(lol) GOP Has Donald Trump In Second Place (smh)

If Donald Trump is polling so well, maybe I can
enter the republican primary under the name
Milwaukee Brewer?  It could work!

No one, and I repeat- NO ONE is shocked by the way in which Donald Trump has decided to conduct himself as a presidential candidate.  He showed similar behaviors in the run-up that has essentially lasted the entire term of Barack Obama, the apparent impetus for the Donald who wants to be president too now.


What is absolutely shocking is that Donald Trump is running second place in the republican primary race (CNN poll). No one, including me, should ever be too shocked by polls because they are designed and tailored to accomplish goals as much as they are created to gauge the public at large.  In other words, don't believe the hype. Polls might genuinely have a pulse on the electorate (CNN is generally accepted as credible), but they are never a crystal ball into the future.  One crazy news cycle or poll booth jitters can upset a poll, no matter how accurate it seemed at the time.


For Donald Trump, the news cycle that should be destroying his polling came from his own foul mouth.  During the Trump presidential announcement, his first minute of conversation involved berating Mexico for sending undesirables to America on purpose, as though there is some concerted effort from the Mexican government to pay coyotes for the mass levels of South American immigration, which is not primarily Mexican immigration anymore by the way.  I fought the trigger finger on my remote, ready and willing to turn the channel on Donald's announcement because of the instant anger I felt with the calculated words of a bigot.

Now, business after business (Univision, NBC, Macy's) have sounded the alarm against Donald's bigotry by pulling the plug on their business relationships with him.  Although these business hits won't instantly trump Trump's many enterprises, but they don't help the company image and reach, which have everything to do with the breadth of Trump's wealth access.  What might be happening right before our eyes is the end of Donald Trump the business magnet who many people wanted to do business with and the beginning of Trump the silent investor who needs to thank his nemesis Obama for keeping the last pieces of his portfolio worthwhile.

What hasn't happened yet is the meltdown of Donald Trump the politician who continues to rise in the polls regardless of how offensive he remains as a person.  For whatever reason- despite or in spite- the Donald keeps rising.  The poll we probably need next should be labeled simply and succinctly.

Why Trump?

"Mexico is not our friend", says Trump.

Why would we want to elect the guy who offends Mexico and China all within a week of his presidential announcement?  Why is his brash bold behavior worthy of consideration in the first place, much less second place in the polls?  Who are the people propping up Trump so that he can mock his recent business mistakes, as though an imminent presidential victory will make it all moot?   Most importantly, why would anyone want to have Donald Trump as the man that represents them before the world?

Every since the selection of John McCain (who later forced Sarah Palin on the public) as a rejection of the Mormon Mitt Romney,  the republican field has been so terribly unsettled, that anyone and everyone will have a moment in the sun before its all said and done.  Donald Trump offers familiarity and entertainment that make all of this familiar republican primary nonsense at least a bit more entertaining.  Since we have another year and a half of this rigmarole, what is wrong with a little entertainment?

Of the many successes that President Barack Obama has enjoyed over the past six years, hallmarked of course by the past six days, history will also reveal a wake of ruined combatants who allowed Obama anger or bigotry, as well as an over inflated view of themselves, to encourage them to step out and dry up in the exposed sun of politics.  The list of great politicians who actually parlayed their political prowess into civilian riches starts and ends with Bill Clinton.  Obama will likely join him in that museum along with a special wing for those destroyed while attempting to do the same to him.  Call it the Trump wing if you want because he will never rise to any real height if he keeps persisting as a foul mouthed politician, and is swiftly allowing politics to destroy his business reputation as well. Trump seems to be shocking the field, but I could get 10 - 12% in the republican polls by changing my first name to Milwaukee and entering the race as Milwaukee Brewer.  Polling during this time of the race is as much name recognition as it is anything, and a name like Milwaukee would garner at least 10% from the state of Wisconsin alone.

What we are really learning is that the political party that says they refuse to have a coronation party like Hillary is having, has opted for an out of control, traveling amusement park instead.

Will he run? Can he beat Donald Trump?

And the polls say?:

At a cheap amusement park, its mandatory to give every ride a try, and right now the one with bad hair and a potty mouth has captured the interest of a segment of the crowd.  This ride, like every cheap amusement park ride, will get boring soon enough and then one more candidate, I mean ride can be added to the field.  Scott Walker seems to be the only ride we've looked at but can't ride since he has yet to join the race officially. However, much like Chris Christie, Walker has campaigned enough to piss off Wisconsin voters so that he won't be welcomed to return as a re-electable governor, forcing him to join the presidential race soon, which will provide him his moment near the lead of the pack like the rest have enjoyed if only for a moment.  Walker is trying to hold out for the field to weaken and the GOP to become desperate for someone else and electable.


As a warning Scott Walker, unless you add a little potty to your mouth or snark to your speaking,  the trend says that you might not be able to poll better than Donald Trump or Milwaukee Brewer, who both have you beat in name recognition and entertainment value. If you are laughing at the thought of me entering the republican primary under the pseudonym "Milwaukee",  keep in mind that Donald Trump is second place in the republican polls.

Now stop your laughing.