That's a frikkin' book!...

What's it say,.. in just 3 sentences please...

Mr. Packer's assessment of the disenchantment of the White Working class over the past several decades is pretty accurate I think. His assessment of Hillary is less so, particularly in light of what we have learned from the emails that keep dribbling out, and which he completely ignores. Indeed, practically everything that he writes about her in the article is what she tells him  herself during their interview.

He doesn't like Trump much, and I think much of what he says about Trump as a person is valid, but he completely ignores the actual policy issues that Trump espouses and which resonate with a whole lot of people. Mr. Packer also strikes me as being a bit condescending when he describes a lot of Trump supporters. I guess that's not too surprising considering the magazine  he writes for.

It's a good effort and an interesting read, but I think Mr. Packer doesn't quite get it. He is convinced that Trump is not the answer, and he could well be right about that, but the fact that he apparently believes that Hillary could be the answer tells me that he hasn't quite figured things out correctly.

We have come to where we are at. If Trump happens to win the election, it makes no difference whether he is a good president or a horrible one. Trump is not a candidate for office  in the usual meaning of the word. He's more like a giant middle finger stuck in the face of the whole sorry bunch that are in the drivers seat right now. His "qualifications" or his "temperament" are irrelevant.

No matter who wins, this isn't going to end well.

I'm going to go read about the French Revolution now. See if I can pick up some survival tips.

oldNslow wrote on 10/25/16 at 21:01:27:


Yes, that is how I saw it too.
I will part company with you on Hillary.
I do feel she is savvy enough, and those emails prove it, to address these concerns once elected.

Yes, it will come at a cost against those folks on her fringe, and those special interest lobby groups, HOWEVER, we have seen how they abandon their cause, like Bill and groping, when its their horse they have to back, as opposed to a different party.

She knows they have been taught they have no where else to go.....

She'll cast a wider blanket to encompass more citizens under her spell.
A very hard task, indeed, but this gal, if nothing else, is always working the angles.

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I don't think so. Mr. Packer's attempt in his article to characterise Hillary as being center right in terms of policy is just nonsense. There is nothing "center-right" about open borders, free trade agreements, stuffing the Supreme court with activist judges, reversing the heller decision in order to gut the second amendment, the malfeasance of wall street and the global financial institutions , and late term abortions. Regardless of how any particular individual feels about those issues,trying to portray Hillary's position on just those few things as centrist is quite a stretch.

She will continue to ignore the disenfranchised white voters in her "basket of deplorables", and the blacks and latinos won't fare much better once the election is over and they are no longer useful. The anger will fester, the infighting between the different tribes will get worse instead of better, and Hillary and her cronies will be the ones who will need a wall to hide behind.

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Well, she's still got to win the election first. All the polls and pundits are trying to convince everyone that she's got it in the bag, and I think the odds are in her favor, but I don't think a surprise is entirely out of the question. We'll know soon enough.