TRUMP BEST REPUBLICAN?

The reason I feel Donald Trump is the best Republican for president is that so many people who know him say they are surprised at the way he is behaving in the election season.  I have long felt I know he has tailored his political approach to appeal to what has become known as the Deplorables, a term they have in fact adopted.*  As I have said before, he is not leading a group of people, he is following them:**
ALL his comments are carefully crafted to appeal to this large group of people who believe Obama was born outside the U.S., that he is a secret Muslim, that all Hispanic illegals should be deported, that we should build a wall on our southern border, that Muslims should not be allowed to enter America (I suspect many would find the idea appealing that all Muslims should be deported or placed in detention camps.), etc., etc.  It isn't pretty folks but there it is.  You aren't going to solve this hate by getting rid of Trump.  It will still be out there, as Trump is followingthese people, not leading them.

Although Trump is the Flip Flopper In Chief, his overall stance seems to be in line with Republican values. He has a problem with establishment Republicans in that he says out loud what most Republicans believe but think should be only said in private because it doesn't sound good.  Trump favors a tax plan that will enrich the wealthy.  Paul Ryan favors a tax plan that favors enriching the wealthy.  Trump believes that women that have abortions should be punished some way.  Paul Ryan believe that abortion should be illegal.  And so it goes.  The Libertarian Party was established by Republicans that don't follow the Evangelicalism of the Republican Party.  It will be interesting to see how this attempt evolves.  Right now it seems to take more votes from Democrats than Republicans, most of whom seem to accept their party become a religious party.

That said, Trump has fabricated a Hillary who is a genuinely bad person.  Fortunately, that Hillary is not the Hillary running for president.  Hillary Clinton is the one who is running for president, and she has been a long-time advocate for children's upbringing (It Takes A Community To Raise A Child), children's health, etc.), women 's rights, and We Are Stronger Together.  After Barack Obama was nominated for president, Hillary worked hard on his campaign for president, was his Secretary of State, and has wrapped herself in Obama on her current candidacy for president.  That a couple of Hillary's aids in her run for president in 2008 explored the birther issue is mute. She never espoused it and certainly has not pursued it since.  It was no excuse for Trump to the promote the birther issue for five years since.  It is incredible that Republicans think it is,

We are well into the silly season in American politics, and I plan no further discussion of this election cycle.  In fact, I try to avoid all dnews of politics during the rest of this period.  We will see if I can hold onto this.

 *http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/09/im-deplorable_15.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/09/basket-of-deplorables.html
** http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2015/12/donald-trump-final-comments-i-hope.html