Running the Gauntlet simply refers to driving rather peacefully through my little sharply divided town, lined mostly with Bernie Sanders supporters. “Honk if you love Bernie.” They are the most prominently displayed, but running in the background here in the 9th circuit of hell, is a powerful Trump contingent, too.
The other day I saw a sign, “feel the Bern,” and one brave soul across the street with a Trump sign, “can you feel me now?” I laughed and started singing feelings, nothing more than feelings…
And therein lies the problem with this election, it is all about the feelings a particular candidate may invoke within us. It is like we are choosing a boyfriend, not selecting the leader of the free world. As someone smart recently pointed out to me, sensuality is a word that does not necessarily have sexual overtones, it simply means, the condition of being pleasing or fulfilling to the senses….
Sensuality need not be a bad thing, it’s really only a problem when it begins to take over all reason and common sense. Like when you are choosing a boyfriend and you think you are in love because he just makes you feel so good about yourself…..that you somehow keep overlooking the fact that you have now bailed him out of jail twice…..in three weeks. I know, I know, he is just misunderstood. Also, he is sticking it to the man, disguising his train wreck of a life, as something more akin to a quest of defiant patriotism. Or perhaps he’s just an artist, or a guitar player. It’s not that he has absolutely no redeeming qualities and one is sensually pursing a complete fantasy with all the gusto of a total mad woman…… it is just that he has a creative edge.
I suppose I shall get myself into trouble saying this and I am sure to offend everyone, but the nature of both Trump and Sanders feels very similar to me, equal as to the condition of one’s heart, as to the sensual pull of those two candidates. Both groups seem to feel as if they are sticking it to the man, rattling the corrupt system, exercising their personal power to shake things up. Both candidates are going to throw out the special interests, remake America, change the entire system.
Oh dear Lord, we’ve barely survived the last round of change….
I hope you will forgive me my complete lack of enthusiasm, my reverse idealism, help, we’re all going to die! It is simply that my jaded eyes demand I beg and plead with people to read all the bible says about sensuality and to keep in mind that Trump has actually written books on how to game public opinion and no doubt Sanders has read rules for radicals.
I’m just not sure our country can afford another bad romance…..Seriously, I’m rather surprised we’ve survived the last one. Regardless, I’ll be in my secret underground bunker eating spam.
madblog said:
Amen and amen! Right on the nose. Trump=Sanders=Trump. we have an insatiable capacity for bad romance. This one will be different!
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oneta hayes said:
I just want so badly to have someone who will do something besides lead us into more moral and financial bankruptcy. I don’t know whether or not I have enough spam to feed my company in the cellar. May find out I have to depend on God after all. Oh . . .Do you suppose that might be what we need to do? You mentioned reading that Bible. Hummm. I have an idea we see things from a very different perspective, but you sure do write bold and sensible blogs.
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futuret said:
http://beforeitsnews.com/power-elite/2016/01/elites-spill-massive-intel-in-davos-americas-obsolete-its-now-time-for-global-governance-and-the-nwo-to-rule-2450708.html
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luckyotter said:
I can see the similarities. Both Trump and Sanders are charismatic populists and that’s appealing to a lot of Americans. In this country, it’s always the big personalities that win elections, party and politics have little to do with it. I can see their appeal, both are likeable in their own ways. I have no idea whether either is trustworthy.
Better to vote with your conscience, for the candidate you think is best for the country, not who you’d want to down a few beers with. Or just don’t vote at all.
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Citizen Tom said:
We could use someone who is supposedly boring and competent. Thing is that such a person is so rare they are difficult to find. What is worst is we don’t seem to have the wisdom required to identify such a soul.
I guess we all need spacious and cozy bunkers, large crates full of spam, and well-used Bibles.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Well used bibles, sound advice indeed, Tom! There’s a saying I always try to remember, “a bible that’s falling apart belongs to a woman who isn’t.” 😉
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Tricia said:
Oh my God how I have been there and done that with those creative edge guys which I somehow decided was cool because they were “anti establishment.” I don’t have enough fingers on my hand to add up the disasters those relationships turned out to be, hopefully we can avoid this in our next President.
And I completely agree, Sanders and Trump fall on the same “populist” spectrum. As much as I would hate to see either of them become President, it would make for high entertainment if they both were the respective nominees. See, there’s always a silver lining….
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insanitybytes22 said:
I think I have crushed on a few creative edge guys myself, Tricia. 🙂 Every cloud has a silver lining, indeed. Perhaps the comedians will thrive in this environment.
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silenceofmind said:
Hope and change.
This time offered by a rich white man.
It’s deja vu all over again!
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christinewjc said:
The choice in 2016? The “public opinion gamer” Trump (Thing One)? Or, the “rules for radicals” Bernie (Thing Two) ? Ugh!
Recently read that in a past “deal”, Trump utilized Eminent Domain to kick a lady out of her home (most likely a forced sell?) in order to put up a limo parking lot. Sounds too loony to be true so maybe it is true?
People obviously didn’t read Alinsky’s book “Rules for Radicals” before voting for (and not vetting!) Barry Soetoro. I keep praying that those who are so ignorant regarding what history has shown and revealed to us about the awfulness of both Totalitarianism and/or socialism will lead to a huge wake up call and the ultimate rejection of either Thing One or Thing Two (0bama 2.0)!
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Tricia said:
Throughout Trump’s business career he has consistently relied on collusion with the government through eminent domain to take property and assets away from the working class to benefit his developments. He fully admits to donating heavily to whichever political party will most help him and doing back room deals with those at the highest levels of business and government.The man is a walking talking definition of the word “establishment” yet many view as some sort of reform Messiah. God help us all if he becomes President.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Ha! Thing One or Thing Two, great way to put it. God bless Dr Seuss. He actually began as a political cartoonist, so no surprise there. Politics are enough to send me running to Whoville, too!
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