March 3, 2016
Why I Trust Trump
"Trump will do what he says." "Trump isn't a lying politician." "Trump promised to do it, and he will."
So say thousands of supporters of The Donald throughout the internet. Old and young, male and female, they say it vehemently, without reservation. I confess that for the longest time, I thought I detected a note of protesting too much in their assurances, as though they were saying these things more as a talisman against their own doubts than as a counterargument to anything Trump's critics were saying. This seemed the most reasonable interpretation, because it was apparent that these people had nothing substantial to say against the criticism itself.
But on the Lewis Carroll principle that "What I tell you three times is true," it follows that what hundreds of people tell you thousands of times must be super-duper-true. So I've decided to stop denying the obvious and start trusting Donald...(Read Full Article)