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What a weird caricature of Trump dems have constructed in their minds. They seem to portray him as being incredibly conniving and self-aware, but also dumb and ignorant.

Considering the fact that the people who habit this island that could be a paradise have turned most of it into a violence riddled shit hole with debilitating poverty. So she needs to keep her opinion to herself.

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In the pantheon of fictional sociopaths, Thomas Harris achieved the pinnacle of same with his remarkable character of Lecter. Gifted beyond comprehension, educated and well-read in classical and modern literature, history, and current events, medically trained, aware of the vagaries and distinctions between classes and castes
, and horrifyingly charismatic, he is the ultimate formidable villain .

I am virtually certain that Trump never read the series of books, but he probably saw at least one of the films, and remarked to himself, and probably anyone else who would listen, that the persona of Lecter, the gestalt, would be the highest achievement of any individual. For Trump, Lecter is equivalent in his sphere of Jesus or Gandhi in a normal person’s mind.

One of the aspects of the series is that Lecter was in fact apprehended, stood trial, and was sentenced to a psychiatric institution from which he managed to brilliantly engineer an escape and continue his behaviors elsewhere, defeating in the most horrifying manners all who came to destroy him. He has been stated by many to be the most villainous individual in cinematic history.

This entire oeuvre appeals to Trump who believes that as a “stable genius” on trial for a crime he knows he committed and for his personal knowledge of the existence of crimes and deeds of which the general public knows nothing, he is capable of equaling the notoriety of this psychopath and has drawn many parallels between himself and Lecter. The difference between them of course is that Lecter was a character created to possess an extraordinary intellect whereas Trump simply believes that he is incredibly brilliant, manipulative, and shrewd, the truth being quite to the contrary.

Finally, Trump’s quotation “the late, great, Hannibal Lecter” implies that the character exists as a real individual within Trump’s maladaptive psyche. And you know what they say: neurotics build glass houses and psychotics live in them.

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Just another loser with self-esteem problems looking for attention.

Eugene V. Debs, Man of Irrelevancy.

Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez ... good at inspiring but poor at administering, poor judge of character and nepotistic. Huge Lib cult hero, but feet of clay and the UFW was largely irrelevant in California agriculture by the end of the 1980s.

Ironically, Chavez inadvertently helped create the context for our current invasion of illegals. Back in the 1940s, FDR created the Bracero Program to reduce illegal immigration. The program allowed a certain number of Mexican workers to enter the US at the start of harvesting season, follow the seasonal ripening picking fruit or vegetable, and then at the end going back to their families in Mexico at the end of the season with their wages. Chavez hated the program because he couldn't unionize the Braceros. So, working with other unions and the Dems, the program got killed. I won't speculate how Chavez would vote, but he certainly would not like illegal immigration.