David Frum has a good take on Trump and why his anger bet is all wrong. And he makes a good point that comparing Trump to 1968 Nixon is not a good comparison:

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"Trump’s speech was advertised as an update of Richard Nixon’s 1968 “silent majority” address. It is nothing of the kind. This is a bulletin from a grimmer and more pessimistic society than that which would shortly afterward land a man on the moon.


We extend the hand of friendship to all people, to the Russian people, to the Chinese people, to all people in the world. And we shall work toward the goal of an open world—open skies, open cities, open hearts, open minds.

Thus 1968—but not 2016.


Our goal is justice for every American. If we are to have respect for law in America, we must have laws that deserve respect. Just as we cannot have progress without order, we cannot have order without progress, and so, as we commit to order tonight, let us commit to progress.

Thus 1968—but not 2016."

[Post edited by BugBoy at 07/31/2016 5:29PM]