More On The Donald

++Last night I received a conservative e-mail that is circulating about the Donald. Basically it stressed the nationalism of his position and his commitment to have the best military. What the e-mail liked was that America would not get involved in overseas military affairs unless the invaded country pays for them--like his Iraq idea of taking the oil. They love keeping immigrants out and But misrepresent his views on taxes--saying he will eliminate the estate tax and have a more flat tax. The author has the Donald advocating significantly lower taxes on the rich.

++Sarah was enthused about the Donald wiling to "raise" taxes on the wealthy and volunteered she would like her taxes raised. The Donald with Sarah and earlier with Bloomberg went after Hedge Fund Managers . With Bloomberg, he said he is against the carried-interest gambit played by Hedge Fund managers that allows them to get rich.

++We missed the Donald reacting to Eric Cantor endorsing JEB!.--"He's a loser". This morning he tweeted about JEB! losing three of his biggest donors,"They quit on him." 

++Thom Hartman and Mike Papantonio discussed the Donald on Thom's television show. Thom's take is that the Donald is like modern European conservative.--accepting the social welfare system but wanting to keep immigrants out. Somehow Thom equates Le Pen with Scandinavian conservatives.He thinks we make a mistake calling Trump a nativist, when he resembles a European nationalist. Mike Pap says that he grew up with the Donald type in the South and they all wear suits--are racist, anti-women and anti-immigrant. He opts for nativist.

++I think it's interesting given my writing yesterday about epistemic closure that the Donald has shattered the "taxes" taboo and has tapped into a nationalist thinking about our Third World infrastructure. His message is that "Sure we ran the country down, But I can Fix It. I have a Plan."

++This last bit became a wonderful ad for him pout together by Jimmy Kimmel. Find it on Youtube and you'll see that it would work.

++He takes the depressive conservative message and makes it optimistic. That's why conservatives are saying he is like Reagan.