Let's Be Real

After last night's election results, it's time for a lot of folks to get real about Donald Trump (if they haven't already). I usually turn on Morning Joe while I'm getting ready for work on the morning and it amazes me how many pundits they have on who still don't seem to get the whole Trump thing (Bill Kristol, I'm looking at you). I see clearly what's going on. A lot of angry, primarily white, folks want an angry white candidate and Trump fits the bill. For those "establishment" folks who are scratching their heads wondering why Rubio didn't catch fire, I have an answer: He's not white. Oh, he's Ricky Ricardo white, but he's not ethnically white. After two terms of Obama, some folks are hungry for a white man (not of Cuban or partially Cuban [i.e Cruz]) descent to be the next POTUS. They don't want a white Cuban, a half-Cuban, a Jewish person, or a woman. They want a white man with a white wife and white kids. (Sorry, Jeb.) It amazes me how these political shows don't just come out and recognize this. No matter how white Ted Cruz tries to appear by using his nickname "Ted" rather than his real name "Rafael," flaunting his blonde wife and basically white kids, and praising his white mother, his name is still Cruz, he was still born in Canada, and he'll never be white enough for some folks. That's just reality, folks. And what about John Kasich? He's white. Yes, but he's also not angry and reminds people of failed Republican candidates like Mitt Romney and John McCain. They were both considered "moderate" Republican candidates and they both bit the dust.