When Nelson Rockefeller first explored running for the
Republican Presidential nomination in 1959, he found that most of the country’s
rich persons were supporting then Vice –President Richard Nixon. As one wealthy
person explained it to Teddy White: Nelson
was not one of them. He inherited his wealth and could do whatever he wanted
with it and he did. He wasn’t responsible for employees or to plants or ever
had to make a payroll. He wasn’t part of their circles and he certainly didn’t
need them as friends.
Once gets the sense with Trump it’s the same thing. He’s
rich and he certainly gives money to politicians but rarely has anyone ever
gone to private retreats with him begging him to bankroll their campaigns the
way Scott Walker does with Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers for example.
Indeed, Trump is a vulgar representation of what the GOP donor class truly is.
All this concerned citizen stuff is crap. They have interests - some personal policy but mostly business
policy- and they want people in
government to look after those interests not be hostile to them and perhaps
even enact policy which help their bottom line. Trump doesn’t have to pander to such persons
because he’s not one of them. He doesn’t need them, he’s too independent and he’s
in it for himself. All true, but it’s also a way sticking one’s nose in the eye
of the establishment. All these political candidates running after rich person’s
money only made them look small in the end in the eyes of the voters compared
to Trump. No one had anticipated that a self-funding billionaire would actually
run himself.
No wonder Rupert Murdoch want Mike Bloomberg to run for President. It may take one to beat one.
Do you believe white Americans should remain the majority?
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