Have you ever been one of those people who rooted for the underdog? Go ahead and admit it, you have done that. I could give you a list of over 100 movies and best selling novels that prove that to be true. Everyone loves an underdog who is truly a winner even when faced with the prospect of losing, and especially when the odds are so great against the possibility of a win. Donald Trump meets that criteria. There was absoloutely no chance that he could be the republican's choice to run for president.
We were not even sure of his own political leanings. What we did know was; Number 1), He is not a politician. That fact alone was enough to cause many to write him off before he even declared for the race. That is a strike against him in the minds of those who decipher politics for a living.
Then number 2), He was written off by the media even before the first day of the primaries. He is brash, he is plain spoken and when he is through speaking there is no mistaking what he means. He hates "doublespeak" and political blather.
Number 3), There is the fact that he is, (regardless of how he got his start), a billionaire. No one with that status has ever even bothered to think of running for president. And that fact alone introduces some intrigue into the situation. The question on some of our minds was; Why on earth would he do that, he has no experience at such things. They, (the media and the politicians), will eat him alive.
So we know these three things about him. He is not a politician, he has no media support, and he is a billionaire who can provide his own backing. These three things alone are clues that he cannot make it, or will drop out because of no support, or the big issue, why waste his money on some wild goose chase that has no readily discernable benefits. However there is this one thing.... "Make America Great Again".
What many thought was a joke (literally) and were willing to go on nationwide TV and say, was that "Donald Trump will never be the president of the United States of America period". And as Obama did, "Drop the mike" All of them have had to develop a taste for "CROW"
Well maybe a look back at some of the history of this country will explain a bit of the mystery that so many feel is unexplainable. This country was born of war, we have a history that starts literally with a losing cause. The pilgrims came to this country with almost no chance of survival, to escape an oppressive government. To set sail from europe, for a country that little was known about, in wooden ships which had very little chance of making the journey was at best a risky proposition. And which would turn out to be the end of life from disease for so many, and even those who survived were hard pressed to see anything but a future of hard work and eventual failure. It was only through the perseverance and suffering of a determined people who were deeply comitted to God and the faith of true believers that survival was even a remote prospect.
Fortunately, the help they so desperately needed for survival came from what could only be called a band of friendly native "Indians" Pepole who had learned how to cope and to live off the land. So that is what our first settelers did, they won that battle against insurmountable odds with the help of God, their faith, and the natives who had setteled in this country eons ago.
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