LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION:  I want to draw your attention to the article linked below, in which Josh Marshall makes an important point about Donald Trump.  Yes, he’s an amoral predator, but there are lots of those.  What sets Trump apart, Marshall says, is his uncanny appeal to people who think of themselves as moral exemplars.  They know better, but they’re drawn to him anyway.  It’s as if they secretly want to be corrupted.

I would add this.  Trump is a failure as a businessman and president, but he’s a very good con man.  He knows something about his followers that they may not know about themselves.  Deep down, some saints want to be sinners.  Trump is like heroin to those people. He embodies what they wish they could be – the apex predator who breaks laws and commandments and seems to get away with everything.  People in his orbit give up every shred of honor and dignity to be like him.  Trumpism is a cult.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-darkness-and-the-rot