As a kid...I grew up in a time when local pro-wrestling on the TV every Saturday afternoon, and I tended to watch.
In my later years (the Air Force era of 1981-1984)....I got cable TV in the barracks, and would watch Texas/Louisiana-based wrestling.
It was always a simple theme....good guys versus bad guys.
You needed a theatrical show....as realistic as possible. The weirder the character (like the Great Kubaki, Andre the Giant, or Junk Yard Dog)......the more charged-up you got.
I look at the Trump era....as bringing in all these weird elements, and turning it into a evening show.....where you walk in....get through supper....open a beer, and turn on the TV to find out what Rubio has done today, or what Vance dumped on some poor CNN journalist, or what Kash said to the dimwitted MSNBC moderator. Trump? He's got a white board in the back of the 'stage' and writing a whole week's worth of attention-items.....to keep you thrilled.
The Democrats? Well....they've never encountered something like this. There was the eight years of Obama, but they were mostly attempting this at one-quarter speed....throwing two or three highlights out each week. Trump's crew? They have probably sixteen highlights a day going on.
Appealing to black voters? I can guarantee you....each evening....they are curious about what Elon has done....if Trump bashed Senator 'Pocahontas'.....if Vance has whooped Ukraine's Zelensky once again, or if that Kash-guy has laid out the JFK-killing.
Democrats trying to get another theme or message? It might take five years to figure out a strategy and counter this mess.
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They had the last four years, but nothing struck a chord with the American people. All they did was create discord.
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