Explaining Trump

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds links to a piece of serious socio-political commentary that appears in Cracked. Yes, it's profane, salty and inelegant, but also profound and moving.

Along the way Cracked Executive Editor David Wong describes growing up in rural America - where he no longer lives - and shares the mixed feelings he has about put-downs directed at his roots. Wong starts out to explain the Trump phenomenon in six points, sometimes illustrated with themes from Hunger Games, Star Wars, or Braveheart. All profanities are direct quotes.

6. It's not about red and blue states - it's about the country vs. the city.
5. City people are from a different goddamned planet.
4. Trends always start in the cities - and not all of them are good.
3. The rural areas have been beaten to shit.
2. Everyone lashes out when they don't have a voice.
1. Assholes are heroes.

He explains each, here he explains the last point.

Everybody wants an asshole on their team -- a spiked bat to smash their enemies with. That's all Trump is. The howls of elite outrage are like the sounds of bombs landing on the enemy's fortress. The louder the better.

My own movie analogy: Supporters see Trump like Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry Callahan, a rule-ignoring tough guy on our side. In hockey, he'd be an enforcer.

At some level, Trump understands this is his role. I expect him to try hard to win between now and election day, but to be absolutely certain - win or lose - he leaves the Clintons as bloody, befouled damaged goods.