"Can a nation remain healthy ... whose brightest stars are film stars?" - Winston
Churchill
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
Upon hearing today that Donald Trump had topped the poles
among Republican candidates for President, I immediately thought of the above
two quotes. Here at the beginning of the twenty first century we are confronted
with the spectacle of a reality TV star becoming the frontrunner for the
Republican Presidential nomination. I am
certain that the Democrats can scarce contain their glee. Given the reports that
Trump has contributed over $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation, one might
suspect that his candidacy is aimed more at helping Clinton get elected than at
getting himself elected. Unless he is totally out of touch with reality, he has
to know that he has zero chance of getting elected. He does, however, have a much
larger chance of turning the Republican Party into a laughingstock and
sabotaging the candidacy of the eventual Republican nominee. Yet he is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
All of which puts me in mind of another aphorism:
“In a democracy you get the leaders you deserve.” - Joseph-Marie,
comte de Maistre
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