QOTD: A Lifelong Republican
by digby
Via Reuters:
Thompson, a lifelong Republican, said he admires Trump’s independence from big campaign donors and takes that as a sign that the front-runner will be able to think for himself if he were to become president.
Evidently, these people believe that Trump doesn't agree with all those billionaire campaign donors. This strikes me as odd, since he has been one for years. Why do they all assume that he has their interests at heart instead of the interests of his fellow billionaires?
The notion that Trump being free of campaign contributions means he's a free thinker strikes me as a very simplistic way of thinking about politics. There's more to it than that. But then this is the guy who thinks that the way to manage national security is to alienate everyone on the planet so why would these people think any differently?
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