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Monday, September 21, 2015

The "Birther"ing of the Trump/Carson Movements

How the ‘Party of Stupid’ Birthed Trump and Carson (Ana Marie Cox) from the Daily Beast
"Decades of Republicans leveraging racism plus pandering to the dumb and incoherently angry explains not only the success of the billionaire—but also the neurosurgeon. ... their courtship of nativists, segregationists, and other grievance-seekers has led to this Trump/Carson moment. Not the party of ideas, but the party of stupid, where even smart, successful people have to pander to the dumb and incoherently angry."

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