Trump was trying to look presidential but was as full of bombast as Mussolini or Hitler, even to his body language.
He even threatened the Speaker of the House.
Though he would be less dangerous to our progressive patrimony than any other Republican he might be more dangerous to the nation, the republic, and the world.
Larry O'Donnell or maybe Gene Robinson said he had no concept of the separation of powers and was running for King.
Running for dictator, more like.
There were suggestions from Tom De Lay tonight the convention might refuse to nominate him even if he continues the front runner all the way to Cleveland.
Suggestions he stuck by for several minutes as Chris Matthews pressed hard, and he never backed off.
Even pledged delegates are probably not legally bound, and it doesn't look like Trump will have enough of them, anyway.
So it might be legal and within party rules to deny the nomination to the far and away front runner.
But what a firestorm of hypocrisy that would provoke from people about the sanctity of democracy, blah, blah, blah.
And it's a safe bet it would throw the election to the Democrats - an outcome many conservatives might prefer to Trumpism taking from them control of the party.
Thing is, apparently the only person the party's Wall Street rulers hate more than Trump is Cruz the Ineligible who won three states against The Donald so far to Rubio's one and everbody else's goose egg.
What a horror show.
Hillary cleaned up tonight, too.
Jesus, what happens if she gets indicted, as could happen at any time?
Sure, you and I and two or three others who can read know the Electors can pick anybody they want for the presidency, but courts and many others have lied about this for so long I doubt we can count on that mechanism to save us.
Certainly not when in 2008 and now again most of the Democratic punditocracy professes shock at the idea of a democracy defying convention.
You think our classe politique could possibly tolerate the Electoral College getting all independent and flexing its muscles to save us from idiot democracy?
Not a chance.
Sure, you and I and two or three others who can read know the Electors can pick anybody they want for the presidency, but courts and many others have lied about this for so long I doubt we can count on that mechanism to save us.
Certainly not when in 2008 and now again most of the Democratic punditocracy professes shock at the idea of a democracy defying convention.
You think our classe politique could possibly tolerate the Electoral College getting all independent and flexing its muscles to save us from idiot democracy?
Not a chance.
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