I would have said “pants-wetting”, but yes. It was epic.

Matthew asks about “community organizers” — which used to be admirable. When they organized folk to solve their own community’s problems. But then the Dems took over, and made them little local community lobbyists, demanding gov’t money because they have some unsolved local problem. I don’t think Obama solved any problems in his time, neither in any community nor in America.

On the elites, there’s a good Arnold Kling note on running corporations:
https://medium.com/@arnoldkling/how-corporations-are-managed-b64973a6cb10

The heads of corporations CAN’T know most of what’s happening, all the reports are to make it summarized so that the CEO has a good idea of what’s the real situation. Small business owners can know, but walking around and meeting everybody – very different.

Trump seems to have a talent for getting rid of not-so-helpful people. The Dems like to claim this is a problem, but I see it as healthy. If somebody is NOT doing the job that The Donald wants done, he gets rid of them. That’s actually not so usual, but is mostly good.

Trump speaking honestly instead of mushy PC-acceptable is also part of his “everyman charm”. Trump being willing to insult just about anybody who insults him is also being noted — he fights.

I was NeverHillary (not too late to Lock Her Up), but now I’m Trump 2020, as well as 20/20 — see his good AND bad points.

A lot of that common sense shows up in this list of accomplishments, although I do disagree with some of his policies and actions.
It also shows his dedication to keeping campaign promises – such an astounding change!

https://www.docdroid.net/KDaSuMo/trumpaccomplishments.pdf

Bryan Lovely: Good point! Or at least “cancel” the boy…

As a rule, Republican presidential nominees since 1928 have been drawn from the ranks of people who were accomplished to a degree in trades and professions outside political life, or at least put in an extensive run of years in such employments (exceptions being Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Robert Dole). Among Democratic nominees in that time, this has been so of Adlai Stevenson and Jimmy Carter. (Michael Dukakis, George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, and Harry Truman did not have careers as truncated as some others).

Nowadays it’s more likely that the crowd turns on the boy and rends him limb from limb for violating the Narrative. Because otherwise they’d have to reflect on all the lies they’ve assented to.

You win by looking three or four moves ahead even if you’re only playing checkers.