The GOP’s coronation of a charlatan

[FSogol]

Years from now, bright-eyed children will look up at Grandma or Grandpa and ask, “Where were you when they nominated Donald Trump?” Far too many prominent Republicans will have to hang their heads in shame.

As the garish imperial coronation in Cleveland reaches its climax, there will be much commentary — some, no doubt, from me — about fleeting events. Did So-and-So’s speech help Trump or hurt him? Did one line of attack against Hillary Clinton seem more or less promising than another? All of this is news, but we must not lose sight of the big picture: The “party of Lincoln” is about to nominate for president a man who is dangerously unfit for the office.

Trump is a brilliant showman, no question about that. His life’s work has been self-aggrandizement, not real estate, and all those years of practice served him well when he turned to politics. He knows how to work a crowd. He understands television and social media. He dominated and vanquished a field of experienced campaigners as if they were mere apprentices.

But he lacks the knowledge, curiosity, temperament, wisdom, compassion and resolve to be president. The GOP is about to formally endorse a charlatan for the most important job in the world.

Rest of the Eugene Robinson piece here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-coronation-of-a-charlatan/2016/07/18/b6d9e254-4d12-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

x-posted from GDP2016

[Chemisse]

1. Excellent piece.

So many news commentators have been caught up in the Trump circus and have completely lost perspective, so that they discuss his crazy ideas as though they were even worthy of serious discussion.

Robinson seems able to take a step back and remind us of how truly shocking and dangerous this Republican nomination is.

[FSogol]

2. +1, completely agree. n/t

[LuvNewcastle]

3. It's scary that a major political party

would nominate someone like Trump, but what concerns me more is that almost half of voters are behind this fool. He has been a loud-mouthed asshole his entire adult life, and age seems to be making him worse. I've never liked him, and it never occurred to me that he would ever seek any office, much less the presidency. Why would so many people be willing to vote for a dick to be our President? This makes a mockery of our system of government.