High Ground Underground

10/27/18 The Absurdity of Blaming Trump for Everything The Left (including media) are very presumptuous that Trump caused one nut job to mail bombs to prominent Democrats, or another to shoot up a synagogue.   And that if only he changed his tone, all would be well.   They claim to all be psychoanalysts or clairvoyants, attributing causes, although they are equally sure the Bernie Sanders supporter who shot up a ball diamond full of GOP congressmen was not Bernie’s fault.   Of course we know that widespread Trump derangement causes one to look constantly for another reason to impeach him, however far the stretch, and to tout one’s moral superiority , and demonize all opponents.   My sense is that many or most Leftists/Democrats really don’t know anyone who they are aware of who voted for Trump, or the real reasons – partly because conservatives are often more reserved about it precisely because of the uncivility and brutality of the Left.   And so th...

Illinois Mitt’s win in Illinois was bigger and more decisive than expected – 47% to Rick’s 35%. His delegate count is 554 (RCP, or 563 Politico). He’s still on track, despite Santorum’s less significant win in Louisiana, which was again courtesy in good part to Southern religious bias. I only caught snippets of his victory speech – Prager, as he often does, replayed and commented on it, and had high praise. Some excerpts: “Day by day, bureaucrat by bureaucrat, this president is crushing the American dream....I spent 25 years learning about the American Enterprise system by doing it – you can’t learn that as law professor at U. Chicago.” Krauthammer noted he’s already pivoting against Obama as part of a general election campaign. His opponents (GOP & Axelrod, the media, etc.) love to diminish this victory as others, by focusing on his 7-to-1 spending. He can’t help their lack of fundraising ability, which would weaken them in the general election. People vote with their wall...