I've been trying to figure out what it is about this Trump obsession that bothers me so much and just why it terrifies me for this country. It boils down to 2 things:
Look at any thread over at DU where someone has insulted or disagreed with the boy king. The DUmmies fly into rages and tantrums. They hate this person/TV network, whatever. It borders on hysteria. While the rest of us expects the president to rise above such petty things, they take it personally and feed off of his petulance. It's a deliberate effort to blind themselves to what a normal person's reaction should be. Then go to any facebook page, message board thread, blog, whatever that is a pro Trump site. You could substitute 0bama for Trump in those conversations and it would be identical to the conversations at DU.
The other thing is, every conservative I know who isn't mesmerized by The Donald generally has one or two candidates they're enthusiastic about but they're open to learning about and supporting others. They get excited about what different candidates say and take time to understand and listen. Trump supports remind of being a kid when you used to stick your fingers in your ears and say, "LA, LA, LA, I'M NOT LISTENING".
I started out being a rabid Walker fan and I still like him a great deal. However, he doesn't have a lot of charisma and like it or not, you almost always need a bit of the showman to attract people to you. After hearing Cruz, I feel like I'm hearing Reagan again. And Carly, what a pistol. But the thing is, if another candidate (with the exception of Bush or Trump...maybe Kasich) get's the nomination I'll be 100% supporting him or her.
Not so with Trump supporters. It's him or nothing. The problem for the rest of us, Trump has such a big ego, if his sycophants scream loudly enough he WILL go 3rd party. At that point, we might as well get used to saying President Clinton again because there's not a snowball's chance in hell that Trump could pull enough voters to win. He could, however, take enough votes from the Republicans to guarantee the Dems win. The fact that there's a huge group of people on our side who should know better, well maybe 0bama's influenced more people than we think because they're glomming onto someone who's only difference is the rhetoric.
Cindie