Wisdom -- Pay attention now y'all

     I recently heard a W. F. Buckley type conservative on NPR speculate on 

Trumps appeal.   The appeal comes from a kind of nationalism.  

     The nationalism does not resemble the fiscal small government conservatism of Buckley and Goldwater.  It has strog elemts of jingoism and chauvinism it it.   It relies primarily on emotion and  fear as opposed to reason and responsibility.   

     Pat Buchanan has indulged in this kind of spin since the early ninties.  Whether it's anti-migrant rhetoric resembels the anti-antisemitism of depression pre-war Germany remains to be seen.  For my part it does.  

     Trump will say anything to get attention.  He will do anything without considering the consequences.  Like any other American business person, he only considers the short run.,   Like John M Caines, "... in the long run we're all dead."