The Catcher In The Rye

Donald Trump is an asshat. As Antonin Scalia might say, his speeches are "pure applesauce." His "big" foreign policy speech the other day, was an incoherent and contradictory mess in spite of the fact that he read it off a teleprompter. He has to walk back something every week as a result of his off the cuff comments. ("Women should be punished for having an abortion.") He regularly displays his astounding ignorance of even the most basic concepts such as the Nuclear Triad. But most of his supporters don't seem to mind a deficiency like that in their Commander in Chief. He says things like, "I'm gonna make you people so rich." Which sounds a lot like his pitch for Trump University. He has been a loyal Democrat contributor for decades and within the past few years has openly praised Obama, Hillary, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. He supports Planned Parenthood and thinks universal health care is imperative.His favorite bible quote is from Two Corinthians.

So why do I feel like the catcher in the rye?

You'll recall that in the book of that name, Holden Caufield has a dream where he is standing in a field of rye, near a precipitous cliff. The field is full of children running and playing. Holden takes it upon himself to "catch" the children before they come to close to the cliff. That's how I feel these days, but it's not children I want to catch, it's Trump supporters and they seem more like lemmings. They are trying to go off the cliff and I can't stop them all. They are obviously delusional, even proudly so. They are impervious to facts. I have one Facebook friend who was a raving liberal just a few years ago. Now he seems to have two obsessions: electing Donald Trump and making sure everybody goes to the bathroom that includes their gender at birth. He is quite concerned about the latter, and is appalled to think that a transgendered person might go into a restroom that isn't really theirs. He is totally for the South Carolina law, yet seems unaware that Trump is opposed to it. Sarah Palin had a signature issue when she ran for VP, she was pro-life above all. Now she endorses a man who gives money and praise to Planned Parenthood, and wants the pro-life plank removed from the Republican platform. 

Today it looks as if I will be overwhelmed and the lemmings will all make it to the cliff and jump. I can only shake my head and walk away. It is so stupid.