpophrenia is when you have auditory hallucinations, angry, frightening voices telling, no insisting, demanding, ordering you to vote for Mr. Trump, and there is no way to make it stop.

      There is no effective cure for this condition, but turning off the TV and otherwise isolating yourself from main-stream media has provided relief from hearing those voices in some anecdotal reports.

      Glad to clear up this gross misunderstanding people have, which may remove the social stigma that Trump supporters are weak-minded and vacillating . . .

  3. I don’t hold Trump in high regard. However, as a politician, Trump’s tendency to be a maverick is similar to John McCain. The GOP gave me a choice in 2008, vote for McCain or get Obama as President. It was a false choice, as I voted for McCain and still got Obama. In 2016, the GOPe wanted me to choose between Jeb Bush or a socialist as President. I think turning the tables on the GOPe with Trump was a pretty good message. I’m not sure the lesson has been learned by them, but I got the message back in 2008 and suffered for 8 years after learning it.

    Alas, I didn’t vote for Trump, and I have no desire to see him as President. I do think he can beat Hillary, more so because of her negatives. But Trump’s negatives might do enough harm in a match against Sanders. I’d vote for Trump over either Hillary or Sanders, but then I was foolish enough to vote for McCain.

  4. I thought this was a pretty good open letter for those who don’t understand Trump supporters. I’m not a supporter of Trump, but I understand completely this letter.

    This one point I completely agree: “Fifth, I do not care that Donald Trump is in favor of big government. That is certainly not a virtue but it is not a meaningful vice since the same can be said of every single Republican in the race. I am sorry but the “we are just one more Republican victory from small government” card is maxed out. We are not getting small government no matter who wins. So Trump being big government is a wash.”

    The election results in 2014 and subsequence Congressional actions prove this point all to well.

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