The Colonel's Forum

I read a well-written analysis on Politico today that will unfortunately never see the mainstream. People are too lazy, or too burned out on politics, or both for something like this to be presented to the masses. It doesn't fit in a "tweet" so people will tune out. The full article is here . It aligns with a couple theories I have about the current race, specifically: Trump is getting disproportionate media coverage because his statements are so sensational that they sell a ton of ads. He's the gossip/reality star of the race and that's what Americans lust for these days so he's a siren's song to the major media outlets. His positions are so outlandish that they skew the curve for other statements made by his fellow GOP candidates. In other words, if you remove Trump from the equation, there are plenty of crazy statements being made by the other Republicans in the race, they just seem less crazy and get less air time relative to Trump The Democrat

I watched the 12/15 CNN debate and it was genuinely difficult to stomach. Here's what I heard: America won't be safe unless we continue these endless wars and significantly increase defense spending I'll demonstrate I'm tougher than Obama by making the current federal spying programs a lot more aggressive! "The FBI has the authority to investigate 'un-American' activities." Yeah, it's called McCarthyism. I promise to build a stronger, more heavily fortified wall on the Mexican border than _______. So, overall I saw a complete lack of respect for the lessons of history or the constitution. Going to war in Iraq was a terrible mistake, BOTH times. No one has ever won a war in Afghanistan, ever. Lybia and Egypt are not new democracies, they're new problem spots in the region. Who in their right mind says "if we would just carpet  bomb Syria and then put some boots on the ground this would all get better?" Right, Ted Cruz.  K